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Rising Damp is a British sitcom, written by Eric Chappell and produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV, which was originally broadcast from 2 September 1974 until 9 May 1978. Chappell adapted the story from his 1973 stage play The Banana Box. Rossiter played Rupert Rigsby (originally Rooksby in the stage play), the miserly, seedy, and ludicrously self-regarding landlord of a run-down Victorian townhouse who rents out his shabby bedsits to a variety of tenants.
Following an argument in which the tenants accuse him of being uncharitable for not wanting to contribute to Ruth's charity tin, Rigsby lectures Philip on the white man's bounties to Africa and explains how he fasted for a week in the desert in the war. Philip then challenges him to fast for forty-eight hours and confiscates his food. Rigsby attempts to cheat by stealing the cat's food and eating an apple from Ruth's room, which turns out to be wax. He gets Alan to put out leftovers for him, but Philip substitutes food that has gone off. Eventually Rigsby wins his bet but the fiver gets put into Ruth's tin after it is discovered that his previous contribution was a button from his cardigan.
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Rising Damp is a British sitcom, written by Eric Chappell and produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV, which was originally broadcast from 2 September 1974 until 9 May 1978. Chappell adapted the story from his 1973 stage play The Banana Box. Rossiter played Rupert Rigsby (originally Rooksby in the stage play), the miserly, seedy, and ludicrously self-regarding landlord of a run-down Victorian townhouse who rents out his shabby bedsits to a variety of tenants.
Following an argument in which the tenants accuse him of being uncharitable for not wanting to contribute to Ruth's charity tin, Rigsby lectures Philip on the white man's bounties to Africa and explains how he fasted for a week in the desert in the war. Philip then challenges him to fast for forty-eight hours and confiscates his food. Rigsby attempts to cheat by stealing the cat's food and eating an apple from Ruth's room, which turns out to be wax. He gets Alan to put out leftovers for him, but Philip substitutes food that has gone off. Eventually Rigsby wins his bet but the fiver gets put into Ruth's tin after it is discovered that his previous contribution was a button from his cardigan.
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