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Leonard Rossiter ( 21 ___MASK38___ 1926  5 ___MASK38___ 1984 ) was an English actor . He had a long career in the theatre but achieved his greatest fame for his television comedy roles , most notably starring as Rupert Rigsby in the ITV series " Rising Damp " from 1974 to ___MASK58___ , as well as a film version , and Reginald Perrin in the BBC ' s " The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin " from 1976 to 1979 . Tripper ' s Day is a British ___MASK69___ sitcom produced by Thames ___MASK69___ for ITV . The plot involved Leonard Rossiter as Norman Tripper , a Northern manager assigned to a London supermarket with a problematic staff . The programme is largely remembered for the negative critical reviews it received , and mainly for the fact that it was Rossiter ' s final ___MASK69___ work , the actor dying between the broadcast of the second and third episodes . The series was brought back ___MASK15___ years later with Bruce Forsyth in the lead role , under the new title Slinger ' s Day . In Canada and United States the series had a remake under the title Check it Out ! ( 1985 -- 1988 ) , whilst in Sweden , comical duo Stefan & Krister starred in Full Frys , a TV series largely based on Tripper ' s Day and Check it Out ! . Rising Damp is a British sitcom produced by Yorkshire ___MASK69___ for ITV . ITV originally broadcast the programme from 2 ___MASK52___ 1974 until 9 ___MASK20___ 1978 . It was adapted for television by Eric Chappell from his 1971 stage play " The Banana Box " ( retained as the working title early in the ___MASK16___ ). The ___MASK16___ was the highest - ranking ITV sitcom in BBC ' s 100 Best Sitcoms poll of 2004 . The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin is a ___MASK16___ of novels that were developed into a British sitcom starring Leonard Rossiter in the title role . Both the books and ___MASK28___ were written by David Nobbs , and the screenplay for the first ___MASK16___ was adapted by Nobbs from the novel , though subplots in the novel were considered too dark or risqué for television and toned down or omitted , an example being the relationship between Perrin ' s daughter and his brother - in - law . A ___MASK56___ is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content , whereby a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay television providers . Until the mid - 1980s , television programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small number of broadcast networks . Many early television networks ( such as the BBC , NBC or CBC ) evolved from earlier radio networks . Thames ___MASK69___ was a ___MASK64___ holder for a region of the British ITV ___MASK56___ serving London and surrounding area on weekdays from 30 July 1968 until the night of 31 December 1992 . London is the ___MASK18___ and most populous ___MASK48___ of England and the United Kingdom , as well as the most populous ___MASK48___ proper in the European Union . Standing on the River Thames in the south east of the island of Great Britain , London has been a major settlement for two millennia . It was founded by the Romans , who named it " Londinium ". London ' s ancient core , the ___MASK48___ of London , largely retains its medieval boundaries . Since at least the 19th century , " London " has also referred to the metropolis around this core , historically split between Middlesex , Essex , Surrey , Kent , and Hertfordshire , which today largely makes up Greater London , governed by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly .