Rising Damp - Series 1 To 4 - The Complete Works DVD (1976)

Rising Damp - Series 1 To 4 - The Complete Works

1976

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The entire 4 series of Eric Chappell's much-loved comedy. In Series 1 (1974), a delapidated tenement provides the home for equally run-down landlord Rupert Rigsby (Leonard Rossiter) and his three tenants: the unlikely object of Rigsby's affections, Mrs Jones (Frances de la Tour); the permanently skint Alan (Richard Beckinsale); and quick-witted tribal chief's son, Alan (Don Warrington). Episodes are: 'Rooksby'; 'Black Magic'; 'Charisma'; 'Night Out'; 'All Our Yesterdays'; and 'The Prowler'. The Second Series (1975) sees a welcome return for miserly landlord Rigsby and his long-suffering tenants Alan, Philip and Ruth, and the episodes featured are: 'Permissive Society'; 'Food Glorious Food'; 'A Body Like Mine'; 'The Perfect Gentleman'; 'The Last of the Big Spenders'; 'Things That Go Bump in the Night'; and 'Moonlight and Roses'. Series 3 (1977) sees Rigsby returning from a holiday in Spain and the miserly one is less than pleased to discover that Alan has let out two of his rooms - until he discovers that one of his new clients is Miss Jones, back in his clutches following a failed romance. The episodes included are: 'That's My Boy!'; 'Stage Struck'; 'Clunk Click'; 'The Good Samaritans'; 'Fawcett's Python'; 'The Cocktail Hour'; and 'Suddenly at Home'. Finally, in Series 4 (1978), the departure of Alan leaves a gap in the household - and Rigsby's pocket - which the grasping one attempts to fill with various lodgers, some of whom last longer than others. Episodes included are: 'Hello Young Lovers'; 'Fire and Brimstone'; 'Great Expectations'; 'Pink Carnations'; 'Under the Influence'; and 'Come On in the Water's Lovely'.

Rising Damp - Series 1 To 4 - The Complete Works details

Format:	PG DVD
Starring:	Richard Beckinsale, Leonard Rossiter, Frances De La Tour, Don Warrington
Directors:	Ronnie Baxter, Ian MacNaughton
Genres:	Comedy - British, Television - British
Studio:	CINEMA CLUB

DVD 4 discs

Name	Discs
Rising Damp - Series 1	PG Disc 1
Rising Damp - Series 2	TBC Disc 2
Rising Damp - Series 3	TBC Disc 3
Rising Damp - Series 4	TBC Disc 4

DVD Information

Run time:	11 hours 12 minutes
Rental release:	14 Jun 2004
Main languages:	English

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Hilarious

By john evans from cardiff,wales. , 16 Feb 2005

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Definately not PC by today`s ultra correct standards but very funny none the less.Rigsby the racist bigot of a landlord,Miss Jones,a tenant and unresponsive object of his desires and the two students,Alan the innocent and Philip,son of an African King and owner of ten wives.In one episode he convinces Rigsby that burning a piece of Lovewood which he had brought from Africa would make Miss Jones lower her resistance to him.Rigsby pursues her with this smouldering wood not realising it`s a bit off the back of a wardrobe.The acting by everybody is marvellous.
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"Of Course I Can Help You.. I'm Not Just A Landlord.. I'm a Friend And Council.. Yes, What's Your Little Problem Love"?

By a customer , 07 Aug 2012

'Rising Damp' has to be one of the best sitcoms from the 1970's, with its non-PC humour.....

So when I saw 'Rising Damp - Series 1 To 4 - The Complete Works' on here for rental, I just had to watch them all again.....

It's as good now, as it ever was and is sure to have you rocking with laughter !!!
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funny fantastic

By jonathonwoss (7 reviews) , 19 Aug 2011

one of the best english sit coms ever made,everyone would love a rigsby as an uncle or landlord even,superb classic comedy
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good laugh

By a customer from Doncaster UK , 19 Aug 2010

enjoyable harmless humour without the foul language, but will have the politically correct brigade tut tuting.
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RISING DAMP SERIES 1 - 4

By a customer from Magherafelt , 22 Jul 2010

Classic comedy at its best,its up there with fawlty towers,only fools and horses.the comedies that are on tv now dont compare to this.
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The 70s - another classic comedy

By WilliamJR (8 reviews) from Stafford , 11 Oct 2009

When people think back to the 1970s in Britain, memories often are not very pleasant. The three day week, constant strikes, the fashions...., the Common Market and much else. But in one respect the 70s stands out as a beacon from the far future year of 2009, and that is in the realm of TV comedy. Rising Damp was just one of the classic comedy shows in the 70s; in the character of Rupert Rigsby, Leonard Rossiter rules his seedy boarding house with contempt. And Rising Damp was not alone. If you were not alive to enjoy 1970s British comedy, I can also recommend such classics as Fawlty Towers, Dad's Army, Porridge, Morecambe and Wise the Two Ronnies. Read the reviews here on Lovefilm, and enjoy these timeless gems of British laughter.
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