The writing is sensational and the cast is wonderful; the chemistry between them is as good as can be imagined. But as good as they all are and it is particularly good to see some of the work of Richard Beckinsale , Rossiter is the star without question. He is brilliant; one cannot imagine anyone else playing this part. He took me totally by surprise.
As good as he was in Perrin, his timing and delivery here are just amazing; he is clearly one of the great actors of his generation. These words are not written lightly. While it is possible that this series is not seen on U. If Archie Bunker is still to be found on television, there is no reason why Rigsby shouldn't be seen either. Another possible reason is that this is not a BBC or Granada series. At least it lives on DVD in the U.
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Recently viewed Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. She gives a great performance, particularly in those moments where she almost absent-mindedly reminisces about traumatic events from her past. In All Our Yesterdays , her wartime experience consists of an unlikely tale of a pram-bound Miss Jones and mother being machine-gunned coming from the vicarage by a Messerschmidt.
This episode is really an excuse for Rigsby to show off his war trophies, but it benefits from an appearance from Derek Newark as the wrestler Spooner. Laid up with a broken leg, he drives the other residents to distraction by playing his radio at a high volume. He seems humourless at first but he reveals a sense of humour by joining in with the others when Rigsby thinks he has shot him.
She tells another tale in Pink Carnations , explaining that her frown is the result of an insecure pushchair with a dodgy wheel that kept coming off and throwing her into the road. Funniest of all is the one she recounts in Black Magic about the untimely demise of her father. The tales paint a picture of the fey eccentricity of Miss Jones. They also reveal a sadness. Miss Jones leaves the show for four episodes in series two for a liaison with Desmond.
In Moonlight and Roses , it is revealed that Desmond is a librarian who hangs about the poetry section all day and has got all the chat. This episode contains a funny scene in which Ruth and Desmond are entwined by the front door, with Alan spying on them with a pair of binoculars. We might be looking at the stars but our leaden feet are solidly planted on terra firma. If it is, Mr Rossiter deserves credit for it. Norman Bird appears in this one as a vicar who, with his cricket loving curate Gordon, is called in to exorcise the house.
I could watch Norman Bird all day. Brenda is played by Gay Rose. I was never really convinced by Brenda. UK Gold occasionally rerun Rising Damp Forever , a surprisingly thoughtful two-part documentary on the making of the series. Miss de la Tour should follow the lead of Don Warrington and be proud to have been part of it. The disappointment with this episode comes from some terrible acting by Andonia Katsaros as the exotic dancer, the criminal under-use of Miss Jones and, unusually, the over-acting of Leonard Rossiter.
A similar example of ham can be found in Pink Carnations. Leonard Rossiter is undeniably funny in the pub scene but his comic gurning, physical comedy with the bar stool and the beer mats suggest a man going through the motions. It is a very amusing scene with farcical misunderstandings stemming from the pink carnations that Rigsby and Miss Jones, oblivious both, have agreed to wear to recognise each other on their date.
Mr Rossiter is more restrained in the earlier episode, A Night Out , with a similar setting and is all the funnier for it. He was capable of producing great physical comedy. The only other thing I have seen her in is an episode of The Sweeney called Bait. It features George Sewell who has a big, dumb friend who likes rabbits. TV is a small, incestuous world. Mr Sewell usually played a policeman or a criminal and this episode allows him to stretch his acting muscles by playing both. I think perhaps, in the end, Leonard Rossiter got bored with the role.
Or is he? Philip being a married man from Croydon was revealed in the film version but maybe the writer intended to keep this bombshell up his sleeve for series five. But this is all supposition on my part, your Honour.
Even the weaker episodes have bits worth savouring. Fire and Brimstone , from series four, is a lack-lustre instalment in which John Clive, as Welsh theology student Gwyn, encourages Rigsby to find God. Miss Jones almost weakens and tells Rigsby that he looks strangely fascinating while he quietly chokes on the smoke inhaled from his cigar. Whatever the reason, it comes across as over-acting. Of the guest stars in the last two series, I think only Peter Bowles manages to keep up with Mr Rossiter.
He appears in Stage Struck as the camp actor Hilary and very good he is too. Frances de la Tour was Miss Ruth Jones : a fey, whimsical spinster and college administrator who rents another room, with whom Rigsby is in love. In the pilot episode, a new tenant arrives.
As a black man, he brings out the ill-informed fears and knee-jerk suspicions of Rigsby. However, the landlord quickly accepts his new tenant and henceforth regards him with a wary respect The setting is a rundown Victorian townhouse let out as bedsits in Yorkshire.
The exact setting is not explicitly stated although it is implied to be Leeds; through references to Leeds United, Yorkshire Rider, the M62 and the Corn Exchange.
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