Watching 'The Good Life' again
I see 'The Good Life' is streaming again on BBC iPlayer after PK died. I'm watching it again, haven't seen it since I was a kid. And I've found that my attitude towards it has changed with age, whereas as a kid I was firmly on the side of the Good's these days I'm now firmly on the side of the Leadbetter's.
Tom and Barbara have no idea how to go about their new lifestyle, they do no research, they're in completely the wrong place for such an undertaking and seem to make the wrong decisions every step of the way. Like assuming that they're growing crops that people will actually want to buy.
By the end of the series Tom understands that he's facing retirement on very little and won't be able physically to keep his ideal lifestyle going forever.
At one point they're offered the chance to buy a small holding where they could actually make a proper go of things, but they refuse.