Rising Damp The Lodgers (Season 1, Episode 0)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 23 min | Comedy

Rising Damp

The Lodgers (Season 1, Episode 0)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 23 min | Comedy

Landlord Rigsby shares his crumbling home with his cat Vienna and his two lodgers, amiable, shambling young medical student Alan and Miss Ruth Jones, welfare officer at Alan's college and the object of Rigsby's affection. When Ruth asks ...See moreLandlord Rigsby shares his crumbling home with his cat Vienna and his two lodgers, amiable, shambling young medical student Alan and Miss Ruth Jones, welfare officer at Alan's college and the object of Rigsby's affection. When Ruth asks Rigsby to give her friend Philip a room, Rigsby is only too happy to please her though he is surprised to find that Philip, another student, is black and sees him - wrongly - as a rival for Ruth, who is actually pursuing Philip in vain. Consequently he tries to get rid of him but changes his mind after being told that Philip is an African prince - and not wanting to refund his deposit. Written by don @ minifie-1 See less

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4 cast members

Name	Known for
Leonard Rossiter Rigsby Rigsby See fewer	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Richard Beckinsale Alan Alan See fewer	Porridge (1979)
Frances de la Tour Ruth Ruth See fewer	The History Boys (2006)
Don Warrington Philip Philip See fewer	Death in Paradise (2011)