Editing Chris Barrie (section)

==''The Brittas Empire''==
Barrie played Gordon Brittas, the title role in ''[[The Brittas Empire]]'', a BBC sitcom running from January 1991 to February 1997 for seven series, with 52 episodes, including two Christmas specials.<ref name=":0" /> Brittas was the well-meaning but incompetent manager of Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre. Each episode featured a disastrous occurrence, which Brittas was sure he could sort out, oblivious to the fact he was usually its cause.<ref name=":0" />

Barrie also appeared as Brittas in the stand alone fitness mini-series ''[[Get Fit with Brittas]]'' in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|title=Get Fit with Brittas (TV Series 1997) - IMDb|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118324/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_get%2520fit%2520|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=14 February 2025}}</ref>

In 2014, Barrie reprised his role as Gordon Brittas in the music video for [[Little Mix]]'s version of "[[Word Up! (song)|Word Up!]]".<ref>{{cite web |title=Little Mix - Word Up! (Official Video) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zk0ToEA8sY  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/1zk0ToEA8sY| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|website=YouTube | date=2 March 2014 |access-date=10 August 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="metro">{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Andrew |title=Chris Barrie on baffling Little Mix and getting over his fear of flying |url=https://www.metro.news/chris-barrie-on-baffling-little-mix-and-getting-over-his-fear-of-flying/778157/ |website=Metro |date=11 October 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190810231345/https://www.metro.news/chris-barrie-on-baffling-little-mix-and-getting-over-his-fear-of-flying/778157/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2019-08-10}}</ref>

In 2017, the cast reunited for the reopening of Ringwood Leisure centre where a lot of the series was recorded.<ref>{{cite news|work=BBC News|title=The Brittas Empire: Cast reunites at Ringwood Leisure Centre 20 years on|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-hampshire-41550140|date=9 October 2017|access-date=3 October 2020}}</ref>