Rising Damp (Full Episodes)

Rising Damp S03E03 Clunk Click HD

Rigsby takes Miss Jones for a spin in his new car, scaring her by driving quickly. He wrongly believes that he has run over his cat, Vienna. Alan carries in Vienna alive and Ruth sees that it was her fur stole which Rigsby ran over.

Rising Damp S03E04 The Good Samaritans HD

The household goes on suicide watch when a new tenant, the depressive Mr. Gray, who has lost his wife and his business, becomes Rigsby's latest tenant. Ruth switches tea-cups with him when she sees him drop a tablet in his but it is only saccharin. Mr. Gray's behaviour leads Rigsby to get a man from the Samaritans to visit. Firstly he thinks Ruth is the depressive when he sees her with her head in the gas oven - which she is trying to fix. Later Mr. Gray climbs on the roof and Rigsby, to impress Ruth, goes up to talk him down. The Samaritan then assumes he is the suicide and, whilst Mr. Gray does come down, Rigsby falls off and has to go to hospital.

Rising Damp S03E05 Fawcett's Python HD

Rigsby disapproves of his new lodger Marilyn (Andonia Katsaros), an erotic dancer, because he initially wrongly assumes that she is a prostitute. He is relieved when he finds out that she is an erotic dancer, but concerned when she tells him that she has a pet snake.

Rising Damp S03E06 The Cocktail Hour HD

Rigsby is pleased that Alan has a posh new girlfriend, Caroline (Judy Buxton). However, when Caroline and her mother Mabel (Diana King) arrive, Rigsby is displeased by their snobbishness and tells Mabel that he remembers her when she was young and poor. Caroline and Mabel angrily leave.

Rising Damp S03E07 Suddenly At Home HD

A hypochondriac new lodger, Osborne (Roger Brierley), is convinced he is going to die. When Rigsby sees him unconscious, he wrongly assumes that he has died. The residents are shocked to see him alive.

Rising Damp S04E01 Hello Young Lovers HD

Rigsby helps two young people celebrate their love, only to discover that the girl's father has different ideas.

Rising Damp S04E03 Great Expectations HD

Rigsby is overjoyed to learn that he has inherited his Uncle George's fortune, but he has yet to read the small print.

Rising Damp S04E05 Under The Influence HD

Rigsby hopes hypnosis will improve his relationship with Ruth.

Rising Damp S04E06 Come On In The Water's Lovely HD

Wedding bells are tolling in the boarding house, but do they toll for Rigsby?

Rising Damp S01E02 Black magic

A great comedy from the mid 70's, following the adventures of landlord Rigsby, a miserly yet likeable rogue, and the tenants he exploits. Series 1.

Rising Damp S01E05 All Our Yesterdays

A great comedy from the mid 70's, following the adventures of landlord Rigsby, a miserly yet likeable rogue, and the tenants he exploits. Series 1.

Rising Damp Season 4 Ep 3 Great Expectations

Rising Damp Season 4 Ep 5 Under the influence

Rising Damp 0101 The New Tenant

Stingy, pretentious landlord Rigsby is looking for another lodger. One of his current lodgers, Miss Jones, is keen for her acquaintance, Philip, to move in—because she is attracted to him. He says that he is from Africa and is the son of a chief. He almost decides not to move in, due to the fact that he dislikes Rigsby and is not attracted to Miss Jones and was unaware that he would be living in close proximity to her. This episode is alternatively titled "Rooksby", after the character in the stage play The Banana Box, from which Rising Damp was adapted. The character was renamed to Rigsby because a real-life landlord named Rooksby complained

Rising Damp 0102 Black Magic

Rigsby is sceptical but intrigued by a ritual which Philip shows him—banging his spear on the ground to summon a woman. When Philip does so, Miss Jones comes to the room. Rigsby's other lodger Alan later does so; Miss Jones comes in and hugs him in the dark, expecting it to be Philip; she is disappointed when she realises that it is Alan. Rigsby later does likewise, hoping it will attract Miss Jones—but is disappointed when Philip and Alan come to the room instead.

Rising Damp 0103 A Night Out

Rigsby, Alan, Philip and Ruth go out to an upmarket restaurant (which has a strict dress code) for Ruth's birthday. Rigsby borrows his new lodger Spooner's suit, without his permission—and Alan borrows Spooner's bow tie. Spooner shows up and angrily takes the tie from Alan and demands that Rigsby return the suit to him. Spooner rips the right sleeve off the suit. The restaurant's manager throws Rigsby and Alan out for being improperly dressed.

Rising Damp 0104 Charisma

Alan wears an earring to attract the opposite sex, which Rigsby disapproves of. Alan sneaks Maureen into his room; Rigsby hears her and ejects her. Rigsby asks Miss Jones to a wrestling match, which she declines. Alan gives him some tablets and a Matt Monro LP, suggesting that he take one of the tablets and play the record whilst talking to her. Philip gives Rigsby a medallion to wear. After Rigsby leaves the room, Alan informs Philip that the tablets are tranquillisers which were withdrawn from the market because they turn the patients' urine green. Rigsby plays the record at the wrong speed, and she rejects his attempt to seduce her. He collapses and falls asleep for 24 hours. He sees a doctor, who tells him that the tablets are for pregnant women. Philip advises Rigsby to burn the wood of the love tree outside Miss Jones's room as an aphrodisiac. She finds the smell unpleasant, so she sprays Rigsby and the wood with water. Philip tells him that the piece of wood came off the wardrobe

Rising Damp 0105 All Our Yesterdays

Spooner annoys the household by playing his radio loudly. Rigsby is annoyed, but finds it difficult to pluck up the courage to confront him about it. He fires his gun, which he wrongly believed was not loaded. He thinks that he shot Spooner through his door, but after going into Spooner's room he realises that he did not, but Spooner is angry about being disturbed.rs

Rising Damp 0106 The Prowler

Miss Jones sees a prowler through her window, and Rigsby suspects everyone else. A police detective appears and begins to investigate. When the real police arrive later, Rigsby realises that the detective was bogus—and that he stole Rigsby's cash which he had hid in a tin under the floorboards.

Rising Damp 0107 Stand Up and Be Counted

An election polarises the household: Rigsby supports the Conservatives, Alan and Philip lean towards Labour, whilst Miss Jones is impressed with the Liberal candidate. After being disapproved of by the Conservative candidate when he visits the house, Rigsby switches his allegiance to Labour.

Rising Damp 0201 The Permissive Society

Alan and Philip return from an unsuccessful double date. Alan tells Philip that he is a virgin, and Philip says that he first had sex on his 14th birthday as part of his coming-of-age initiation. Alan encourages Rigsby to pursue Miss Jones. Philip advises Alan to pursue her. Alan goes into her room to make a move on her, but Rigsby enters the room before she sees Alan, so Alan hides in her wardrobe. She rejects Rigsby's advances. Rigsby hears Alan, and Ruth opens the wardrobe door. Seeing Alan, she is surprised and Rigsby is angry. The angry father of a girl whom Alan is dating comes to the boarding house, wanting to know how far she and Alan have gone sexually. Rigsby sends him off.

Rising Damp 0202 Food Glorious Food

Philip wagers Rigsby £5 that he cannot fast for 48 hours. Philip gives him £5 for winning the bet, despite Rigsby having cheated by having eaten food which he thought was left for him by Alan—but was actually leftovers left by Philip for Vienna. Miss Jones takes Rigsby's winnings to give to famine relief, which she is collecting for.

Rising Damp 0203 A Body Like Mine

Miss Jones and Alan decide to get into shape. Rigsby claims to be fit, but feels inadequate when he is unable to open a jar for Miss Jones, but Philip is. Rigsby starts improving his fitness, then challenges Philip to a boxing match. After Philip accepts his challenge, Rigsby is horrified to find out from Alan that Philip is a competent boxer. Miss Jones says that she will go out with the winner. Philip deliberately loses in order to avoid a date with Miss Jones. Rigsby strains his back whilst weight training, so he cannot go on the date. Philip goes on the date with Miss Jones.

Rising Damp 0204 Moonlight and Roses

Miss Jones is dating Desmond, a poetic librarian, and the couple become engaged. Philip advises Rigsby to compliment her, but she angrily rejects Rigsby, throwing flowers and water at him. Rigsby tries to scare Desmond off Miss Jones by falsely claiming that she is a violent alcoholic, but he still wants her. Alan invites Brenda to move in, claiming that it will be easy for him to convince Rigsby to let her do so. Rigsby tries the same lines on Brenda that he did on Miss Jones, after which the latter leaves.Cheers

Rising Damp 0205 A Perfect Gentleman

New lodger Seymour preys on Rigsby's gullibility by conning him out of money by recommending he buys shares in an oil company which drills in the Pennines. Seymour tells Rigsby that he is inviting the mayor to the boarding house and asks Rigsby to give him money to buy champagne for dinner with the mayor. When Philip tells him that Seymour has left permanently, Rigsby realises that Seymour is a conman, that the mayor is not coming and that the shares he 'bought' on Seymour's recommendation do not exist.

Rising Damp 0206 The Last of the Big Spenders

Rigsby buys new furniture to impress new lodger Brenda. His plan fails when the furniture is repossessed soon after.

Rising Damp 0207 Things That Go Bump in the Night

Alan and Brenda return to the house from the cinema, where they saw Doctor Zhivago together. Rigsby tries to scare Alan with a ghost story about 'the Grey Lady'. At Philip's suggestion, Alan wears a dress in the house at night to pose as the Grey Lady to scare Rigsby. Rigsby believes it to be the Grey Lady and brings a vicar and curate to the house to exorcise the ghost. When Rigsby finds the dress that Alan wore, he wears it to pretend to be the Grey Lady, and is seen by the vicar and curate, who angrily walk out.

Rising Damp 0301That's My Boy

Alan let one of the rooms to woman with a baby boy, David, whilst Rigsby was in Spain. After Rigsby returns, he wrongly assumes that David is Miss Jones'. The real parents arrive later.

Rising Damp 0302 Stage Struck

A camp playwright wants Rigsby to play the leading man in his play. Rigsby wrongly assumes the man to be gay, until he realises that he is trying to seduce Miss Jones.

Rising Damp 0303 Clunk Click

Rigsby takes Miss Jones for a spin in his new car, scaring her by driving quickly. He wrongly believes that he has run over his cat, Vienna. Alan carries in Vienna alive and Ruth sees that it was her fur stole which Rigsby ran over.