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First broadcast in 1974, the ITV bedsitland sitcom Rising Damp was an instant and enduring success. It starred Leonard Rossiter as the miserly and lovelorn landlord Rigsby who is constantly needling young lodger Alan (Richard Beckinsale), a science student whose long hair and earrings are symptomatic to Rigsby of the parlous effeminacy of the modern age. He's also in love with Frances De La Tour's dowdy spinster Miss Jones, though his tentative advances are forever rebuffed. She in turn carries a torch for Philip (Don Warrington), the elegant son of an African chief who also resides at Rigsby Towers.
Some aspects of Rising Damp have not aged well, principally Rigsby's stream of racist jibes at Philip. Although these were doubtless well-meant and supposed to illustrate Rigsby's foolish bigotry, you suspect that that was a convenient cover for audiences in the 1970s to enjoy racist humour. However, Rossiter's Rigsby--stuttering, stammering, bent perpetually over backwards--remains a great comic creation, embodying all the festering prejudices, small-mindedness and self-delusion of the lower middle class Little Englander. --David Stubbs
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Three episodes from the popular 1970s sitcom. In 'The Perfect Gentleman' a well-mannered, aristocratic new tenant takes a room in the boarding house. 'Last of the Big Spenders' finds Rigsby the proud owner of some new furniture. 'Things That Go Bump in the Night' has Rigsby tell the frightened Alan that the house is haunted.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By Jane Aland
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Format:DVD
If you've never seen Rising Damp before then this is a good place to get a taster of the series, but the real reason this is an essential purchase alongside Rising Damp:The Works DVD (CCD30101) is that this compilation contains the Xmas episode ('For the Man Who Has Everything') that was mysteriously absent from that supposedly complete box set collection. Buy both these releases and you have every Rising Damp episode ever broadcast.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Format:VHS Tape
The third series of Rising Damp displays the finest characteristics of British Sitcom. Superbly written by Eric Chappel and brilliant performances by all the cast, make this a 'must have' for any devotee of classic comedy. The series begins as Rigsby returns from a holiday in Spain to find that Alan has let two rooms without his consent. His annoyance soon melts away when he discovers that one of the new tenants is no other than his beloved Miss Jones, who has returned following another unsuccesful romance. The other tenant is not such a nice surprise ! The series covers seven episodes That's my Boy, Stage Struck, Clunk Click, The Good Samaritans, Fawcett's Python, The Cocktail Hour and Suddenly at Home. Every episode offers a plot with misunderstandings, farce and hilarity together with the slickest timing and delivery you will ever see. It will appeal to all ages,I remember it from T.V., but my two children aged 12 and 15 simply love it, so much so that my son has put the remaining titles not in our collection on his birthday list! Treat yourself to the best laugh you'll ever have from Leonard Rossiter, one of the finest actors Britain has ever produced. He is still sadly missed.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Ihave been a fan of Rising Damp since i was a child and watched every single epidode when they were originally broadcast.This dvd and the compete first series are excellent.Timeless classics you can watch again and again that cheer you up no end.Please, please please the powers that be release the complete 2nd seies as one of the best comedy episodes of all time is the episode things that go bump in the night.The sheer brilliance of rigsby, Alan and the whole cast are in this its just perfect comedy.
what a terrible loss to the world that Leanard Rossiter and Richard Beckinsale are no longer with us.However they will be immortalised forever in this dvd and the others to come.Buy it.
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Brilliant comedy
Again superb, why can't we produce great comedy like this in this day and age. Rossiter was an incredible genius.
Published 4 months ago by anthony
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great
great for the money. came within 7 days, i got this for my friend and she loved it. anything to keep her happy.
Published 15 months ago by Mrs Foster
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non pc - fantastic!
a blast from the past and a refreshing change these days from all the pc nonsense. the so called bigotry of rigsby makes him look a fool so no complaints at all. Read more
Published 22 months ago by d lomas
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Excellent, enjoyable, very funny
I suspect there isn't much I can add to this excellent film, that hasn't already been said. It contains sketches which went on to be used in the actual series, but the entire film... Read more
Published on 8 Mar 2011 by Filmbuff
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Series is better!!
The movie of the excellent series of rising damp takes a lot of the best bits from the series and rolls it all into 90 minutes. Read more
Published on 22 April 2010 by mark from OZ!!
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Entertaining Spin-Off from a Classic Series.
Although the film still elicits a few laughs and Leonard Rossiter steals it, the series is still far better. But if you are a completist, it is a very nice print with a nice cover!
Published on 25 Oct 2008 by Trevor William Douglas
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6 great episodes from this classic series
Rather than a collection of excerpts from the series, as one might imagine from the title, this is a collection of 6 of the best episodes. Read more
Published on 29 Nov 2003 by Aaron Gatt Floridia
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A classic......
'Rising Damp' is a classic, a show you can watch again, again and again (you get the picture !) and still laugh at ! Read more
Published on 7 Jan 2001 by M. Plant
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