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The Brittas Empire is a British sitcom created and originally written by Andrew Norriss and Richard Fegen. Chris Barrie plays Gordon Brittas, the well-meaning but incompetent manager of Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre. The show ran

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Brittas Empire Season 3 Episode 1 - The Trial
    8.4/10(86 votes)

    #1 - The Trial

    S3:E1

    One of Gordon's enemies is coating random items with glue, and shady characters repeatedly appear in the centre. This leads to a massacre of several Bolivian drug dealers in the squash courts, the felling of several OAPs, and Gordon facing trial for drug running and multiple murders. Could Gordon's influence upon one of the criminals be enough to save his own skin?

    Director:Mike Stephens
    Writers:Andrew Norriss, Richard Fegen

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  2. The Brittas Empire Season 2 Episode 4 - Set in Concrete
    8.3/10(85 votes)

    #2 - Set in Concrete

    S2:E4

    An argument with the Rotary Club results in them setting Gordon's feet in concrete. After frequent arguments break out, Gordon thinks the centre has sick building syndrome. A specialist arrives, and Laura is tasked with explaining to Gordon that he is the cause of the centre's problems. Laura proceeds to explain subtext and tone of voice to Gordon, after which he decides to return the moped bought for Helen and buy her a car instead, to her delight.

    Director:Mike Stephens
    Writers:Andrew Norriss, Richard Fegen

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  3. The Brittas Empire Season 4 Episode 1 - Not a Good Day...
    8.3/10(82 votes)

    #3 - Not a Good Day...

    S4:E1

    It's Life Cycle Week at Whitbury Newtown Leisure Centre and Sebastian Coe MP has come to broadcast the news. Then trouble ensues when a cyclist dies, naturally upsetting his wife; and young Ben makes his way into the vents, with Carole and Helen trying to get him out. Then a centurion has a fight with Gordon because his son has been arrested, which escalates to the Classical War Society starting war against the entire centre.

    Director:Mike Stephens
    Writers:Andrew Norriss, Richard Fegen

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  4. The Brittas Empire Season 4 Episode 4 - Mr Brittas Changes Trains
    8.3/10(73 votes)

    #4 - Mr Brittas Changes Trains

    S4:E4

    Things are getting rather strange at Whitbury Newtown Leisure Centre. Carole seems to be croaking a lot while talking, Linda does nothing but bark about a lot and keeps talking in dog language and Colin keeps telling everyone that he loves them and keeps taking his trousers off. All of this is making Gordon very cross so he decides to call the hypnotist and put everyone back to normal. This then gets Laura thinking.

    Director:Mike Stephens
    Writers:Andrew Norriss, Richard Fegen

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  5. The Brittas Empire Season 4 Episode 8 - High Noon
    8.3/10(74 votes)

    #5 - High Noon

    S4:E8

    Laura sees Gordon working at a petrol station, causing more trouble then ever and holding up the traffic. The centre's new manager Alan Digby is having trouble when Gordon gets on his nerves. Then a gas leak is found and there's a large explosion which brings the entire centre down. Everyone is clear but Gordon is nowhere to be seen. Could this be the last of Gordon Brittas?

    Director:Mike Stephens
    Writers:Andrew Norriss, Richard Fegen

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  6. The Brittas Empire Season 5 Episode 6 - Pregnant!
    8.3/10(73 votes)

    #6 - Pregnant!

    S5:E6

    Gordon has done staff urine tests which show all the women in the centre are pregnant - as well as Tim! Carole is shocked and Gordon concludes that Colin may be the father, who is prepared to do the honourable thing. Gordon believes Tim to be a woman - and isn't subtle about trying to prove it. Laura soon discovers that Julie hasn't been honest about the tests.

    Director:Mike Stephens
    Writers:Andrew Norriss, Richard Fegen

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  7. The Brittas Empire Season 5 Episode 2 - Blind Devotion
    8.2/10(74 votes)

    #7 - Blind Devotion

    S5:E2

    Gordon is thinking of going to Brussels as European Commissioner for Sport. Colin gets blinded when his garden explodes, so Gordon considers sacking him. Gordon kills Colin's pet bird and tells Tim to get another one. When discovered that it's Colin's birthday and his aunt has died, Gordon decides to promote him to deputy manager!

    Director:Mike Stephens
    Writers:Andrew Norriss, Richard Fegen

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  8. The Brittas Empire Season 5 Episode 8 - The Last Day
    8.2/10(72 votes)

    #8 - The Last Day

    S5:E8

    Could Gordon be calling off Brussels after Germany reduces its financial contribution to European Union funding? An emergency water tank is installed which falls through each floor due to the supporting wall which Carole had removed to extended the cupboard. Carole gets stuck in Ben's toy car but is pushed clear by Gordon - to his own demise. But how will heaven tolerate him?

    Director:Mike Stephens
    Writers:Andrew Norriss, Richard Fegen

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  9. The Brittas Empire Season 2 Episode 1 - Back from the Dead
    8.1/10(84 votes)

    #9 - Back from the Dead

    S2:E1

    Gordon is away at a conference in Bulgaria. Meanwhile the Leisure Centre is low on visitors, then news spreads that Gordon is dead. Everyone is happy and the centre is pouring with visitors. All goes well until Gordon returns which shocks everyone, especially Carole who thinks Gordon is back from the dead.

    Director:Mike Stephens
    Writers:Andrew Norriss, Richard Fegen

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  10. The Brittas Empire Season 3 Episode 3 - Laura's Leaving
    8.1/10(78 votes)

    #10 - Laura's Leaving

    S3:E3

    Laura has an interview for manager of a leisure centre in London. Helen is worried that without Laura, she'll be unable to cope. A man is trying to get a cup of coffee with ever-increasing angst. A concussed Colin is sent to adjust the heating in the pool, leading to the electrocution of church members performing baptisms. Havoc escalates, including Carole getting fired. Will serenity prevail when Laura decides to return?

    Director:Mike Stephens
    Writers:Andrew Norriss, Richard Fegen

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  11. The Brittas Empire Season 5 Episode 3 - Brussels Calling
    8.1/10(74 votes)

    #11 - Brussels Calling

    S5:E3

    Gordon is in Brussels being interviewed for European Commissioner for Sport. He keeps calling to check on the centre, although there is still chaos. Helen is in trouble after trying to kill a teacher, who's at his son's birthday party at the centre and thinks Helen is trying again. There's a rat infestation and Colin's spraying potassium chlorite on weeds. What could go wrong?

    Director:Mike Stephens
    Writers:Andrew Norriss, Richard Fegen

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  12. The Brittas Empire Season 5 Episode 7 - UXB
    8.1/10(73 votes)

    #12 - UXB

    S5:E7

    Colin discovers an unexploded bomb in the basement and tries to warn Gordon, who doesn't listen and tells Colin to sort it out. Gordon is preparing to depart for Brussels, though Helen isn't so keen - until she sees how well they'll be living. Colin is sent to hospital after being hit on the head by a croquet ball, leaving the staff celebrating their positive futures, oblivious to the danger in their midst.

    Director:Mike Stephens
    Writers:Andrew Norriss, Richard Fegen

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  13. The Brittas Empire Season 1 Episode 6 - Assassin
    8.0/10(97 votes)

    #13 - Assassin

    S1:E6

    Someone is out to kill Gordon, injuring Helen by accident after sabotaging Gordon's brakes, and wants Gavin to help him with the foul deed. Gordon and a few others are taken to the hospital's intensive care unit, badly injured by a lorry hitting Gordon as he walked across a zebra crossing.

    Director:Mike Stephens
    Writers:Andrew Norriss, Richard Fegen

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  14. The Brittas Empire Season 2 Episode 3 - An Inspector Calls
    8.0/10(84 votes)

    #14 - An Inspector Calls

    S2:E3

    An inspector is coming over and Gordon wants everything to be as good as gold for when he gets to the Leisure Centre. However, Gordon then has to deal with a pigeon in the gymnasium. Ideas to remove it go from bad to worse. It's also Helen's birthday and Gordon has bought her a moped, about which she is far from thrilled. What will happen when the inspector makes his inspection?

    Director:Mike Stephens
    Writers:Andrew Norriss, Richard Fegen

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  15. The Brittas Empire Season 2 Episode 7 - New Generations
    8.0/10(77 votes)

    #15 - New Generations

    S2:E7

    A pregnant cow loose in the centre eats some of Colin's leaves, which speed up labour. It gives birth on the squash courts, assisted by a gynaecologist. Carole has also eaten some of the leaves, and her twins are delivered by the vet who had come to assist the bovine mother-to-be. Helen tells Laura that she is pregnant with twins and although Carole was too worse for wear to know the father of her twins, Helen does!

    Director:Mike Stephens
    Writers:Andrew Norriss, Richard Fegen

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  16. The Brittas Empire Season 3 Episode 4 - Two Little Boys
    8.0/10(78 votes)

    #16 - Two Little Boys

    S3:E4

    Gordon's brother, Reverend Horatio Brittas, visits for the centre's anniversary celebrations, and 36 staff from a Guildford leisure centre visit for their annual staff outing, intent upon making Gordon the focus of their amusement. The oil tank is leaking so Colin decides to store the oil in the weights room. What could go wrong?

    Director:Mike Stephens
    Writers:Andrew Norriss, Richard Fegen

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  17. The Brittas Empire Season 3 Episode 6 - The Stuff of Dreams
    8.0/10(74 votes)

    #17 - The Stuff of Dreams

    S3:E6

    Troubled by dreams about his own mortality and his legacy, Gordon is pushing age awareness and disguises himself as an elderly man as an experiment, resulting in a fight with a pensioner in reception. Helen goes into labour early and wants Laura to drive her to hospital, but Gordon is behind the wheel. After the pensioner from reception accidentally drives into Gordon's car at low speed, medical students come to Helen's aid in Whitbury High Street.

    Director:Mike Stephens
    Writers:Andrew Norriss, Richard Fegen

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  18. The Brittas Empire Season 4 Episode 2 - The Christening
    8.0/10(75 votes)

    #18 - The Christening

    S4:E2

    Gordon and Helen are having their twins baptised. The rehearsal goes wrong and Carole ruins the christening cake - but can she disguise it? Meanwhile Horatio tells Gordon he's in love with a girl he has met, then the babies go missing. Will the christening go as planned?

    Director:Mike Stephens
    Writers:Andrew Norriss, Richard Fegen

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  19. The Brittas Empire Season 4 Episode 3 - Biggles Tells a Lie
    8.0/10(79 votes)

    #19 - Biggles Tells a Lie

    S4:E3

    It's Gordon's day off and Colin has dressed like Brittas, pretending to be manager. Colin's daughter Stephanie is coming to see her father. Everyone agrees to play along and soon everything is running well - until Gordon turns up!

    Director:Mike Stephens
    Writers:Andrew Norriss, Richard Fegen

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  20. The Brittas Empire Season 4 Episode 5 - Playing with Fire
    8.0/10(76 votes)

    #20 - Playing with Fire

    S4:E5

    Gordon is doing a survey on how much electricity is being used and prepares a lot of forms for the staff. Colin meanwhile does an experiment which involves using the lavatories. Then Gavin gets a big shock when his old girlfriend Jenny comes to the centre to see him - then realises that she came from a clinic.

    Director:Mike Stephens
    Writers:Andrew Norriss, Richard Fegen

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  21. The Brittas Empire Season 4 Episode 7 - The Chop
    8.0/10(76 votes)

    #21 - The Chop

    S4:E7

    Gordon is teaching the staff how to play 'Game of Life'. Councillor Drugget arrives and tells Gordon he is going to be sacked. Gordon is cross and ignores him, then Councillor Drugget finds out that Helen borrowed £300 for a dog that then fowls in the pool. Now Gordon has to choose: either he quits his job or Helen goes to jail.

    Director:Mike Stephens
    Writers:Andrew Norriss, Richard Fegen

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  22. The Brittas Empire Season 5 Episode 4 - The Lies Have It
    8.0/10(76 votes)

    #22 - The Lies Have It

    S5:E4

    Gordon is explaining safety at the building site for a new room. Michael T. Farrell comes for a job which Gordon isn't keen to give but gives Michael an application form. Carole is upset because no-one remembered her birthday. Michael tells Gordon there was a party to cover for himself and Helen. News soon spreads among staff as Gordon investigates, but Colin thinks the party was real and he was not invited.

    Director:Mike Stephens
    Writers:Andrew Norriss, Richard Fegen

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  23. The Brittas Empire Season 2 Episode 2 - Temple of the Body
    7.9/10(83 votes)

    #23 - Temple of the Body

    S2:E2

    Gordon explains to the staff about worshipping other people's temples - his euphemism for the human body. He then finds a cupboard is being slept in when finding a duvet cover sticking out, then Gavin's hat turns up. Gordon tells Tim, who gets cross when he thinks Gavin is sleeping in the centre with someone. Gordon decides to find out what Gavin is up to and lays a bug in Linda's top so he can listen in. But Gordon is shocked at who is actually using the cupboard.

    Director:Mike Stephens
    Writers:Andrew Norriss, Richard Fegen

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  24. The Brittas Empire Season 2 Episode 6 - Safety First
    7.9/10(80 votes)

    #24 - Safety First

    S2:E6

    Gordon is running a practice fire drill and makes it more complicated than ever. Meanwhile, Helen is planning a picnic in Gordon's office and wants him there. Gordon tries to convince Councillor Dapping of the need for a new fire escape by describing an extreme scenario. Dapping isn't convinved, but could Gordon's example prove prophetic?

    Director:Mike Stephens
    Writers:Andrew Norriss, Richard Fegen

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  25. The Brittas Empire Season 3 Episode 5 - Sex, Lies and Red Tape
    7.9/10(78 votes)

    #25 - Sex, Lies and Red Tape

    S3:E5

    Laura's estranged husband, Michael T. Farrell, arrives at the centre two and a half years after the couple split up. He wants her to have his child, because being a father is a condition of his inheriting his family's fortune. Gordon is unhappy and endeavours to get rid of him, despite being on a sponsored silence. He is horrified to learn that Helen is about to be charged with shoplifting and that she had been convicted of the same crime several times before she met him. The staff are interested in the draft of a novel that Carole has written.

    Director:Mike Stephens
    Writers:Andrew Norriss, Richard Fegen

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Trial" is the best rated episode of "The Brittas Empire". It scored 8.4/10 based on 86 votes. Directed by Mike Stephens and written by Andrew Norriss, Richard Fegen, it aired on 1/7/1993. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Set in Concrete".