'The Queen made us reunite': Felicity Kendal on The Good Life at 50

'The Queen made us reunite': Felicity Kendal on The Good Life at 50

Some television comedies are simply funnier than everything else around; others daringly ahead of their time. The Good Life, which first appeared on our screens half a century ago, was both. It was about love, friendship and loyalty, and about living off the land – even if that land was your own garden, in a humdrum corner of suburbia. “Though it seemed to be very light, and in fact was very light, it was actually dealing with some fundamentally…