Rising Damp was a UK television sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV, first broadcast from 1974 to 1978. It was adapted for television by Eric Chappell from his well-received 1971 stage play, The Banana Box (retained as the working title early in the series ). The series was the highest-ranking ITV sitcom on the 100 Best Sitcoms poll run in 2004 by the BBC .
gsby: Permissive society? There's no such thing. I should know I've looked for it.
Popular sitcom set in a seedy bedsit lorded over by the mean, vain, boastful, cowardly landlord Rigsby. In each episode, his conceits are debunked by his long suffering tenants. A spin-off feature film was made after the untimely death of Richard Beckinsale. Written by D.Giddings
