Rising Damp (1974)
- Genre
- sitcom
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 4 seasons, 28 episodes
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 31 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A miserly and snobbish landlord runs a rundown boarding house in a British town. His tenants include a naive young man and a cunning older resident who constantly try to outwit him.
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What happens
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. The series won the 1978 BAFTA for Best Situation Comedy. Rising Damp was the highest-ranking ITV sitcom in the BBC's 100 Best Sitcoms poll of 2004, coming in 27th overall. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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