Ever Decreasing Circles

TV Series
1984–1989
30m

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Richard Briers, Peter Egan, and Penelope Wilton in Ever Decreasing Circles (1984)

Martin Bryce lives in a quiet suburban close with his wife Anne. He does his best to "organise" the leisure time of all of the other inhabitants of the close, running umpteen societies and d... Read allMartin Bryce lives in a quiet suburban close with his wife Anne. He does his best to "organise" the leisure time of all of the other inhabitants of the close, running umpteen societies and doing "good works".Martin Bryce lives in a quiet suburban close with his wife Anne. He does his best to "organise" the leisure time of all of the other inhabitants of the close, running umpteen societies and doing "good works".

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Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
- 2 nominations total

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Richard Briers

Martin Bryce

Penelope Wilton

Ann Bryce

Peter Egan

Paul Ryman

Stanley Lebor

Howard Hughes

Geraldine Newman

Hilda Hughes

Gabrielle Daye

Mrs. Beardsmore

Timothy Bateson

Laurence

Ann Davies

Mrs. Ripper

Pamela Salem

Ronnie Stevens

Tommy Cooper

Suzan Crowley

Caroline

Brian Gwaspari

Dave

Harriet Reynolds

Louise

Ray Winstone

Harold

James Grout

Archie

Peter Blake

Rex Tynan

Vivienne Martin

Diana Danby

Fiona Curzon

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9/10

DO NOT Give up

The first time I tried to watch this show I must have been in a bad mood, but I could not stand Richard Briers' character Martin and gave up after about 2 episodes.

Many years later (about 15-20) I was given the DVDs and decided to give it another go. Glad I did, it is bloody brilliant, my partner and I basically binge watched it over a few weeks, close to one of the best shows I have every watched.

So as the saying goes, if you at first you do not succeed, do not give up, second time round can be the charm and what you thought was a pigs ear can turn out to be a gem.

This is a GEM of a show. So many brilliant characters. All those featured on the poster are the ones, bloody brilliant.

Easy 9/10 and really probably a 10.

nowego
Jun 18, 2020
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Trivia
Peter Egan accepted the part of Paul Ryman whilst in the United States, and so couldn't see a script before the series would be going into production. He asked who was in it, was told Richard Briers and Penelope Wilton, and accepted the offer immediately.

Goofs
Martin's obsession with turning the telephone receiver s certain way changes from the cord being on the right in earlier episodes and on the left in later ones.

Quotes
Martin Bryce: [describing the road in which he lives, giving a laugh like he's pleased with his joke] We're a very close close.

Connections
Featured in Did You See..?: Episode #9.8 (1987)

Soundtracks
Prelude No. 15
from "Twenty-four Preludes, Op. 34"
Composed by Dmitri Shostakovich (uncredited)
Performed by Ronnie Price
[series theme tune]