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Based on the British situation comedy Rising Damp, which aired on ITV from 1974 to 1978. Stingy landlord Rigsby (Leonard Rossiter) manages to scam his lodgers, arts student John Cooper(Christopher ...
It is 50 years since the transmission of the first episode of Rising Damp, the ITV sitcom featuring Leonard Rossiter as Rigsby, live-in landlord of what used to be called “rooms”. Fifty years ...
There's plenty of trouble on the menu for Rigsby in this episode of the Seventies sitcom. As a birthday treat for Miss Jones, Rigsby books a table at an exclusive country club. But with Alan ...
A deeply flawed and complex man, Rigsby projects himself at once as both superior and inferior to those around him. His insecurities tend to lead Rigsby toward bigotry, and an obsession with status ...
Pilot episode of the sitcom which first introduced the lascivious landlord Rigsby. Rigsby finds someone desperate enough to take his prize vacant room, but the letting is not entirely good news.
Recorded and broadcast in 1974, this is the original pilot episode, based on Chappell's stage play The Banana Box. Seven more episodes and a Christmas special followed in 1975, with Rigsby still ...