Rising Damp

(PG)

A genuine British comedy classic, the popularity of Rising Damp remains unparalleled some 25 years after the first transmission. Detailing the day-to-day events at Rigsby's dingy boarding-house in which the landlord from hell, Rupert Rigsby prowled around his dilapidated eyrie, poking his nose into his lodgers' affairs.

Don Warrington, Gabrielle Rose, Derek Newark.

In the feature length movie, Rigsby (Leonard Rossiter) is still intending to make Miss Jones (Frances De La Tour) his wife but she's far more interested in the intellectual and athletic Philip (Don Warrington)...

This is one of those series that has been little repeated over the years, which is a great shame. Rigsby was the kind of man that you love to hate. Rising Damp is just plain, good humour. Nothing to offend anyone, but requiring an adult mind to catch the plays on words and innuendos, which are continual. Enjoy a trip back to the seventies with Rigsby and co.