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The Best Episodes of Rising Damp

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The Best Episodes of Rising Damp

Set in a seedy bedsit, the cowardly landlord Rigsby has his conceits debunked by his long suffering tenants.

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  1. Background image for Stage Struck
    8.7/10(98 votes)

    #1 - Stage Struck

    S3:E2

    When Alan and Ruth are cast as lovers in a play written by a new tenant, Hilary, a jealous Rigsby decides to take up acting.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for The Permissive Society
    8.5/10(99 votes)

    #2 - The Permissive Society

    S2:E1

    Philip arranges a blind date for Alan, so he can be alone with Ruth, who's been let down by her latest suitor.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Things That Go Bump in the Night
    8.5/10(119 votes)

    #3 - Things That Go Bump in the Night

    S2:E7

    Rigsby tries to spook Alan by telling him that the boarding house is haunted.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Food Glorious Food
    8.4/10(95 votes)

    #4 - Food Glorious Food

    S2:E2

    Rigsby has to choose between his pride and his stomach when Philip challenges his ability to go without food for three days.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for A Body Like Mine
    8.4/10(93 votes)

    #5 - A Body Like Mine

    S2:E3

    Rigsby reluctantly joins a communal fitness craze.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for A Perfect Gentleman
    8.4/10(93 votes)

    #6 - A Perfect Gentleman

    S2:E5

    A well-bred new tenant brings out Rigsby's aristocratic aspirations.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Clunk Click
    8.4/10(78 votes)

    #7 - Clunk Click

    S3:E3

    Rigsby tries to impress Ruth with a fancy new car.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Suddenly at Home
    8.3/10(79 votes)

    #8 - Suddenly at Home

    S3:E7

    Rigsby jumps to a drastic conclusion when a hypochondriac tenant is taken to the hospital.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for A Night Out
    8.2/10(111 votes)

    #9 - A Night Out

    S1:E3

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for For the Man Who Has Everything
    8.2/10(107 votes)

    #10 - For the Man Who Has Everything

    S2:E8

    Rigsby spends Christmas alone, but both Alan and Philip return early looking for some solitude for romance.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Fawcett's Python
    8.2/10(81 votes)

    #11 - Fawcett's Python

    S3:E5

    Ruth becomes indignant with Marilyn, the new tenant, who is an exotic dancer with an unusual prop in her act.

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    Director:Unknown
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  13. Background image for Charisma
    8.1/10(105 votes)

    #12 - Charisma

    S1:E4

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for All Our Yesterdays
    8.1/10(103 votes)

    #13 - All Our Yesterdays

    S1:E5

    Rigsby has to tell an ill-tempered wrestler to turn down the volume on his radio.

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    Director:Unknown
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  15. Background image for The Good Samaritans
    8.1/10(79 votes)

    #14 - The Good Samaritans

    S3:E4

    Even the callous Rigsby becomes concerned over a depressed new tenant who has suffered a series of business and personal problems.

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    Director:Unknown
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  16. Background image for The Cocktail Hour
    8.1/10(82 votes)

    #15 - The Cocktail Hour

    S3:E6

    Alan becomes engaged to a girl from a snobbish family.

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    Director:Unknown
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  17. Background image for Black Magic
    8.0/10(109 votes)

    #16 - Black Magic

    S1:E2

    Rigsby is sceptical but intrigued by a ritual which Philip shows him - banging his spear on the ground to summon a woman.

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    Director:Unknown
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  18. Background image for Moonlight and Roses
    8.0/10(93 votes)

    #17 - Moonlight and Roses

    S2:E4

    Rigsby jumps to the conclusion that Ruth has fallen in love with him.

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    Director:Unknown
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  19. Background image for Last of the Big Spenders
    8.0/10(86 votes)

    #18 - Last of the Big Spenders

    S2:E6

    Rigsby tries to seduce a new tenant while fending off bill collectors.

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    Director:Unknown
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  20. Background image for The Prowler
    7.9/10(106 votes)

    #19 - The Prowler

    S1:E6

    Ruth's screams of a prowler brings Rigsby to her side and prompts a visit from the regional crime squad.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for That's My Boy
    7.7/10(77 votes)

    #20 - That's My Boy

    S3:E1

    Rigsby returns from his holidays to find that Ruth has returned and that an infant is being passed around for care.

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    Director:Unknown
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  22. Background image for The New Tenant (aka Rooksby)
    7.5/10(116 votes)

    #21 - The New Tenant (aka Rooksby)

    S1:E1

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  23. Background image for Stand Up and Be Counted
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #22 - Stand Up and Be Counted

    S1:E7

    Rigsby's political loyalties are put to the test as election fever grips the house.

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    Director:Unknown
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  24. Background image for Hello Young Lovers
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #23 - Hello Young Lovers

    S4:E1

    Ruth befriends a young couple who have moved in, fleeing from her disapproving father.

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    Director:Unknown
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  25. Background image for Fire and Brimstone
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Fire and Brimstone

    S4:E2

    Rigsby convinces his new tenant, a pious Welsh student, that Philip is in need of spiritual guidance, but it's Rigsby who sees the light.

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    Director:Unknown
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  26. Background image for Great Expectations
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Great Expectations

    S4:E3

    Rigsby persuades Ruth to impersonate his estranged wife so he can collect an inheritance from his great uncle.

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    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Stage Struck" is the best rated episode of "Rising Damp". It scored 8.7/10 based on 98 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/19/1977. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Permissive Society".