Rising Damp - Series 4
by Vernon Lawrence
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Actor: Don Warrington, Frances de la Tour, Gabrielle Rose, Leonard Rossiter, Richard BeckinsaleDirector: Vernon Lawrence
Brand: Acorn
Producer: Vernon Lawrence
Writer: Eric Chappell
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 148 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-07-17
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Acorn Media
Movie Reviews of Rising Damp - Series 4
Movie Review: note to all you americans out there
Summary: 5 Stars
I am from london.I remember thinking this was funny back in the 70s then got hold of it again.I haven't laughed so long and hard in years.But you got to have a feel for british humour.If you're not sure you do,get hold of Faulty towers.It has great reviews by americans on amazon.If you like that ,get Blackadder which many say is very funny and they understand the accent.Rising Damp ,you may have to have a good ear because the accent is slightly northern england.My american friend watching it with me said she couldn't always understand what he was saying(so would have missed the facial expressions that go along with it too)These comediens have really funny ways of taking the mickey out of themselves and others in a cynical way.But this doesn't mean sarcastically mean .Far from it.Yet the barbs are sharper than Are you Being Served.Rising Damp is about a seedy slum landlord(Rigsby)and his 3 tenants.One is a romantic wallflower of a women who Rigsby is always trying to get into bed.Next is a posh african student who is more british than the british.But he's black!Rigsby is somewhat racist.Yes this sounds politically incorrect but don't worry he is always getting put in his place!And the woman has a crush on him.Then a student who Rigsby considers effeminate because he blow-dries his hair and wears rollers at times though he is not gay and the most normal out of all of them.I think Rising damp is far more funny than Faulty towers and Blackadder but then i'm a brit and also not fazed by the slight northern accent of Rigsby.
Summary of Rising Damp - Series 4
"ITV?s finest and most enduring sitcom" -- Radio Times Guide to TV ComedyThe concluding episodes of the hilarious British comedy classic
These six episodes brought to a close one of the best Britcoms ever. The action centers on Rigsby?the miserly, lecherous landlord of a rundown rooming house who becomes completely irresistible in the hands of comedy great Leonard Rossiter (The Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin). And who could blame Rigsby for lusting after his long-term tenant Miss Jones (Frances de la Tour), who in turn lusts after anything in pants -- except Rigsby. With suave university student Philip (Don Warrington) lending his wry commentary on the proceedings, Rigsby gets religion, an unexpected inheritance, and -- most astonishingly -- a fiancé. Could it possibly be wedding bells for Rigsby and Miss Jones?
The Episodes
Hello Young Lovers
Fire and Brimstone
Great Expectations
Pink Carnations
Under the Influence
Come On In the Water?s Lovely
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