< Rising Damp (1974 - 1978)

SERIES | 30m | Open in IMDB | WL | ? / 7.7 (3_193)

Comedy | 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.

• Director: Vernon Lawrence
• Director: Len Lurcuck
• Director: Ronnie Baxter
• Director: Ian MacNaughton
• Writer: Eric Chappell
• Leonard Rossiter (48) - Rigsby
• Don Warrington (22) - Philip
• Frances de la Tour (30) - Ruth
• Richard Beckinsale (27) - Alan
• Gabrielle Rose (21 in 1975) - Brenda
• John Clive (44 in 1977) - Gwyn // Samaritan
• Derek Newark (41) - Spooner
• Helen Fraser (33 in 1975) - Gwen // Bride
• Judy Buxton (28 in 1977) - Caroline
• Henry McGee (47 in 1975) - Seymour
• Peter Jeffrey (49 in 1978) - Ambrose
• Deborah Watling (30 in 1978) - Lorna
• Brian Peck (48 in 1978) - Ron
• Avis Bunnage (55 in 1978) - Veronica
• Liz Edmiston (29) - Maureen
• George Sewell (51 in 1975) - Baker
• Larry Martyn (41 in 1975) - Fred
• Norman Bird (51 in 1975) - Vicar
• George A. Cooper (50 in 1975) - Cooper
• Campbell Singer (66 in 1975) - Flint

Some episodes

• 1.0 The Lodgers
• 1.1 Black Magic
• 1.2 A Night Out