REACTING TO RISING DAMP | Series 1 Episode: 1 FULL EPISODE

[@paulmaxey6377]

The young man who plays Alan, Richard Beckinsale is the father of Kate and Samantha Beckinsale. He was in several comedies, most notably Porridge with Ronnie Barker. He sadly died very young of a massive heart attack, he was just 31 years old. If you search YT you can find clips of Kate Beckinsale talking about him.

[@frank9446]

We never had segregation in the UK. The humour in this series isn't really racist, it's focused on the bigotry of Rigsby. There were a number of TV series of the day that focused on the bigoted views and opinions of a lead character.

[@paulmurphy5648]

@Second Chance There was no segregation in Love Thy Neighbour. Bill always got the better of Eddie but they lived next door to each other, were equal co-workers, used the same pub. Absolutely no segregation and the white bigot, Eddie, made to look the fool. Please be objective in your comments.

[@ilovefacebookandebay]

There has never been segregation in the UK.

[@AnthonyValentine-vm1yc]

The show highlighted how ludicrous racisim can be. Philip was the character in control, and had the punchline. Hope you do some more!

[@StonefieldJim4]

Spot on. Treating racism and class snobbery as ludicrous were at the heart of the brilliant writing. And yet Rigsby is ultimately a sympathetic character who, as I waffle on about at my post above, loved his tenants as his own family. There's never been anything like it, before or since.

[@EquinoxJones]

I'm so glad I'm old enough to just enjoy the comedy without feeling any guilt or discomfort. I don't know how Millennials and Zoomers get through each day, walking on all those eggshells!

[@chrismchale543]

I knew the writer Eric Chapel as he lived just around the corner. Beautifully written fantastic acting particularly from the late great Leonard Rossitor.

[@allisterwhitehead]

Really? You knew the great Eric Chapel? What was he like?

[@chrismchale543]

@allisterwhitehead yes indeed lovely chap. Worked at East Midlands electricity. Knew a Rigsby type character there who was bigoted but funny with it.

[@allisterwhitehead]

@@chrismchale543 Eric Chapel was fron Nottingham?

[@chrismchale543]

@allisterwhitehead no Grantham 27 miles East.

[@alistairmcdougall8390]

Rigsby will grow on you,it's a great comedy & Phillip always get the last laugh, always making Rigsby look the fool, it's only the 1st show but as you progress you'll see the chemistry between the 4 wonderful characters

[@bobbyboko6317]

Once you get to know the characters you will be hooked , absolute classic 😂 no segregation , and Rigsby always ends up looking the fool

[@stellen11]

NO. People loved rigsby because they were rigsby.

[@moretimeneeded56]

6:56 “so was Crippen” referring to the infamous Dr Crippen who was executed in 1910 for poisoning and dismembering his wife in Islington, London.

[@joestunnerboxing]

This type of humour needs to make a comeback. The fact that you were embarrassed to laugh but found it funny is GOOD. What's that old saying...? "Art should disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed." There are those who laugh AT Rigsby and those who laugh WITH him. It separates the proverbial wheat from the chaff.

[@SamuelBlack84]

Good thing I'm thoroughly disturbed already 😂

[@KevinKitten]

The decor here was dingy and dated even for the '70s; it highlights Rigby as a miserly landlord trying to exploit his tenants.

[@MeganRuth]

ahh ok!! That makes more sense 😂

[@Sheffield_Steve]

Even though the show was in the 70s, I'm guessing the decorations are possibly from the 40s/50s. If you take a look at Endeavour (young Inspector Morse), it begins in the early 60s where things are a bit brown and beige, but by the 3rd/4th series there's more colour around in the decor.

[@andrewmorton9327]

Yes, the decor was more 1930s/1940s.

[@SamuelBlack84]

Sounds like my landlord

[@davidjb-750]

As someone once said RIsing Damp is one of the most anti racist programmes that has been made. You have to remember the joke is always on Rigsby for being small minded and never on Philip who is far cleverer and worldly. It’s deliberately uncomfortable at times to highlight the casual racism that existed at that time and sadly still does. You’ll understand this more as it progresses. I still applaud you for reacting to one of the greatest sitcoms ever made

[@MeganRuth]

Okay thank you for the clarification! I'll try to remember that :)

[@Isleofskye]

@@MeganRuth The Actor with the long hair is the Father of two Actresses: Kate and Sam Beckinsale. He died of a heart attack at 32 just before an Awards Ceremony where he won an Award. He was much loved, The Black Actor is still acting now:Don Warrington.

[@Thnsrd42]

@MeganRuth Glad you understand. There were 2 other programmes called Love Thy Neighbour and In Sickness and Health. Both have the same theme, make fun/laugh at the main character's predudices.

[@Sabhail_ar_Alba]

Racist or not, who cares.

[@spencercorker7013]

Yes! Warren Mitchell who played the lead Character Alf Garnett in till death said a chap approached him and said "love it when you have a go at the c**ns mate" Warren replied "Actually, we're having a go at idiots like yourself"

[@anitahargreaves9526]

As it develops, Rigsby treats him as a son and loves him. Phil always comes out on top every episode.

[@KRPTV]

A Rising Damp reaction, brilliant! I'm a massive Rising Damp fan, the first episode isn't the best in my opinion but trust me, they get way better!😄

[@MeganRuth]

ahh okay! I'm looking forward to seeing the next episode, then :)

[@natmanprime4295]

Definitely!!

[@BlueShadow777]

Judging by her reaction to this one... she'll definitely not like future episodes. She'll cringe and squirm while trying desperately not to laugh for fear of being seen by spying and infiltrating woke brown-shirts.

[@natmanprime4295]

@@BlueShadow777 maybe not...! We'll see

[@vallee3140]

@@BlueShadow777 seems you were wrong

[@lukefisher2000]

Another interesting fact with this show is that the actors Leonard Rossiter and Frances de la Tour didn't get on at all in real life as a result of Politics comflict but you wouldn't think that on screen as the pair acted brilliantly together on the show lol 😅

[@MeganRuth]

oh interesting! That just shows how professional they were!

[@johnloony68]

Oh hes. leonard Rossiter was a Conservative, and Frances de la Tour was a member of the Workers Revolutionary Party

[@GrilloTheFlightless]

The weird thing is that whilst they never got on, she was in the audience at his final performance in Loot. He completed his first scene 2nd scene in the play) but didn’t respond to calls for his next scene. I always suspected that whilst they didn’t get along, there was a level of respect for their professional work.

[@normanpearson8753]

I can't see Brits disagreeing so much over politics , this isn'tcthe U.S.A.

[@Neil_BT]

The truly wonderful Leonard Rossiter! But in fairness the whole cast was awesome.

[@charlesfrancis6894]

This series is very popular with a number of Americans on reactions and is often played though not on tv and does improve as the characters take on their roles.

[@donaldanderson6604]

Leonard Rossiter was very well known and was a hugely respected stage actor. I saw him in his last stage role in Loot. Apparently his performance in Arturo Ui was off the scale brilliant.

[@JH-ty3ic]

Welcome to my childhood, you'll have to also include ;- on the buses, porridge, butterfly's, etcetera, etcetera ad nauseum. Great choice so many great memories.

[@davidz3879]

Bizarre red/orange/yellow/brown patterns on wallpaper, carpets, curtains, sofas etc. were commonplace & fashionable in the 70s. Bathrooms were often avocado.

[@MeganRuth]

Avocado?!! My goodness 😂

[@davidz3879]

@@MeganRuth A good example is shown in the Mitchell & Webb sketch Avocado Bathroom.

[@sprint955st]

@@MeganRuthsame in the USA. Look at some Sears catalogues from the mid 70s

[@Anthony-mi7ob]

The series has amazing depth - the characters, the plots, the banter. You know that Rigsby will be humiliated each episode but he just bumbles along in his small world, scheming away while not realising he's transparent. You have to rewatch an episode to realise just how well controversial topics were handled - really quite thoughtfully and gently, far better than so many of today's preachy and sterile sitcoms.

[@thevirgologychannel6215]

Hey just discovered your channel and I’m a Brit living in Toronto. Just to say their was no segregation in the UK but their was immigration during the 50’s and 60’s. Rising damp was set in the 70’s where the first generation of immigrants to be born in the UK we’re coming of age. Lots of sitcoms on British television reflected this at the time. Rigsby is a pretty accurate portrayal of the conflicted prejudice. Alan although is racially ignorant and makes missteps, it’s not out of malice. In fact he’s very progressive. Rigsby is basically racist but not necessarily hateful. Philip being the son of a chief elevates his statue and that inner desire of the white working class male to be as good as whom is considered his betters means much more than a racial prejudice. Philip himself is the most educated and intelligent and as you see the show progress he becomes essential to the group. Miss Jones is just horny but repressed at the same time. It’s a fantastic sitcom and it’s ok to laugh. Keep going and you’ll see that your first impressions will be challenged. It’s not all black and white….😂 sorry I couldn’t help myself.

[@stevencarr4002]

Philip is not the son of a chief. That was all lies which Rigsby swallowed whole. He believed everything Philip said. Philip was played brilliantly by Don Warrington.

[@AlanCanon2222]

Leonard Rossiter is the ace, also in "The Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin", and has memorable appearances in two Stanley Kubrick films, 2001: a Space Odyssey, and Barry Lyndon.

[@hubertlavelle7554]

Dear Megan stop taking things so seriously, lighten up. Not a word in this comedy is written in malice . The fact that Rigsby is so backward is all the fun .by the way the late great Leonard rossiter was one of the best comedy actors that has ever lived and entertained us. Just enjoy .

[@BlueShadow777]

You're wasting your time. This head-shaking, tut-tutting generation is brainwashed into the misery of disapproval, indignation and moral superiority... and the emotionally-blackmailed need to express virtue-signalling.

[@kevinc2796]

If you know death in paradise Philip is the commissioner in that series.

[@72isb]

We did not have segregation laws or rules in Britain that`s why the yanks got a shock when they was stationed here in world war 2, We did not have that many migrants back then i never saw anyone of colour locally until i was 17 i was born in the 70s and mass migration only started in the mid 90`s. Even all the doctor`s, dentist`s and nurses was English when i was a child it was very rare to see anyone of colour only on television or if you visited London , Bradford or Birmingham, Segregation is purely an American democrat invention and because the Americans had it people tend to think everyone had it and that is why BLM could not have a foothold in the UK when they demanded segregation laws in schools and universities.

[@SamuelBlack84]

Yanks do like to think that they rule the world

[@blackbob3358]

The joke is on Rigsby, people !!

[@paulmaxey6377]

Leonard Rossiter, when he was asked where he got the idea of how he portrayed Rigsby, said that "I knew a lot of people just like Rigsby."

[@mygoditsfullofstars9148]

The crew who worked on Rising Damp said it took the longest time to shoot a show they ever saw because the audience were laughing so long it took ages to set up each take. The show was based on a play called the banana box about an African man who conned his way into a London hotel claiming to be an African prince.

[@rayg4360]

Never had segregation here. The Americans tried to enforce it here during ww2, with their troops. See Battle of Bamber bridge

[@SamuelBlack84]

We treated them better than the Yanks did

[@italianstallion9170]

If Rigsby was 'racist' he wouldn't even have Philip in his boarding house.

[@brianrees3697]

there was never any segregation of any kind in the UK

[@mowhawk5924]

'Love thy neighbour' is a great 70's comedy

[@weekenderTone]

It was filmed entirely on location in Leeds, using the same studio sets that they now use to film the dreadful Emmerdale.

[@MeganRuth]

Ahh interesting! Thanks :)

[@Sheffield_Steve]

I'm glad you said that. Someone said that the set was in London.

[@allisterwhitehead]

we've never had segregation

[@stephenfox8685]

Richard Beckinsale, who plays Alan, is the father of Hollywood actress Kate Beckinsale. And Frances De La Tour, playing Miss Jones was the lady giant (forgot her name) in Harry Potter 4.

[@robbryant52]

One of best if not the best sitcom ever on tv ..and the actors were fantastic

[@thetoast9893]

'Its a product of its time' jesus!

[@davidz3879]

Alan was played by Richard Beckinsale (1947-1979), who was Kate Beckinsale's father.

[@MeganRuth]

That’s so cool! :)

[@markdavidson9100]

@@MeganRuth very sad he died so young

[@flybobbie1449]

And the other one Samantha Beckinsale, known long before Kate.

[@benrichards399]

I have to say that although rising damp had racial overtones, it wasn't a out and out racist show, and is Still regarded as one of the greatest sitcoms in UK.

[@eddhardy1054]

Rising Damp wasn't racist at all. Rigsby was constantly being called out for his views by Phillip and Alan. People who think this show is even slightly racist have totally missed the point it was making.

[@philmckenna5709]

@eddhardy1054 Exactly. It's worrying that one has to point these things out to so many clowns now 😖

[@eddhardy1054]

@@philmckenna5709 People these days are just plain dumb and don't understand context 😔

[@kenscott8844]

The show points out how rediculous Rigsby's racism is. Phillip was in stark contrast to how minorities were previously portrayed on TV at the time. He always gets the upper hand over Rigsby.

[@broadband01]

THE GUY WITH LONG HAIR IS RICHARD BECKINSALE THE FATHER OF ACTRESS KATE BECKINSAKE HE DIED VERY YOUNG

[@MeganRuth]

What really?!! Wow! Cool :) That’s so sad that he died young, though…

[@broadband01]

@@MeganRuth very sad

[@lawreence13]

one of the greatest sitcoms loved all the characters

[@natmanprime4295]

YESSSSS!!! Rising damp this is a classic 👏👏👏

[@stormhawk3319]

Rigsby was one the greatest sitcom characters ever. He was obnoxious. A nosey, racist, bigoted, leering but sexually frustrated wretch of a man, but in Leonard Rossiter’s hands he became somewhat loveable.

[@jameshealy8402]

One of the best actors and characters along with Fools and Delboy . The energy they both put into their show's, amazing

[@zaftra]

There was never any segregation in the UK.

[@paulcampbell4431]

There was no segregation in the UK. The dingy decor was leftover from the 50s if not earlier, anything orange/yellow and floral was contemporary to the show.

[@SamuelBlack84]

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

[@gr3yh4wk1]

The problem with TV today is it unrealistically has to be politically correct. In the real world this is more accurate and it was actually progressive as it highlighted how ludicrous the racism was. To be honest, in the 70s - at least in Yorkshire, 90% of the racism I saw was directed toward's Pakistanis not blacks. But they gave just as good as they got a lot of the time. But generally it was just banter. People are so uptight nowadays.

[@TheYoungDoctor]

I live in the town where the writer of the series Eric Chappell was born.

[@harrymarshall]

Leonard Rossiter was also famously in commercial tv advertisements for Cinzano Vermouth with Joan Collins before she was in Dynasty As well as the excellent comedy,, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin ,, 3 seasons from 1976 🎉😂

[@TheRedDevil-1968]

Hi Megan. Late answering your reaction to this one, but this is one of the greatest ever UK sitcoms. It started out as a theatre play ( that also included Don Warrington "Phillip" in one of his first roles as an actor) that was called "The Banana Box." It wasn't Leonard Rossiter as "Rigsby" in it, but an actor called Wilfred Brambell, best known as "Albert Steptoe" in the classic TV series "STEPTOE AND SON." His character in the play, was called "Rooksby," which is also the title of this TV first episode. Additional fact: Paul Jones from the 60's pop group "Manfred Mann" ("There She Was (Just Walking Down The Street) hit 60's song) played "Alan" in the original stage play also. By the way, in the UK at this time, there was NO segregation.

[@TransoceanicOutreach]

The great Canadian actress Gay Rose plays Brenda in the second series, and is a big part of the best ever episode 'Things That Go Bump In The Night'. There's also very little racial humour in that one, so you won't feel too unsettled. It's easily in the top five episodes of UK comedy of all time.

[@Fast_Eddy_Magic]

He does go through some character development.

[@davidhyams2769]

If you want to know about segregation in the UK, there wasn't any! There was prejudice for sure - even signs in windows of some boarding houses in the 1950s & 60s saying "No Irish, No dogs, No Blacks" Black people were not as common in the UK prior to "WIndrush" but were not unknown. For real British attitudes to racism and segregation, you need to find out about the Battle of Bamber Bridge In WWII. "Goodnight Vienna" is an old slang term for "there's nothing more that can be done" especially if it meant impending death or disaster. Philip Smith is played by Don Warrington, who you may have seen more recently as the police commissioner in Death In Paradise. "Prince" Monolulu was a well-known character in London's East End. He always wore a fancy headdress and claimed to be an African prince, but was actually born in the Danish West Indies, now part of the US Virgin Islands. He sold horse racing tips (if you've ever seen the Marx Brother's film A Day At The Races you'll know what I mean.) His reputation was that he always picked a winner but the trick was that tipped every horse in the race as a winner (to different people, of course.)

[@philipcochran1972]

See Lennard Rossiter as Mr Sowerberry the undertaker in the 1968 musical film Oliver! Richard Beckinsale is the father of actress Kate Beckinsale See Richard Beckinsale in the comedy TV series Porridge with Ronnie Barker

[@jeffreyetherton3185]

I'm really pleased you reognised the great Francis de la Tour the giantess in harry potter but lets not forget that the equally great Richard Beckinsale that died for to soon at just 32, was the father of Kate Beckinsale from Van Helsing etc!! This was one of Britain's greatest comedies!!

[@Primrose-s8c]

You can laugh. It was way ahead of its time

[@channel55andaboxoftissues16]

60s decor on new build houses (by that i mean homes built in the 60s), was heavily focused on wooden wall pannels (coming from scandinavian influence). it's very nice. i brought a bungalow built in the 60s. the outside was horrible grey render, inside, the floor tiles and kitchen cabinets were awful, but the rest of th design inside was so nice. that wallpaper btw is 40s. the point being he's a cheapskate who's never done up the property. whereas with Del boy, it's because he buys so much reject/old/cheap tacky rubbish he cant sell, so he keeps and uses ie crap wallpaper. the wallpaper/decor changes a lot in the series.

[@rachelbirchall4630]

The actor who played Philip said in a interview that the writers would show him the jokes & if they afended him they won't write them in. The actor who played Alan also appeared in Ronnie Barker sitcom Poradge & the actor who played Philip is now in a crime drama death in paradise

[@davidz3879]

This 1974-1978 sitcom is followed by a film in 1980, with a different character playing Alan's replacement. The sitcom is set in Yorkshire, but the film is set in London.

[@Sheffield_Steve]

The show was Yorkshirian & the set was in Leeds in the studios of Yorkshire Television one of the many regional stations that made up the ITV network.

[@Sue474]

There was no segregation in the UK!

[@adamdavid5603]

Its not surprising modern snowflakes find 70s British humour slightly uncomfortable, its at odds with everything they’ve been indoctrinated with over the past few decades and the UK was a very different society and culture back then. What we find acceptable today will be frowned upon by future generations depending on who is running media propaganda / government policy which shapes the publics perceptions of what is culturally or morally acceptable which includes humour.

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

I'm glad that you did this one, Megan, it was an excellent series, yes, of course of its time. We never had segregation here in the U.K. in fact it was Britain that ended the slave trade, a video for another time perhaps. During the '60s and early '70s there was a growing influx of peoples from other countries, such as the West Indies, Africa, India and Pakistan, there were a few comedies featuring people with an Emperialistic attitudes, they were the butt of the jokes, as in this, Rigsby's out dated outlook and viewpoint being highlighted and ridiculed.

[@captainglam1113]

A Rising Damp reaction! You just got a new subscriber 😊

[@MeganRuth]

Awesome! Thank you! :)

[@davidhookway514]

It's an old property. Probably Victorian.

[@GrilloTheFlightless]

At this time it wasn’t uncommon to see signs in the windows of guest-houses that said “no dogs, no coloureds, no Irish”. However, there wasn’t institutionalised segregation that legally separated black from white. Some of the race-related comments in this do jar somewhat on the modern ear. But that’s because modern audiences don’t seem to understand context. It’s a bit like ‘Till death Us Do Part ‘or ‘Love Thy Neighbour’. There are racist or bigoted characters who say and did racist things. They were intended to be unpleasant, but the intention was that these characters were held up as targets of ridicule. The intention was to make the audience think about their own attitudes, and to challenge the attitudes of people like Rigsby. The characters were deliberately racist but the shows were designed to be the opposite. Don Warrington, who plays Phillip, was interviewed in 2022 in the Daily Telegraph and was asked about whether he felt the show should be edited for a modern audience. His reply: “No, because the show’s intentions were good. Sometimes you have to be generous in that way in order to get a proper view of how things were. And to understand that sometimes people were naïve in what they did." "For me, the show was never cynical. And because you had such fine actors involved, the standard of work was just so great.” "A lot of black people still say to me that their parents would call them down from their bedrooms whenever it was on, because of the way it showed a black man on TV who was not being put down or abused.” Sometimes a TV program has to show things as they are before the can show us how things should be.

[@timarmstrong3251]

The Irish thing was not a thing at all by the 70s. The troubles caused incredibly little resentment from the English towards the Irish. And at that time, even though prejudice against black people still very much existed, a 'no dogs or blacks' sign would have been utterly unacceptable. It's important to keep to the facts.

[@moretimeneeded56]

15:10 Good Night Vienna British slang for it’s all over, nothing more to be done

[@Sidistic_Atheist]

I loved this show.. Classic British comedy. Sadly, *Richard Beckinsale (1947~1979)* (died at the age of 31 yrs ) and father of the *Samantha* and *Kate Beckinsale* both actresses too.

[@TheFoxUK]

Quick facts the tall lady (Frances de la tour) played the French all girls headmistress in Harry Potter, and the young lad at the start is Richard Beckinsdale, he the Hollywood actress Kate Beckindales dad.

[@McZorr0101]

In the 1970s nobody thought about things in in their house going together. It wasn’t until the 80s that started to become more a thing with the messes

[@carlhartwell7978]

The program is explicitly ant-racist. Like Love Thy Neighbour and Till Death Do Us Part/In Sickness and in Health

[@Sabhail_ar_Alba]

She didn't get the heavy wallpaper joke.

[@samgamgee42]

Late to the party.... this is one of my Favorite sitcoms of all time 😂. You probably know Richard Beckinsale was Kate's dad. Leonard Rossiter had a Great bit role in the 1969 classic 2001 A Space Odyssey. Going to enjoy watching your reactions. Sincerely, a 68 yr old usa Rock and Roller.....

[@davependragon1]

At that time in the 70s there was no segregation of any kind.

[@johnkyle2877]

You're first introduction to Kate Beckinsale's dad!

[@saudade369]

It may be the 70s but the decor was of the 50s or earlier because Rigsby was too miserly to update anything , even the heating .

[@lawreence13]

That character with the long hair is the father of a very well known hollywood actress

[@kevinjones4559]

Crippen, mentioned early on was a famous 1910 murderer remembered mainly for being caught by the use of the transatlantic telegraph system .

[@Stevenc1984]

Really excited to see you reacting to Rising Damp and even better that you're able to upload the full episodes!

[@dansmith5151]

YOU are very easily excited

[@alanpeaker1803]

The one called Alan with the long hair and Philip the son of a chief,in real life they friendship grew very strong they both got kicked out of their hotel and boarding houses for having parties and been well just actors I suppose,Don Warrington went on to be in some very well known british TV series a very good actor,sadly the actor Richard Beckinsale died not long after making a few series of rising damp.

[@johnloony68]

R.I.P. Leonard Rossiter (1926-1984) and Richard Beckinsale (1947-1979). They both had hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and both died suddenly from heart attacks.

[@flybobbie1449]

Rossiter died in his stage play dressing room, De Tour was in the audience, how strange.

[@anitahargreaves9526]

Glued, seen numerous occasions and adore seeing your reaction. .

[@paulmaxey6377]

One thing also you have to remember about programmes like this, In Sickness and In Health, Love Thy Neighbour et al, is that most were made to show how stupid prejudice and bigotry are. If you analyze them, the bigot is the one who ends up looking stupid and losing in the end. I think when this and the others were made in the '70's people were more open to have controversial subject matter in comedies to challenge the people who did have the points of view of Rigsby. Of course you would have some people who would laugh with Rigsby, but the majority would be laughing at him, and that is the difference in my opinion. Warren Mitchell, who played Alf Garnett in In Sickness and in Health and Til Death Us Do Part, once said that whenever he met someone in the street who had views like Alf, he would say "Yes we are making fun of people like you!".

[@davidmckie7128]

The main thing to notice about this is that it was filmed in front of a live audience - no canned laughter here. The first episode of any series is always a tricky one as you have to introduce the main characters. Rigsby's initial prejudice changed when he found out that Phillip was a prince. (Basil Fawlty of Fawlty Towers was like that with upper and lower class people). No matter how uncomfortable you find Rigsby, the other characters call him out and put him straight. Alan wasn't being prejudiced, he had only seen white people all his life. The show highlights and ridicules Rigsby's ignorance and lack of tolerance.

[@neilsimon467]

Always great to see Richard Beckinsale, lost far too early, a great comedy actor and dad of Kate Beckinsale

[@moretimeneeded56]

8:15 Don’t know if I’d call that sexual tension: Rigsby was being creepy with unwanted approaches and Miss Jones was being flirty until she got what what she wanted then shut down and got out quick.

[@normanpearson8753]

Rising Damp was brilliant ! Only ,imho is just beaten by Only Fools and Horses . Not Going Out , third .A fourth Porridge , ot Just Good Friends .

[@cookiesroblox6759]

If you carry on watching the series it gets better & it's sarcastically funny

[@johnharrington501]

The young man complaining about his cold room is played by Richard Beckensdale who died at a very young age. His daughter is Kate Beckensdale.

[@sandgrownun66]

There was nice decor in the past. However, this series was about people living in a dilapidated building, with their objectionable landlord. Hence the name "Rising Damp".

[@SamuelBlack84]

Sounds like where I live Definitely Bleak House 😂

[@Primrose-s8c]

Loved, loved loved rising damp

[@beds139]

The decor is not from the 1970s. It is an example of a low rent bedsit with at best aged 1950s decoration.

[@jonowhitney5515]

It is a classic series..the world is far from perfect in 2023; and the actors were fantastic in this series..don and Frances still living , alas Alan died very young

[@ldm6752]

If you lived in the 70s and 80s you would have loved the decor. In 50 years your granddaughter will be hating the 2020s decor

[@johnsmith-es7zk]

This show, plus 'Love thy neighbour' and 'Till death us do part', laughed at racism. The shows made the racist characters look stupid and they always lost out. The fact that we don't show these any more is because they are deemed to be racist shows but they are in fact exactly the opposite as they highlight just how stupid racism is.

[@davidhookway514]

It Was Pure Heaven In The 1950s But We Didn't Know It. - Look At It Today.

[@neiledmonds2351]

Richard beckinsale sadly died after making porridge movie massive heart attack they made a film of rising damp but wasnt the same without richard

[@Ashamanic]

Also, there was very little segregation in the UK, but there were isolated incidents. The Bristol bus boycott back in 1963 occurred when the Bristol Omnibus company (government run I believe) refused to employ black drivers or conductors at least partially because of Trade union pressure. The boycott succeeded and such discrimination was outlawed just a couple of years later and extended to housing in 1968

[@johncahalane7327]

That's Richard Birkensale Kate Berkensale's dad sadly he died at 31 of natural causes...

[@neil930]

Megan reacting to a classic 😊 i agree the décor back in the day is horrible.

[@MeganRuth]

isn't it!?! 😂

[@flybobbie1449]

The decor of this place is supposed to reflect the neglect, more like 1930's decor. not 1970's.

[@Frank75288]

mind your language is on youtube , another 70's classic