The Very Best Of Rising Damp (DVD)

The Very Best of Rising Damp ==================== ~Introduction~ Some points of interest before we start. First broadcast in 1974 Rising Damp was an instant success. Not just because of the wonderful casting or the writing but because of the chemistry between all the cast members. Cast and Crew ========= ~Eric Chappell~ originally working for the gas board, Eric quit his job and took to writing. His first play was 'The Banana Box'. This was a moderate success and coincidentally starred Leonard Rossiter, Frances de la Tour and Don Warrington. Points of interest, in the banana box the landlord was ...  Read the complete review

If ever one sitcom was a one-man show then it has to be Rising Damp.Leonard Rossiters thrifty land lord has to be the funniest character along with Del Boy ever. Rigsbys appeal like Del Boy is in his vulnerability and mannerism’s that proves he’s a natural clown as well as a comedy genius. If you here that familiar signature tune you can’t help but tune in to see if it’s as funny the twentieth time you saw it. Richard Beckinsale is again the lethargic type in the longhaired student over the shorthaired convict. His jokes are all about his naivete yet again along side the black guy Phillips ironic upper middle class standing. This ...  Read the complete review