The Further Adventures of Lucky Jim

(Redirected from The New Adventures of Lucky Jim) British TV sitcom (1982) This article is about the 1982 TV series. For the similarly named 1967 TV series, see Further Adventures of Lucky Jim.

The Further Adventures of Lucky Jim
Genre	Comedy
Based on	Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
Written by	Dick Clement Ian La Frenais
Starring	Enn Reitel Glynis Barber
Composer	Alan Price
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	7
Production
Producer	Harold Snoad
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	BBC
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	1 November (1982-11-01) – 13 December 1982 (1982-12-13)

The Further Adventures of Lucky Jim (a.k.a. The New Adventures of Lucky Jim) is a British television sitcom which first aired on BBC 2 in 1982. It is inspired by the 1954 novel Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis, updated to the Swinging Sixties. It was intended as a sequel to the 1967 series Further Adventures of Lucky Jim also written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, which had starred Keith Barron in the title role.

Synopsis

In 1967 returning from a year abroad, university lecturer Jim Dixon is determined to get into the spirit of the times.

v t e Works by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais
Sitcoms	The Likely Lads (1964–66) Further Adventures of Lucky Jim (1967) Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (1973–74) Porridge (1974–77) Thick as Thieves (1974) Going Straight (1978) The Further Adventures of Lucky Jim (1982) The Old Boy Network (1992) Tracey Takes On... (1996–99) Parents of the Band (2008–09) Henry IX (2017)
Other series	Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–2004) Lovejoy (1986–94) Full Stretch (1993) Archangel (2005) The Rotters' Club (2005) Spies of Warsaw (2013)
Films	The Jokers (1967) Otley (1968) Hannibal Brooks (1969) To Catch a Spy (1971) Villain (1971) The Likely Lads (1976) Porridge (1979) The Prisoner of Zenda (1979) Never Say Never Again (1983) Bullshot (1983) Water (1985) Vice Versa (1988) The Commitments (1991) Excess Baggage (1997) Still Crazy (1998) Honest (2000) Goal! (2005) Flushed Away (2006) Across the Universe (2007) The Bank Job (2008) Killing Bono (2011)
Theatre work	Billy (1974)
Clement alone	Anyone for Denis? (1982)
La Frenais alone	Percy's Progress (film, 1971) The Other 'Arf (1980–84) Spender (1991–93)

v t e Kingsley Amis
Novels	Lucky Jim (1954) That Uncertain Feeling (1955) I Like It Here (1958) Take a Girl Like You (1960) The Anti-Death League (1966) Colonel Sun (1968) The Green Man (1969) Girl, 20 (1971) The Alteration (1976) Jake's Thing (1978) Stanley and the Women (1984) The Old Devils (1986) The Folks That Live on the Hill (1990) The Russian Girl (1992)
Non-fiction	The James Bond Dossier (1965) The Book of Bond, or Every Man His Own 007 (1965) The Letters of Kingsley Amis (2001)
Film and television adaptations	Lucky Jim (1957) Only Two Can Play (1962) Further Adventures of Lucky Jim (1967) Take a Girl Like You (1970) The Further Adventures of Lucky Jim (1982) That Uncertain Feeling (1986) The Green Man (1990) Stanley and the Women (1991) The Old Devils (1992) Take a Girl Like You (2000) Lucky Jim (2003)
Related	Elizabeth Jane Howard (wife) Martin Amis (son) Robert Markham (pseudonym) Lemmons (home)

v t e Harold Snoad
Producer/Director	Dad's Army (1969–1970) Oh, Brother! (1969) His Lordship Entertains (1972) Seven of One (1973) Casanova '73 (1973) Are You Being Served? (1974) The Dick Emery Show (1974–1981) The Rough with the Smooth (1975) Not Now, Comrade (1976) Rings on Their Fingers (1978–1980) Legacy of Murder (1982) The Further Adventures of Lucky Jim (1982) Don't Wait Up (1983–1990) Ever Decreasing Circles (1986–1989) Brush Strokes (1988–1989) Keeping Up Appearances (1990–1995) Don't Tell Father (1992) All Night Long (1994)
Writer	"Put That Light Out!" (1970) Dad's Army (radio series) (1974–1976) Share and Share Alike (1978) It Sticks Out Half a Mile (1983–1984) Walking the Planks (1985) High & Dry (1987) (as Alan Sherwood) Just His Luck (1989) (untransmitted)

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