TV Series

One-Upmanship (1976–1978)

• First aired March 10, 1976
• Seasons: 3 · Episodes: 17
• 30m per episode

• 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".

Created by

Stephen Potter, Barry Took

Starring

Richard Briers, Peter Jones, Frederick Jaeger