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. The programme ran for four series and a spin-off feature film of the same name was released in 1980. Premise Rising Damp starred Leonard Rossiter, Frances de la Tour, Richard Beckinsale and Don Warrington. 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. Beckinsale played Alan Moore, a long-haired, naive, good-natured and amiable medical student who occupies the top room. Frances de la Tour played Ruth Jones, a fey, whimsical spinster and college administrator who rents another room, is approaching middle age, and with whom Rigsby is in love. In the pilot episode, a new tenant arrives. Philip Smith (Don Warrington) is a planning student who claims to be the son of an African Chief. As a black man, he brings out the ill-informed fears and knee-jerk suspicions of Rigsby. However, the landlord quickly accepts his new tenant and henceforth regards him with a wary respect; wary because of Philip's intelligence and smooth manners, and especially because Miss Jones finds herself attracted to the handsome sophisticate. Of these four principal actors, only Beckinsale was a new recruit – the others had all played their roles in the original stage play. Beckinsale stated that he had originally been approached to appear in the play but was unavailable, so when the part in the television series later came up, he "jumped at the chance of playing Alan." In the first series, there was another tenant Spooner, a professional wrestler, played by Derek Newark. Rigsby gets on his bad side when he and Alan 'borrow' his clothes in the episode 'A Night Out'. Spooner made only two appearances but is mentioned in other episodes in Series 1. Other tenants occasionally move into the house but never became permanent residents, often appearing only in a single episode. Peter Bowles and Peter Jeffrey were among the actors portraying these tenants. Frances de la Tour temporarily left the series in 1975, after appearing in four episodes of the second series, because of theatre commitments. She was "replaced" by Gabrielle Rose for three episodes as new tenant Brenda (she also appeared in la Tour's last episode of 1975 "Moonlight and Roses"), whilst Henry McGee also stood in for one episode as new tenant and conman Seymour. Frances de la Tour returned for the final two series. Richard Beckinsale did not appear in the fourth series due to West End theatre commitments.[6] Eric Chappell wrote some lines into the intended first episode "Fire and Brimstone" to explain Alan's absence (he had passed his exams to become a doctor) but these were cut when it was decided to broadcast the second episode "Hello Young Lovers" as the first episode instead. Eric Chappell defended Rigsby by saying he "was not a racist or a bigot, but he was prejudiced and suspicious of strangers. But he accepted Philip and his only concern afterwards was that he didn't get a leg over Miss Jones." Don Warrington stated: "There were certain aspects of it that were politically incorrect. On the other, you can see how it held up a mirror to the way we were living." ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvxjD52YSxo

Romany Jones is a British sitcom made by London Weekend Television, broadcast between 1972 and 1975, involving the comic misadventures of two layabout families living on a caravan site. Following Beck's death in August 1973, Bert and Betty Jones were written out of the series. Jonathan Cecil and Gay Soper took over the lead roles, playing new neighbours, Jeremy and Susan Crichton-Jones. The show's pilot episode had been made by Thames Television and broadcast in 1972. It was followed by a spin-off sequel in 1976 entitled Yus, My Dear, starring Mullard and Watts. Cast Arthur Mullard - Wally Briggs Queenie Watts - Lily Briggs James Beck - Bert Jones (series 1 and 2) Jo Rowbottom - Betty Jones (series 1 and 2) Kevin Brennan - Mr Gibson (series 1 and 2) Maureen Sweeney as Val Finch (series 2-4) Jonathan Cecil - Jeremy Crichton-Jones (series 3 and 4) Gay Soper - Susan Crichton-Jones (series 3 and 4) Alan Ford as Ken (series 3 and 4) https://networkonair.com/all-products/1367-romany-jones-the-complete-series-1 Checkout the other #Worzle platforms/channels https://bit.ly/WTDB-Youtube https://t.me/WorzlesMiniSeries/1833 https://t.me/WorzlesTVMovies https://t.me/WorzleTDBclassicTV/1447 https://t.me/WorzlesChristmasSpecials https://t.me/WorzlesChristmasMovies https://bit.ly/WTDB-Odysee Support my efforts https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Worzle ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C5LyijZ8Jk

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Man About the House is a British sitcom created by Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer that starred Richard O'Sullivan, Paula Wilcox, Sally Thomsett, Yootha Joyce and Brian Murphy. Six series were broadcast on ITV from 15 August 1973 to 7 April 1976. The series was considered daring at the time because it featured a man sharing a London flat with two single women. The show was made by Thames Television and recorded at its Teddington studio in Greater London. Two spin-off series were later made: George and Mildred and Robin's Nest. In 2004, Man About the House placed 69th in a poll to find Britain's Best Sitcom. A film version was released in 1974. Main stars Richard O'Sullivan as Robin Tripp Paula Wilcox as Chrissy Plummer Sally Thomsett as Jo Co-stars Yootha Joyce as Mildred Roper Brian Murphy as George Roper Doug Fisher as Larry Simmonds Recurring cast Roy Kinnear as Jerry (series 3 to 5) Daphne Oxenford as Mrs Plummer (series 1, 4 and 6) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4lnMapxERM