Brittas Empire

Gordon Brittas (Chris Barrie) is the manager of Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre. Although he means well and wants to be a good manager, he has a talent for bringing about total disaster. While Brittas is busy dreaming up new ways to make the lives of his staff more difficult, his assistant Laura (Julia St John) does her best to keep the Leisure Centre operational. Meanwhile, Helen Brittas (Pippa Haywood) tries (unsuccessfully) to retain her sanity as she struggles to cope with her husband. Other regular characters are Carole (Harriet Thorpe), Gavin (Tim Marriot), Colin (Michael Burns), Linda (Jill Greenacre), Julie (Judy Flynn) and Tim (Russell Porter).

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Season 1

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Brittas Empire - 101 - Laying The Foundations

submitted 2004-04-03 13:43:26
Airdate: 1991-01-03

Gordon Brittas arrives at Whitbury Leisure Centre for his first day as manager. He quickly succeeds in provoking the builders into taking strike action. He also annoys his staff so much that half of them resign, one tries to electrocute himself and another tries to kill Brittas with a table tennis table. At the end of the day, Brittas has an unusual problem with his car.

Brittas Empire - 102 - Opening Day

submitted 2004-04-03 13:45:08
Airdate: 1991-01-10

Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre is about to open to the public. The entrance doors are on the blink, the pool is leaking and the heating system has gone haywire. Thanks to Gordon's attempts to sort out the problems, the staff end up trapped inside the Leisure Centre, while the Duchess of Kent is left outside, waiting to open the Centre.

Brittas Empire - 103 - Bye Bye Baby

submitted 2004-04-16 12:46:02
Airdate: 1991-01-17

Carole gets a phone call from her estranged huband. He tells her that he's decided to come home. A woman loses her baby. Brittas finds it and assumes that it's Carole's baby. Carole isn't in Reception when her husband arrives at the Leisure Centre. Brittas shows him the child he mistakenly believes to be Carole's. Unfortunately, the baby in question is Black, so Carole's husband jumps to the obvious conclusion and storms off. Meanwhile, Carole can't find her real baby. She assumes that Brittas has taken it, so she goes looking for him, brandishing an axe.

Brittas Empire - 104 - Underwater Wedding

submitted 2004-04-16 12:47:50
Airdate: 1991-01-24

During an underwater wedding in the main swimming pool, the best man gets trapped at the bottom of the pool. Then there's a drunk in an electric wheelchair racing along the corridors. And someone has shot Gavin with a harpoon. To add to the general chaos, the Leisure Centre is filled with chlorine gas.

Brittas Empire - 105 - Stop Thief

submitted 2004-04-16 12:48:58
Airdate: 1991-02-07

There's an outbreak of petty pilfering at the Leisure Centre and Brittas is determined to track down the culprit. He comes up with various schemes involving questionnaires, powder that glows under ultraviolet light and Colin hiding in a locker.

Brittas Empire - 106 - Assassin

submitted 2004-04-16 12:50:11
Airdate: 1991-02-14

Attendance figures for the Leisure Centre are far too low. Brittas has some wild schemes to improve the situation. Meanwhile, he's being stalked by a killer. He's lured onto the Leisure Centre roof by a fake suicide attempt, but it's the would-be killer who goes over the edge. Going home that evening, Gordon is knocked down by a treacle lorry and ends up in intensive care.

Brittas Empire - Royal Variety Performance 1996

submitted 2004-05-31 05:04:59
Airdate: 0000-00-00

The Entire cast of The Brittas Empire appear on stage at the Royal Variey Performance 1996 and do this sketch

This Was A DVD Extra On The Season 1 Box DVD

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Brittas Empire - 201 - Back From The Dead

submitted 2004-05-31 05:10:44
Airdate: 1992-01-02

Gordon Brittas is away at a management conference in Bulgaria. When the remains of a body is found in a steel press, it's assumed to be Brittas. In reality, Brittas has spent eight days trapped in a chicken coop after being robbed of his clothes and belongings. Gordon returns to the Leisure Centre, where he is mistaken for a ghost. Colin tells everyone that the disembodied spirit of Gordon Britta is wandering around the Centre, looking for a body to take over. Carole convinces herself that the "ghost" is after her baby. She tries to kill Brittas with a mechanical digger. Brittas returns home just as his wife Helen is preparing to marry someone she met a few days earlier.

Brittas Empire - 202 - Temple Of The Body

submitted 2004-05-31 05:12:34
Airdate: 1992-01-09

Brittas is convinced that some of the staff are using the Leisure Centre for sexual liaisons after closing time. He sets out to gather evidence by drilling a spy hole in his office floor.

Brittas Empire - 203 - An Inspector Calls

submitted 2004-05-31 05:13:41
Airdate: 1992-01-16

The Leisure Centre is about to have a visit from an inspector. Brittas has problems with dead birds. He also upsets Helen by giving her a birthday present she doesn't want. She contemplates leaving him.

Brittas Empire - 204 - Set In Concrete

submitted 2004-05-31 05:14:42
Airdate: 1992-01-23

Brittas upsets some builders and ends up stuck in his office with his feet set in concrete. He calls in a specialist to check the Leisure Centre for "Sick Building Syndrome", but the specialist decides that it isn't the building that's sick.

Brittas Empire - 205 - Mums And Dads

submitted 2004-05-31 05:15:59
Airdate: 1992-01-30

Brittas is expecting delivery of a couple of pianos. His father is bringing round an old upright piano for Gordon. Meanwhile a concert grand piano is being delivered ready for a recital that evening. As usual, things don't go exactly according to plan.

Brittas Empire - 206 - Safety First

submitted 2004-05-31 05:17:03
Airdate: 1992-02-13

A fire drill bring complete chaos to the Leisure Centre. Helen is planning a picnic lunch for Gordon and herself. He gets continually delayed by one crisis after another, while she becomes more and more annoyed. Then a fire breaks out ...

Brittas Empire - 207 - New Generations

submitted 2004-05-31 05:18:14
Airdate: 1992-02-20

A cow ends up giving birth in one of the Leisure Centre's squash courts, while Carole does likewise in the sauna.

Brittas Empire - Goodmorning AM Interview

submitted 2004-05-31 05:19:58
Airdate: 0000-00-00

The Crew Of Good Morning AM visit the set Of Brittas Empire to interview the cast

This Interview was an extra on the season 2 DVD

Season 3

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Brittas Empire - 301 - The Trial

submitted 2004-07-10 15:46:32
Airdate: 1993-01-07

Gordon Brittas is facing trial, charged with assault, possession of drugs and murder. His defence is based on a convoluted story involving superglue, toilets, men from the Mafia and a rogue chain saw.

Brittas Empire - 302 - That Creeping Feeling

submitted 2004-07-10 15:47:59
Airdate: 1993-01-14

One of Gordon's many enemies sends him a parcel from South America. When he opens it, he finds nothing but leaves. Meanwhile, the venomous spider that was also in the parcel is roaming the Leisure Centre. The entire staff are refusing to speak to Brittas, so he knows nothing about the spider's activities.

Brittas Empire - 303 - Laura's Leaving

submitted 2004-07-12 10:39:47
Airdate: 1993-01-21

Brittas has organised a conference for leisure centre managers. Laura has applied for a job elsewhere. Helen has premonitions of disaster.

Brittas Empire - 304 - Two Little Boys

submitted 2004-07-12 10:41:06
Airdate: 1993-01-28

Brittas is organising a celebration of the Leisure Centre's second birthday. When the central heating oil tank springs a leak, Gordon gets everyone to collect oil in whatever containers they can find. The filled containers are all put into an 'unused' room, along with the fireworks for the birthday celebrations. Later, when the fire eater needs somewhere to practice, where can he go? ...

Brittas Empire - 305 - Sex, Lies and Red Tape

submitted 2004-07-15 00:11:25
Airdate: 1993-02-04

Laura has a visit from her estranged husband, Michael T. Farrell - an American who may be the heir to a fortune. He wants to be reconciled with Laura so that he can take her back to the USA. She's not keen on the idea. Meanwhile, Farrell wins the rest of the staff over with promises of financial help.

Brittas Empire - 306 - The Stuff of Dreams

submitted 2004-07-15 00:12:24
Airdate: 1993-02-11

Brittas has a dream - of the ordinary, while sleeping, kind. Helen is about to give birth. She doesn't trust Gordon to drive her to the hospital. She's afraid that the baby will arrive somewhere strange before they reach the delivery room.

Brittas Empire - Chris Barrie Interview on Terry Wogan

submitted 2004-07-15 00:14:43
Airdate: 0000-00-00

DVD Extra. 8 Minute Interview on Terry Wogan