Product Details

• Actors: Leonard Lossiter, Francesca De La Tour, Peter Bowles
• Directors: Len Lurcuck, Ronnie Baxter, Ian MacNaughton, Vernon Lawrence
• Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: ACORN MEDIA
• DVD Release Date: January 16, 2007
• Run Time: 174 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000K7UBUW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #74,234 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Rising Damp - Series 3" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

"ITV’s finest and most enduring sitcom" —Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy

A Britcom gem from the 1970s, with a main character so loathsome he’s irresistible.

It’s lodgers versus landlord in this brilliantly written, brilliantly acted British comedy classic. Leonard Rossiter (The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin) stars as miserly, mean-spirited Rupert Rigsby, the prying, preening landlord of a seedy boarding house. Rigsby engages in an ongoing—and losing—battle of wits with university students and regular tenants Alan (Richard Beckinsale) and Philip (Don Warrington). In Series 3, new tenants include a flamboyant actor (Peter Bowles) and an exotic dancer, who test Rigsby’s narrow mind and lecherous instincts. Early on, lovelorn Ruth (Frances de la Tour) returns to the house after a failed engagement, delighting Rigsby and cranking up the hilarity with his clumsy courting attempts and her refined rebuffs.

The Episodes
That’s My Boy
Stage Struck
Clunk Click
The Good Samaritans
Fawcett’s Python
The Cocktail Hour
Suddenly at Home

DVD SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE production notes and cast filmographies.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Absolutely First-Rate Britcom!, November 13, 2006

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Tiggah "the Anglophile" (Calgary, Alberta Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rising Damp - Series 3 (DVD)

This is the third of four series of this classic 1970's britcom. For those unfamiliar, the late Leonard Rossiter stars as Rigsby, the jittery, fast-talking, slovenly, bigotted landlord of a run-down boarding house. In short, he's a man who's high opinion of himself has absolutely no basis in reality!

If you've enjoyed the first two series, you'll not be disappointed with this one. As with many britcoms, this is yet another one which only gets better as it goes on, with series three (and four) being the funniest ever. Series three consists of seven 25-minute episodes from 1977 and sees the welcome return of the man-hungry Miss Jones, who left halfway through series two to get married. Also returning are, of course, the two students who share the attic room: the suave, sophisticated African student, Philip; and the romantically clueless Alan. The other tenants, as before, arrive for an event-filled episode, never to be seen again. In "Stage Struck" (my favourite episode from this series), one such tenant is Hilary (played by Peter Bowles--To the Manor Born, Rumpole's Guthrie Featherstone), an out-of-work actor/playwright. Rigsby has little use for any of his tenants (save Miss Jones, of course, who can do no wrong in his eyes), and Hilary is no exception. Hilary has written a new play, but Rigsby's quest for and jealousy of Miss Jones (Hilary's new leading lady) leads him to raise questions among the other tenants as to Hilary's sexual orientation. Things backfire hilariously for Rigsby when Hilary finds out and decides to teach Rigsby a lesson!

In conclusion, Rising Damp is a superbly acted, hilarious 1970's britcom. It's one of our family's favourites, and it's one which, together with other 70's classics like Open All Hours and On the Buses, I would highly recommend to fans of British comedy who are looking for a welcome change from the endless reruns of the more popular britcoms.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still a great show, February 19, 2007

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Bloomwood "Hyacinth was here!" (Balmoral, Aberdeenshire, Scotland) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Rising Damp - Series 3 (DVD)

I still LOVE this show after all these years! I like series 3 character developement...Alan is a little smarter, there aren't so many racial jokes about Phillip, and Mr. Rigsby is slowly growing a conscience and a heart.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First Rate, February 13, 2007

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W. Wilson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rising Damp - Series 3 (DVD)

While dated, Rising Damp is a first-rate British comedy. Not so well known stateside as those we see weekly on PBS, I found it to be truly funny...something I find lacking in a lot of modern American comedy. This was a good purchase and comes highly recommended.