The Other One

This comedy classic was the hit follow up written for Richard Briers by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey, creators of "The Good Life". Briers is Ralph Tanner, a man who's never encountered a lie that he can't live out to the full. Compulsively economical with the truth, he uses any means, no matter how embarassing or calamitous to give the impression of being a lone wolf, worldly wise and someone who's been everywhere, seen it all and done it better than anyone else! Reality, of course, is wildly different. For it seems Ralph is grossly inexperienced, wildly incompetent and totally ill-equipped for life. Yet he's convincing enough to impress the gullible, timid Brian (Gambon). When he encounters the brash Ralph at the airport, ready to escape on the same flight to sunny Spanish paradise, Brian hopes they'll go everywhere, see everything and do it all.

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  • TheTVDB.com Series ID 248693
  • Status Ended
  • First Aired November 11, 1977
  • Recent March 30, 1979
  • Network BBC One
  • Average Runtime 30 minutes
  • Genres Comedy
  • Original Country Great Britain
  • Original Language English
  • On Other Sites IMDB
  • Episode Screenshot Format 4:3 Screencap
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  • Created May 12, 2011 by
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Season From To Episodes
All Seasons
Specials 0
Season 1 November 1977 December 1977 7
Season 2 February 1979 March 1979 6
Unassigned Episodes 0
Season From To Episodes
Unassigned Episodes 13
Absolute ordering places all episodes in a single ordered season. This is generally used for anime.
Season From To Episodes
Season 1 0
Unassigned Episodes 13
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Bob Larbey 13 11/11/1977 - 03/30/1979
John Esmonde 13 11/11/1977 - 03/30/1979
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Gareth Gwenlan 6 11/18/1977 - 12/30/1977
John Howard Davies 1 11/11/1977

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