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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.
Whilst Alan and Philip are intrigued when Rigsby brings in a load of expensive new furniture, new lodger Brenda takes it to be a sign of her landlord's wealth and expects him to take her out to dinner. Claiming that Vienna is unwell he suggests a romantic night in instead but this is ruined when bailiffs come to re-possess the furniture which he has not paid for.
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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.
Whilst Alan and Philip are intrigued when Rigsby brings in a load of expensive new furniture, new lodger Brenda takes it to be a sign of her landlord's wealth and expects him to take her out to dinner. Claiming that Vienna is unwell he suggests a romantic night in instead but this is ruined when bailiffs come to re-possess the furniture which he has not paid for.
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