Rising Damp (1974)
Actors:
Rigsby
Philip
Ruth
Alan
Brenda
Spooner
Gwyn
Bride
Caroline
Seymour
Genre:Comedy
Production company:
Writer:
by, written by (28 episodes from 1974 to 1978)
Trailers:
Rising Damp: Stage Struck,
Rising Damp: A Perfect Gentleman,
Rising Damp: Fawcett's Python,
Rising Damp: For The Man Who Has Everything,
Rising Damp: All Our Yesterdays
Keywords:bedsit, landlord, interracial friendship, roommate, long hair, bigot, neighbor, yorkshire england, student, 1970s
Trivias:
uncategorized: The series was recorded entirely in the Yorkshire Television studios, in front of an audience, and featured no scenes on location.
uncategorized: As he was also starring in Porridge (1974) during the same period, Richard Beckinsale wore a rather obvious wig for most of the series, to make him look more like a student and different from Porridge's "Lennie Godber". Rising Damp's pilot aired on ITV just three days before New Faces, Old Hands (1974), the first episode of the BBC1 sitcom, where Godber first appeared.
uncategorized: Eric Chappell revealed he often had to write additional dialogue, during recordings, for "Rigsby", as Leonard Rossiter's delivery was so fast, episodes were finishing under time.
uncategorized: The series was recorded entirely in the Yorkshire Television studios, in front of an audience, and featured no scenes on location.
uncategorized: As he was also starring in Porridge (1974) during the same period, Richard Beckinsale wore a rather obvious wig for most of the series, to make him look more like a student and different from Porridge's "Lennie Godber". Rising Damp's pilot aired on ITV just three days before New Faces, Old Hands (1974), the first episode of the BBC1 sitcom, where Godber first appeared.
uncategorized: Eric Chappell revealed he often had to write additional dialogue, during recordings, for "Rigsby", as Leonard Rossiter's delivery was so fast, episodes were finishing under time.
Plot:
Popular sitcom set in a seedy bedsit lorded over by the mean, vain, boastful, cowardly, racist landlord Rigsby. In each episode, his conceits are debunked by his long-suffering tenants.
Related movies:
Featured in: 40 Years of Laughter: The Sitcoms , 'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter (Clips seen and discussed) , Laughter in the House: The Story of British Sitcom
Followed by: Rising Damp
Featured in: 40 Years of Laughter: The Sitcoms , 'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter (Clips seen and discussed) , Laughter in the House: The Story of British Sitcom
Followed by: Rising Damp
Official website:
Official Site
YouTube
Rising Damp - Entire Season 1 | Classic 70s comedy set in a tumbledown boarding house
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