One-Upmanship
March 10, 1976 3 Seasons
★ 7.5 (2 votes)
Comedy
Overview
A quintessentially British comedy-of-manners. Based at the fictional Yeovil College of Lifemanship, Richard Briers plays Stephen Potter and is joined by Peter Jones as the snooty Gatling-Fenn and Frederick Jaeger, complete with monocle, playing Cogg-Willoughby. "The world is divided into two types of people," Potter says, "winners and losers, the one-up and the one-down. He who is not one-up is surely one-down".
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Seasons & Episodes
Top Cast
Richard Briers
Stephen Potter
Peter Jones
Gatling-Fenn
Frederick Jaeger
Cogg-Willoughby
Instant Sunshine
Themselves
Robert East
Canary
Claire Faulconbridge
Status: Ended
Network: BBC One
Created By: Stephen Potter, Barry Took
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