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The Good Life (Part One)

The Good Life (Part One)

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Welcome to The Worms That Turned!


This week we’ll be planting our own potatoes and making our own fertilizer as we dig down into the rich soil of The Good Life, a much-loved 1970s sitcom about a couple’s attempt to drop out of the corporate rat race and lead an autonomous, self-sufficient lifestyle.


In this episode, we too yearn for a simpler, mortgage-free life of a suburban smallholder, free from commuting and consumerism, with only our root vegetables and fruity wife for company. Or are we also having a belated mid-life crisis?


Join us while we discuss the original eco-warriors, Tom and Barbara Good, and decide whether we love their free-spirited, frivolous nature or hate them for somehow being able to pay off the mortgage on their large, detached London home before Tom’s 40th birthday.


Warning ⚠️ this episode contains language that some listeners may find offensive... but only because we're quoting old TV shows, not because we enjoy using those words. We're not your father-in-law.


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The Worms That Turned is written, presented, and produced by Will Barrett and Rob Pearmain. Theme tune by Rob. 


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