Rising Damp

About Rising Damp

Set in a seedy bedsit, the cowardly landlord Rigsby has his conceits debunked by his long suffering tenants.

ITV1's Rising Damp is a comedy series. The series is filed under cat, northern england, yorkshire, and africa.

Its 4 seasons and 28 episodes aired between September 1974 and May 1978. Seasons run to about 7 episodes.

Leonard Rossiter leads the cast as Rigsby, Frances de la Tour as Ruth, and Don Warrington as Philip.

In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and BritBox. Open All Hours, The New Statesman, and All in the Family make useful companions to Rising Damp, all filed under miser and sitcom.