
Bitesize Episode 16 - Pt. 2 of Top Ten Most Popular All-time British TV Shows for Baby Boomers
The British English Podcast
Rising Damp: A TV Show About a Cantankerous Landlord
The TV show rising damp is about a rather cantankerous landlord living in a Victorian building which isn't really looking after terribly well. The main character called Rigsby was always trying to charm her and she never sort of really gave into his charms but was always very flattered by them. Richard Beckinsale who was the fourth character his character Alan was very much a student and Rossiter or Rigsby would decry his low morals and generally being terribly ultra conservative towards the youth of the day. Coming in at number five is The Good Life, another sitcom produced by the BBC that ran for several years in the mid 70s.
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