Alan and Philip are puzzled when new items of furniture suddenly appear.

Last of the Big Spenders

Classic sitcom. Alan and Philip are puzzled when items of expensive-looking, trendy furniture suddenly appear. Could Rigsby's motive be anything to do with Brenda, the pretty blonde photographic model who has just moved in?

Rising Damp

Don't miss this classic 70s comedy set in a tumbledown boarding house

Leonard Rossiter, Frances de la Tour, Richard Beckinsale and Don Warrington star in this classic 70s comedy set in a tumbledown boarding house.

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Rigsby finds someone desperate enough to take his prize vacant room.

Pilot

Pilot episode of the sitcom which first introduced the lascivious landlord Rigsby. Rigsby finds someone desperate enough to take his prize vacant room, but the letting is not entirely good news.

Rigsby is intrigued by Philip's methods for conjuring up female company.

Black Magic

Sitcom about the occupants of a run-down tenement building. Rigsby becomes convinced that magic is real after Philip bangs a  ritual spear on the floor. Ruth tries to offer herself to Rigsby. Philip and Alan play a trick on him.

Rigsby is dressed to kill as he takes Miss Jones out to dinner to celebrate her birthday.

A Night Out

Classic sitcom. Rigsby is dressed to kill as he takes Miss Jones out to dinner to celebrate her birthday.

Rigsby is given some advice from Alan and Philip in his amorous pursuit of Miss Jones.

Charisma

Classic sitcom. Rigsby is given some advice from Alan and Philip as well as some tablets to calm his nerves in his amorous pursuit of Miss Jones.

How will Rigsby approach the well-muscled new tenant who plays his music too loud?

All Our Yesterdays

Classic sitcom. There is a new granite-muscled tenant in the house who plays his music too loud. Rigsby has to pluck up courage to ask him to turn it down.

Rigsby rushes to protect Ruth after she sees a prowler in her room.

The Prowler

Rigsby rushes to protect Ruth after she sees a prowler in her room, but soon it's the chivalrous Rigsby who needs protecting.

Rigsby drums up support for his own candidate as the local elections get under way.

Stand Up and Be Counted

Rigsby attempts to woo Miss Jones with a few choice French phrases.

The Permissive Society

Philip believes Alan has a problem with his technique when it comes to women and Rigsby attempts to join the permissive society by wooing Miss Jones with a few choice French phrases.

Rigsby is taught a lesson about famine relief when he attempts to win a bet with Philip.

Food Glorious Food

Rigsby is taught a lesson about famine relief when he enters into a 48 hour fast to settle an argument with Philip.

There is a keep-fit craze going on in Rigsby's boarding house.

A Body Like Mine

Rigsby is cynical when both Alan and Miss Jones enter into physical exercise regimes. Philip throws down a challenge and a boxing match is arranged

Philip is relieved to learn that Ruth has found a new love.

Moonlight and Roses

Philip is relieved to learn that Ruth has found a new love. Rigsby notices that she is acting differently.

Rigsby is taken in by the sophisticated new tenant but Philip and Alan are not fooled.

A Perfect Gentleman

Rigsby’s snobbery is exposed when a ‘better class of tenant’ moves in, however the others soon find to their cost that there may be more to the suave and sophisticated Seymour than meets the eye.

Rigsby scares Alan into thinking the house is haunted.

Things That Go Bump in the Night

Rigsby convinces Alan that the house is haunted by the spirit of ‘the Grey Lady’ but Philip comes up with a plan to give Rigsby a taste of his own medicine.

Rigsby returns home to find two unexpected arrivals - Miss Jones and a baby.

That's My Boy

Classic sitcom about a boarding house and its unsavoury landlord. Miss Jones turns up with a baby - forbidden according to the house rules.

When an actor arrives at the boarding house, everyone is stage-struck - except Rigsby.

Stage Struck

When cultured and slightly camp actor Hilary arrives at the boarding house, everyone becomes stage-struck - except Rigsby.

Rigsby tries to impress Miss Jones with a spin in his swish new sports car.

Clunk Click

Speed demon Rigsby takes Miss Jones out for a spin in his new sports car - but can she handle the pace?

Rigsby's latest tenant is so depressed that even Rigsby is moved to pity.

The Good Samaritans

The latest tenant to be welcomed to Rigsby's dismal boarding house arrives in such a depressed state that the other tenants go on immediate suicide watch.

A snake is on the loose and it is up to Rigsby to find it.

Fawcett's Python

Classic comedy. Ruth is concerned about the decline of the moral climate of the house especially with the arrival of exotic dancer Marilyn and her pet snake.

Alan holds a cocktail party but with Rigsby uninvited he decides to gatecrash the party.

The Cocktail Hour

Classic comedy. Rigsby sees a chance to advance himself socially when Alan announces his engagement to his new flame.

Classic sitcom. Rigsby hopes to receive the kiss of life from Ruth at a first-aid class.

Suddenly at Home

 Rigsby pins his hopes on receiving the kiss of life from Ruth when she joins a first-aid class, but she's more interested in the invalid in the basement.

Rigsby lets a room to a couple of lusty young lovers.

Hello Young Lovers

Classic sitcom starring Leonard Rossiter. Rigsby lets a room to a couple of lusty young lovers but finds it hard to overcome his cynicism about marriage.

Rigsby finds God, but is God interested in having the rapacious landlord in his flock?

Fire and Brimstone

Classic comedy starring Leonard Rossiter. A clean-living, Welsh Theology student moves in putting the fear of God in Rigsby and making him see the error of his ways.

Rigsby comes into some money on one condition - that he is happily married.

Great Expectations

Classic sitcom about a miserly landlord. Rigsby is overjoyed to learn that he has inherited his Uncle George's fortune, but he has yet to read the small print.

Rigsby resorts to the personal columns to advertise his fleapit.

Pink Carnations

Classic sitcom about a miserly landlord. Rigsby resorts to the personal columns to advertise his fleapit, but is horrified at the response he receives.

Rigsby lets a room to a mystic with a sideline in patent medicines and hypnosis.

Under the Influence

Classic sitcom about a miserly landlord. Ripples of a transcendental kind run through the fleapit when Rigsby takes on a mystic with a sideline in patent medicines and hypnosis.

Rigsby's divorce comes through leaving him free - to get married.

Come On in the Water's Lovely

Classic comedy starring Leonard Rossiter. Wedding bells beckon as Rigsby proposes but will his bride-to-be have second thoughts?

Rigsby is facing the prospect of a lonely Christmas, until Alan and Philip arrive.

Rising Damp Christmas Special: For the Man Who Has Everything

Classic sitcom about a miserly landlord. Rigsby is facing the prospect of a lonely Christmas, until Alan and Philip arrive unexpectedly.

Rising Damp

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Series 2

1. The Permissive Society

2. Food Glorious Food

3. A Body Like Mine

4. Moonlight and Roses

5. A Perfect Gentleman

6. Last of the Big Spenders

7. Things That Go Bump in the Night