
Rising Damp (1974)
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Leonard Rossiter as Rigsby
Episodes 28
All Our Yesterdays
Rigsby has to tell an ill-tempered wrestler to turn down the volume on his radio.
Read MoreThe New Tenant (aka Rooksby)
Stingy, pretentious landlord Rigsby is looking for another lodger. One of his current lodgers, Miss Jones, is keen for her acquaintance, Philip, to move in because she is attracted to him.
Read MoreBlack Magic
Rigsby is sceptical but intrigued by a ritual which Philip shows him - banging his spear on the ground to summon a woman.
Read MoreA Night Out
Rigsby, Alan, Philip and Ruth go out to an upmarket restaurant (which has a strict dress code) for Ruth's birthday. Rigsby borrows his new lodger Spooner's suit, without his permission.
Read MoreThe Prowler
Ruth's screams of a prowler brings Rigsby to her side and prompts a visit from the regional crime squad.
Read MoreStand Up and Be Counted
Rigsby's political loyalties are put to the test as election fever grips the house.
Read MoreThe Permissive Society
Philip arranges a blind date for Alan, so he can be alone with Ruth, who's been let down by her latest suitor.
Read MoreFood Glorious Food
Rigsby has to choose between his pride and his stomach when Philip challenges his ability to go without food for three days.
Read MoreA Body Like Mine
Rigsby reluctantly joins a communal fitness craze.
Read MoreMoonlight and Roses
Rigsby jumps to the conclusion that Ruth has fallen in love with him.
Read MoreA Perfect Gentleman
A well-bred new tenant brings out Rigsby's aristocratic aspirations.
Read MoreLast of the Big Spenders
Rigsby tries to seduce a new tenant while fending off bill collectors.
Read MoreThings That Go Bump in the Night
Rigsby tries to spook Alan by telling him that the boarding house is haunted.
Read MoreFor the Man Who Has Everything
Rigsby spends Christmas alone, but both Alan and Philip return early looking for some solitude for romance.
Read MoreThat's My Boy
Rigsby returns from his holidays to find that Ruth has returned and that an infant is being passed around for care.
Read MoreStage Struck
When Alan and Ruth are cast as lovers in a play written by a new tenant, Hilary, a jealous Rigsby decides to take up acting.
Read MoreClunk Click
Rigsby tries to impress Ruth with a fancy new car.
Read MoreThe Good Samaritans
Even the callous Rigsby becomes concerned over a depressed new tenant who has suffered a series of business and personal problems.
Read MoreFawcett's Python
Ruth becomes indignant with Marilyn, the new tenant, who is an exotic dancer with an unusual prop in her act.
Read MoreThe Cocktail Hour
Alan becomes engaged to a girl from a snobbish family.
Read MoreSuddenly at Home
Rigsby jumps to a drastic conclusion when a hypochondriac tenant is taken to the hospital.
Read MoreHello Young Lovers
Ruth befriends a young couple who have moved in, fleeing from her disapproving father.
Read MoreFire and Brimstone
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.
Read MoreGreat Expectations
Rigsby persuades Ruth to impersonate his estranged wife so he can collect an inheritance from his great uncle.
Read MorePink Carnations
Rigsby tries to find a woman through an ad in the personals column and receives a surprising response.
Read MoreUnder the Influence
Rigsby persuades a tenant behind on his rent to hypnotize Ruth and plant the idea she's madly in love with Rigsby.
Read MoreCome On In the Water's Lovely
Rigsby finally proposes to Ruth when he receives his long awaited divorce papers.
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