Christopher strauli was born on april, 1946 in harpenden, hertfordshire, england. With ronnie barker, richard beckinsale, fulton mackay, brian wilde. Richard beckinsale father of kate had a key role in the original series but died in 1979, hence his absence from the movie. The original run of rising damp was transmitted on itv in four series from 1974 to 1978. He is the father of actresses samantha beckinsale and kate beckinsale. It was written by eric chappell, and directed by joseph mcgrath. Must be strange for kate and samantha to see their dad on screen, younger than they are now. However rigsbys favorite lodger, miss jones, now flirts with both boys rather than the old goat, despite his pitiful attempts to woo her. Rising damp series 1 rising damp series 2 rising damp series 3 rising damp series 4. Itv originally broadcast the programme from 2 september 1974 until 9 may 1978. He died of a congenital heart defect at the age of just thirty one in 1979. Failing to capture the magic of the tv series, there was no new storyline, effectively the movie cobbled together several story lines from the tv series.
Stingy english landlord rigsby manages to scam his lodgers cooper, an arts student, and philip, an african jock, making both pay for a room they must share. This is one of the most common questions we are asked at wise property care. Title type runtime cut distributor date certificate. Mar 15, 2019 richard beckinsale, father of kate and star of hit tv shows rising damp and porridge, died in his sleep on this day in 1979. Richard beckinsale doing time 1979 discussion moviechat. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Rising damp the movie rigsby dines miss jones youtube. May 15, 20 rising damp 19741978 was groundbreaking in using comedy to explore the dynamic between a white man and black man and exposing attitudes to race and prejudice. Richard beckinsale was an english actor, best known for his roles as lennie godber in the popular bbc sitcom porridge and alan moore in the british itv sitcom rising damp. What we have here is a film with a script that lazily restages many of the scenes from the classic tv show and tries to make it hang together coherently. Rising damp 197478 is considered by many the best sitcom that itv has ever produced. Rising damp was the first of her 151 to date credits frances was in 24 of the 28 episodes, missing the second half of series 2 but returning at the start of series 3. Le petomane 1979 leonard rossiter video dailymotion. Rupert rigsby rossiter is the moth eaten landlord of a seedy lodging house in a nameless northern town.
The films director was joseph mcgrath leonard rossiter plays rupert rigsby, the middleaged. It covers everything from the original stage play, hit tv series and big screen movie. Rising damp the movie, 1980 almost two years after the tv series finished, rigsby hit the big screen with rising damp the movie. It was adapted for television by eric chappell from his wellreceived 1971 stage play the banana box the series was the highestranking itv sitcom on the 100 best sitcoms poll run in 2004 by the bbc.
It was even mentioned that they were still mourning his. Rising damp 1980, a feature film based on the programme, premiered on 5 march 1980. Fletcher is unaware that the match is only a diversion so that an escape. Download rising damp the movie 1980 torrent kickasstorrents download. Chappell adapted the play to television, and wrote the screenplay for this feature film. What is rising damp learn all about the damp issue. Like so many other comedies of the period, a film was made in 1979 and starred all the usual characters that we saw in the tv show lenny godberrichard beckinsale, who was so wellknown for his. Rising damp fovever itv3 documentary british comedy guide.
His best known characters were prison inmate leonard arthur lennie godber in porridge 19741977 and its sequel series going straight 1978, and medical student alan moore in rising damp 19741978. The television series was, in turn, adapted from eric chappells stage play the banana box. The television series was, in turn, adapted from eric chappell s stage play the banana box. Leonard rossiter stars in the madcap british farce rising damp, as rupert rigsby, the bigoted and conniving landlord of a dingy flophouse in an unspecified english city. My impression is that stalker, the fifth and final film andrei tarkovsky made in the soviet union customarily, one does not think of soviet artists being allowed to up and leave the country. In 1979 it was spotted in 1979 only when i laugh on peter bowles as archie. Beckinsale was born in the suburban town of carlton. Itv originally broadcast the programme from 1974 through 1978.
British lion, cinema arts international, itc entertainment. Even joseph mcgrath won the award for best director. Philip don warrington, a black med student who insists that he is actually an. In which it is demonstrated that moderately droll tv boardinghouse sitcoms ought not to be stretched to 98 minutes. Rising damp originated as a script for a stage play, the banana box, in 1970. Leonard rossiter stars in the madcap british farce rising damp. Rising damp very funny in its day, but would be considered both sexist and racist in this day and age image of rising damp.
Failing to capture the magic of the tv series, there was no new. As was mentioned in the documentary richard died in march 1979 and they started filming the movie in july 1979. Traditionally the bbc made the british classics, largely because a structure was in place to encourage script development, there were regular repeats to build audiences and commercial pressures were less intense. He starred in a number of popular british television comedies during the 1970s, most notably the series rising damp 1974, porridge 1974 and the lovers 1970. Long time slade prison inmate fletcher is ordered by grouty to arrange a football match between the. Crossed by her still overprotective dad, she actually prefers an affair with slick veteran. Stingy landlord rigsby manages to scam his lodgers cooper, an arts student, and philip, a medical student making both pay for a room they must share. Rising damp is a 1980 comedy film based on the british situation comedy rising damp, which aired on itv from 1974 to 1978. Rising damp project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. He starred in a number of popular british television comedies during the 1970s, most notably the series rising damp 1974. Rising damp 1979 british board of film classification. Best movies and tv shows like rising damp bestsimilar. Absolutely brilliant film dont make them like this anymore leonard rossiter was brilliant and so. Classic british comedy, produced by itv and broadcast between, 1974, 75, 77, 78.
He passed away tragically early in 1979 at the age of 31. It covers everything from the original stage play, hit tv series and. Richard beckinsale was an english actor, primarily known for his roles in sitcoms. The series rising damp was brilliant but this film has just copied some episodes from the series.
I would presume though we dont know cos it wasnt mentioned in the documentary that she left because she was committed to another job, probably in theatre. Its author, eric chappell, was inspired by a newspaper article about a black man who had guested at a hotel for a year. However rigsbys favorite lodger, miss jones, now flirts with both boys rather then the old goat, despite his pitiful attempts to be generous. In short, rising damp in buildings occurs when water from the ground. It was adapted for television by eric chappell from his. He is an actor, known for fortunes of war 1987, raffles 1975 and mixed doubles 1985.
Her father was richard beckinsale, born in nottingham, england. Rising damp 1980 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. See more ideas about richard beckinsale, richard, kate beckinsale. Televisions snoopiest landlord rigsby from the 70s classic sitcom rising damp, hits the big screen in the 1979 fulllength feature film. With one film in the series, rising damp the movie 1980. Stingy landlord rigsby manages to scam his lodgers cooper, an arts. Richard arthur beckinsale 6 july 1947 19 march 1979 was an english actor, who played lennie godber in the bbc sitcom porridge along with its sequel series going straight and alan moore in. Otherwise spend your money on the four dvds of the television series and see the genius that is rising damp, leonard rossiter and the entire cast of eccentric english characters. It was adapted for television by eric chappell from his 1971 stage play the banana box retained as the working title early in the series. This film was actually a theatrical spinoff of a u. Rising damp christmas special 1975 leonard rossiter richard beckinsale don warrington. Long time slade prison inmate fletcher is ordered by grouty to arrange a football match between the prisoners and an allstar celebrity team. Class actors plying there trade to hilarious effect.
Rising damp is a british sitcom produced by yorkshire television for itv. Year 1979 formats dvd, cinema distributors cinema arts international ltd,channel 5,carlton video ltd classified dates 09032000 main language english bbfc reference azf022547. This prison comedy is based on the popular british television series of the same name. Rising damp for the man who has everything christmas. Rising damp 1980 won many awards, most of them to the complete surprise of its creator eric chappell.