Overview

Discontent with his home, his work and his football team, Jess Oakroyd tears up his insurance card and disappears into the night. Intent on going to Nuneaton, he instead finds himself on the ragged edges of showbusiness. We share with him the trials and tribulations of the Good Companions as they tour seaside towns, industrial cities and rural backwaters in their search for success and stardom.

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Cast

John Stratton

Jess Oakroyd

Jeremy Nicholas

Inigo Jolliphant

Frank Mills

Jimmy Nunn

John Blythe

Joe Brundit

Jan Francis

Susie Dean

Judy Cornwell

Elizabeth Trant

Bryan Pringle

Morton Mitcham

Jo Kendall

Mrs. Joe

Simon Green

Jerry Jerningham

Leslie Sands

Narrator (voice)