NaN/100 votesLoading...#1 - Stand Up and Be Counted
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/17/1975
Rigsby's political loyalties are put to the test as election fever grips the house.
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7.6/10111 votesLoading...#2 - The New Tenant (aka Rooksby)
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/2/1974
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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7.6/1067 votesLoading...#3 - Fire and Brimstone
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 4/11/1978
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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7.7/1072 votesLoading...#4 - That's My Boy
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 4/12/1977
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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7.9/10100 votesLoading...#5 - The Prowler
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/10/1975
Ruth's screams of a prowler brings Rigsby to her side and prompts a visit from the regional crime squad.
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8.0/10101 votesLoading...#6 - Charisma
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/27/1974
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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8.0/1086 votesLoading...#7 - Moonlight and Roses
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 11/28/1975
Rigsby jumps to the conclusion that Ruth has fallen in love with him.
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8.0/1079 votesLoading...#8 - Last of the Big Spenders
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 12/12/1975
Rigsby tries to seduce a new tenant while fending off bill collectors.
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8.0/1076 votesLoading...#9 - The Cocktail Hour
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 5/17/1977
Alan becomes engaged to a girl from a snobbish family.
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8.0/1077 votesLoading...#10 - Hello Young Lovers
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 4/4/1978
Ruth befriends a young couple who have moved in, fleeing from her disapproving father.
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8.0/1071 votesLoading...#11 - Under the Influence
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 5/2/1978
Rigsby persuades a tenant behind on his rent to hypnotize Ruth and plant the idea she's madly in love with Rigsby.
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8.1/10104 votesLoading...#12 - Black Magic
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 12/13/1974
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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8.1/1098 votesLoading...#13 - All Our Yesterdays
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/3/1974
Rigsby has to tell an ill-tempered wrestler to turn down the volume on his radio.
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8.1/1072 votesLoading...#14 - The Good Samaritans
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 5/3/1977
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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8.1/1070 votesLoading...#15 - Come On In the Water's Lovely
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 5/9/1978
Rigsby finally proposes to Ruth when he receives his long awaited divorce papers.
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8.2/1076 votesLoading...#16 - Fawcett's Python
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 5/10/1977
Ruth becomes indignant with Marilyn, the new tenant, who is an exotic dancer with an unusual prop in her act.
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8.2/1072 votesLoading...#17 - Suddenly at Home
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 5/24/1977
Rigsby jumps to a drastic conclusion when a hypochondriac tenant is taken to the hospital.
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8.2/1072 votesLoading...#18 - Great Expectations
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 4/18/1978
Rigsby persuades Ruth to impersonate his estranged wife so he can collect an inheritance from his great uncle.
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8.3/10105 votesLoading...#19 - A Night Out
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/20/1974
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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8.3/1089 votesLoading...#20 - A Body Like Mine
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 11/21/1975
Rigsby reluctantly joins a communal fitness craze.
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8.3/1071 votesLoading...#21 - Clunk Click
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 4/26/1977
Rigsby tries to impress Ruth with a fancy new car.
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8.4/1086 votesLoading...#22 - A Perfect Gentleman
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 12/5/1975
A well-bred new tenant brings out Rigsby's aristocratic aspirations.
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8.4/1095 votesLoading...#23 - For the Man Who Has Everything
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/26/1975
Rigsby spends Christmas alone, but both Alan and Philip return early looking for some solitude for romance.
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8.5/1094 votesLoading...#24 - The Permissive Society
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 11/7/1975
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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8.5/1091 votesLoading...#25 - Food Glorious Food
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 11/14/1975
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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Set in a seedy bedsit, the cowardly landlord Rigsby has his conceits debunked by his long suffering tenants.
Genre:Comedy
Network:ITV1
Worst Episodes Summary
"Stand Up and Be Counted" is the worst rated episode of "Rising Damp". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/17/1975. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "The New Tenant (aka Rooksby)".