{"product_id":"rising-damp-series-1-and-2-box-set-vhs-video-1974-still-sealed-read-like-new","title":"Rising Damp: Series 1 And 2 (Box Set) [VHS Video] [1974] (still sealed - read) - Like New","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sc-item-remarks\"\u003eLike New - Still brand new and sealed (couple small tears to seal, so we have listed as \"like new\" instead). We have carefully checked this item for you. The cover\/inserts will be included. The box\/case will be included. The VHS tapes will be included. Like New Condition: 'To us' this means the case, inserts and tapes will be in excellent used condition and will be in full working order. It will show almost no signs of wear (or very little). Ideal for collectors who want items in all-round great condition. Comes with a 60-day warranty.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\nRare to be still brand new and sealed (couple small tears to seal, so we have listed as \"like new\" instead). \r\n\u003cp\u003eRare VHS Box Set Edition (same as pictured).\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eFirst broadcast in 1974, the ITV bedsitland sitcom Rising Damp was an instant and enduring success. It starred Leonard Rossiter as the miserly and lovelorn landlord Rigsby who is constantly needling young lodger Alan (Richard Beckinsale), a science student whose long hair and earrings are symptomatic to Rigsby of the parlous effeminacy of the modern age. He's also in love with Frances De La Tour's dowdy spinster Miss Jones, though his tentative advances are forever rebuffed. She in turn carries a torch for Philip (Don Warrington), the elegant son of an African chief who also resides at Rigsby Towers. Some aspects of Rising Damp have not aged well, principally Rigsby's stream of racist jibes at Philip. Although these were doubtless well-meant and supposed to illustrate Rigsby's foolish bigotry, you suspect that that was a convenient cover for audiences in the 1970s to enjoy racist humour. However, Rossiter's Rigsby--stuttering, stammering, bent perpetually over backwards--remains a great comic creation, embodying all the festering prejudices, small-mindedness and self-delusion of the lower middle class Little Englander. --David Stubbs Product Description Thirteen episodes from the first and second series of the popular 1970s sitcom. In 'Rooksby' Miss Jones perusades Rigsby to take on a new tenant. 'Black Magic' has Philip tell Rigsby that he is regarded as a god back in Africa. 'Charisma' sees Rigsby receive lessons in love from Alan and Philip. In 'Night Out' Rigsby tries to impress birthday-girl Ruth by taking all the housemates out for a fancy meal. 'All Our Yesterdays' finds Rigsby having trouble with a wrestler and his loud music. 'The Prowler' sees Rigsby come to the rescue when Ruth spots a prowler at her window. In 'The Permissive Society' Philip tries to comfort Ruth after she has been let down by a suitor. 'Food Glorious Food' has Rigsby attempt to go without food for 48 hours. 'A Body Like Mine' sees the housemates succumb to the fitness craze. 'Moonlight and Roses' finds Rigsby convinced that now is the moment to declare his true feelings to Miss Jones. In 'The Perfect Gentleman' a well-mannered, aristocratic new tenant takes a room in the boarding house. 'Last of the Big Spenders' finds Rigsby the proud owner of some new furniture. Finally, 'Things That Go Bump in the Night' has Rigsby tell the frightened Alan that the house is haunted.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Unbranded","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43032250581210,"sku":"S10441449","price":17.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/7339\/7443\/products\/51SHEHFZQGL._AC_US1500.jpg?v=1658989538","url":"https:\/\/atticdiscoveryshop.co.uk\/products\/rising-damp-series-1-and-2-box-set-vhs-video-1974-still-sealed-read-like-new","provider":"Attic Discovery Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}