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One-Upmanship

One-Upmanship

★ 7.7/10•1976•30m•Comedy

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".

Ray Butt · Director

Barry Took · Writer

StatusEnded
Runtime30m
LanguageEN
First Air DateMar 10, 1976

Episodes

Actors

Richard Briers

Richard Briers

Stephen Potter

Peter Jones

Peter Jones

Gatling-Fenn

Frederick Jaeger

Frederick Jaeger

Cogg-Willoughby

Instant Sunshine

Themselves

Robert East

Robert East

Canary

Claire Faulconbridge

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