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Rising Damp

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by Donna Lemaster

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aired from: Sep 1974 to: May 1978 28 eps ITV 30 min mono ________________

regulars:

  • Leonard Rossiter as Rupert Rigsby
  • Frances De La Tour as Ruth Jones
  • Richard Beckinsale as Alan Moore [ episodes 1 - 22 ]
  • Don Warrington as Philip Smith

    production:

  • Eric Chappell, writer
  • Ronnie Baxter, director


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      Pilot 1974

    1. "The Lodgers"(aka Rooksby)

      Ruth talks landlord Rigsby into renting his newly vacated room to a friend of hers.

      b: 2 Sep 74

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      1st Series 1974

    2. "Black Magic"

      Philip boasts that he is considered a god possessing magical powers back home in Africa.

      b: 13 Dec 74
    3. "A Night Out"
      gs: Derek Newark [ Spooner ], Frank Gatliff [ Manager ]

      Rigsby surprises Ruth on her birthday by taking her, and the other tenants, out to dinner.

      b: 20 Dec 74
    4. "Charisma"
      gs: Liz Edmiston [ Maureen ]

      Rigsby gets some advice on love from Philip and Alan.

      b: 27 Dec 74
    5. "All Our Yesterdays"
      gs: Derek Newark [ Spooner ]

      Rigsby has to tell an ill-tempered wrestler to turn down the volume on his radio.

      b: 3 Jan 75 d: Len Lurcuck
    6. "The Prowler"
      gs: George Sewell [ Baker ], Michael Stainton [ Policeman ]

      Ruth's screams of a prowler brings Rigsby to her side and prompts a visit from the regional crime squad.

      b: 10 Jan 75
    7. "Stand Up and Be Counted"
      gs: Ian Lavender [ Platt ], Michael Ward [ Labour Candidate ], Anthony Sharp [ DeVere-Brown ].

      Rigsby`s political loyalties are put to the test as election fever grips the house.

      b: 17 Jan 75

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      2nd Series 1975

    8. "The Permissive Society"
      gs: George A. Cooper [ Cooper ]

      Philip arranges a blind date for Alan, so he can be alone with Ruth, who's been let down by her latest suitor.

      b: 7 Nov 75
    9. "Food Glorious Food"

      Rigsby has to choose between his pride and his stomach when Philip challenges his ability to go without food for three days.

      b:14 Nov 75
    10. "A Body Like Mine"

      Rigsby reluctantly joins a communal fitness craze.

      b: 21 Nov 75
    11. "Moonlight and Roses"
      gs: Robin Parkinson [ Desmond ], Gay Rose [ Brenda ]

      Rigsby jumps to the conclusion that Ruth has fallen in love with him.

      b: 28 Nov 75
    12. "A Perfect Gentlemen"
      gs: Henry McGee [ Seymour ]

      A well-bred new tenant brings out Rigsby's aristocratic aspirations.

      b: 5 Dec 75
    13. "Last of the Big Spenders"
      gs: Gay Rose [ Brenda ], Campbell Singer [ Flint ], Robert Gillespie [ Gasman ], Ronnie Brody [ Charlie ]

      Rigsby tries to seduce a new tenant while fending off bill collectors.

      b:12 Dec 75
    14. "Things That Go Bump in the Night"
      gs: Gay Rose [ Brenda ], Norman Bird [ Vicar ], David Rowlands [ Curate ]

      Rigsby tries to spook Alan by telling him that the boarding house is haunted.

      b: 19 Dec 75 d: Len Lurcuck

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      Boxing Day Special 1975

    15. "For the Man Who Has Everything"
      gs: Gay Rose [ Brenda ], Larry Martyn [ Fred ], Elizabeth Adare [ Lucy ], Helen Fraser [ Gwen ]

      Rigsby spends Christmas alone, but both Alan and Philip return early looking for some solitude for romance.

      b: 26 Dec 75

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      3rd Series 1977

    16. "That's My Boy"
      gs: Ann Beach [ Mrs. Brent ], David Daker [ Mr. Brent ], Daphne Oxenford [ Announcer ]

      Rigsby returns from his holidays to find that Ruth has returned and that an infant is being passed around for care.

      b: 12 Apr 77
    17. "Stage Struck"
      gs: Peter Bowles [ Hilary ]

      When Alan and Ruth are cast as lovers in a play written by a new tenant, Hillary, a jealous Rigsby decides to take up acting.

      b: 19 Apr 77
    18. "Clunk Click"
      gs: Derek Francis [ Mr. French ], James Bree [ Peppery Man ], Judy Buxton [ Caroline ]

      Rigsby tries to impress Ruth with a fancy new car.

      b: 26 Apr 77
    19. "The Good Samaritans"
      gs: David Swift [ Gray ], John Clive [ Samaritan ]

      Even the callous Rigsby becomes concerned over a depressed new tenant who has suffered a series of business and personal problems.

      b: 3 May 77
    20. "Fawcett's Python"
      gs: Andonia Katsaros [ Marilyn ], Jonathan Elsom [ Douglas ]

      Ruth becomes indignant with Marilyn, the new tenant, who is an exotic dancer with an unusual prop in her act.

      b: 10 May 77
    21. "The Cocktail Hour"
      gs: Judy Buxton [ Caroline ], Diana King [ Mrs. Armitage ]

      Alan becomes engaged to a girl from a snobbish family.

      b: 17 May 77
    22. "Suddenly at Home"
      gs: Roger Brierly [ Osborne ]

      Rigsby jumps to a drastic conclusion when a hypochondriac tenant is taken to the hospital.

      b: 24 May 77

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      4th Series 1978

    23. "Hello Young Lovers"
      gs: Deborah Watling [ Lorna ], Alun Lewis [ Robin ], Robert Dorning [ Father ]

      Ruth befriends a young couple who have moved in, fleeing from her disapproving father.

      b: 4 Apr 78 d: Vernon Lawrence
    24. "Fire and Brimstone"
      gs: John Clive [ Gwyn ]

      Rigsby convinces his new tenant, a pious Welsh student, that Philip is in need of spiritual guidance, but it's Rigsby who sees the light.

      b: 11 Apr 78
    25. "Great Expectations"
      gs: Avis Bunnage [ Veronica ], Andrew Sachs [ Snell ], Gretchen Franklin [ Aunt Maud ]

      Rigsby persuades Ruth to impersonate his estranged wife so he can collect an inheritance from his great uncle.

      b: 18 Apr 78
    26. "Pink Carnations"
      gs: Helen Fraser [ Bride ], John Quayle [ Groom ], Joan Sanderson [ Mother ], Roy Barraclough [ Barman ]

      Rigsby tries to find a woman through an ad in the personals column and receives a surprising response.

      b: 25 Apr 78 d: Vernon Lawrence
    27. "Under the Influence"
      gs: Peter Jeffrey [ Ambrose ]

      Rigsby persuades a tenant behind on his rent to hypnotize Ruth and plant the idea she's madly in love with Rigsby.

      b: 2 May 78
    28. "Come On In the Water's Lovely"
      gs: Brian Peck [ Ron ], Fanny Rowe [ Mother ]

      Rigsby finally proposes to Ruth when he receives his long awaited divorce papers.

      b: 9 May 78 d: Vernon Lawrence

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    NOTES

    Editor's Note (3/98): I am saddened to report that Donna died unexpectedly last month. John Lavalie has volunteered to field questions for this series.

    Thanks to Judy Grimstad, Anne & Mary Clarke and Sergio from Spain for supplying information on the unknown titles. Also thanks to Russell Wodell.


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