One-Upmanship

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

Top cast

Richard Briers

Stephen Potter

Peter Jones

Gatling-Fenn

Frederick Jaeger

Cogg-Willoughby

I

Instant Sunshine

Themselves

Robert East

Canary

C

Claire Faulconbridge

Seasons

Details