Episode

Rising Damp: Great Expectations

Name: Rising Damp: Great Expectations
Released: 1978-04-18
Duration: 30 min
Cast: Leonard Rossiter, Frances de la Tour, Don Warrington, Richard Beckinsale, Gabrielle Rose

Rising DampSeries 41978-04-18

Overview

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

Details

Series: Rising Damp
Season: Season 4
Episode: Episode 3
Air date: 1978-04-18
Runtime: 30 min

Episode context

Great Expectations is Episode 3 in Series 4 of Rising Damp. It aired on 1978-04-18. The runtime is 30 min.

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Episode 2: Fire and Brimstone 1978-04-11 | 30 min 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.

Episode 4: Pink Carnations 1978-04-25 | 30 min Rigsby tries to find a woman through an ad in the personals column and receives a surprising response.

More episodes from this season

Episode 1: Hello Young Lovers 1978-04-04 | 30 min Ruth befriends a young couple who have moved in, fleeing from her disapproving father.

Episode 5: Under the Influence 1978-05-02 | 30 min Rigsby persuades a tenant behind on his rent to hypnotize Ruth and plant the idea she's madly in love with Rigsby.

Episode 6: Come On In the Water's Lovely 1978-05-09 | 30 min Rigsby finally proposes to Ruth when he receives his long awaited divorce papers.