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Ever Decreasing Circles (1984)

Comedy · Drama

Martin Bryce lives in a quiet suburban close with his wife Anne. He does his best to "organise" the leisure time of all of the other inhabitants of the close, running umpteen societies and doing "good works". He's is quite happy with his lot until Paul Ryman moves in next door.

IMDb rating
7.4 (1,429 votes)
Seasons
4
Language
EN
Type
TV series

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 4 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1984)

8.10 avg 5 episodes 7.6 → 8.4 30 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 49 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 43 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 45 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 42 votesEp 5: 8.4 · 41 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The New Neighbour7.649
2Taking Over8.043
3A Strange Woman8.245
4Holiday Plans8.342
5Vicars and Tarts8.441

Season 2 (1984)

8.57 avg 8 episodes 8.4 → 8.7 30 min avg

Ep 1: 8.4 · 44 votesEp 2: 8.8 · 48 votesEp 3: 8.4 · 42 votesEp 4: 9.0 · 46 votesEp 5: 8.5 · 45 votesEp 6: 8.4 · 37 votesEp 7: 8.4 · 40 votesEp 8: 8.7 · 45 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Tea Party8.444
2The Cricket Match8.848
3A Married Man8.442
4Housework9.046
5Snooker8.545
6Boredom8.437
7The Psychiatrist8.440
8The Party8.745

Season 3 (1986)

8.42 avg 6 episodes 8.8 → 8.2 30 min avg

Ep 1: 8.8 · 40 votesEp 2: 8.5 · 50 votesEp 3: 8.5 · 38 votesEp 4: 8.5 · 37 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 33 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 41 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Manure8.840
2One Night Stand8.550
3House to Let8.538
4Local Hero8.537
5The Campaign8.033
6Cavaliers and Roundheads8.241

Season 4 (1987)

8.41 avg 7 episodes 8.4 → 7.9 30 min avg

Ep 1: 8.4 · 35 votesEp 2: 8.6 · 40 votesEp 3: 8.9 · 50 votesEp 4: 8.5 · 38 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 41 votesEp 6: 8.6 · 40 votesEp 7: 7.9 · 43 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Relaxation8.435
2Goodbye, Paul?8.640
3Stuck in a Loft8.950
4Neighbourhood Watch8.538
5The Footpath8.041
6Jumping to Conclusions8.640
7Half an Office7.943