Tripper's Day (1984)
Overview
Tripper's Day is a British sitcom produced by Thames Television for ITV, starring Leonard Rossiter as a small London supermarket manager whose best intentions are constantly thwarted by the lazy, useless bunch of bums he employs. The programme is largely remembered for the negative reception, and primarily for the fact that it was Rossiter's final television work, the actor dying between the broadcast of the second and third episodes. The series was revived two years later with Bruce Forsyth in the lead role, under the new title Slinger's Day. In Canada and United States, it was remade as Check it Out!, whilst in Sweden, comical duo Stefan & Krister starred in Full Frys, a TV series largely based on both prior iterations.
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Tripper's Day is a British sitcom produced by Thames Television for ITV, starring Leonard Rossiter as a small London supermarket manager whose best intentions are constantly thwarted by the lazy, useless bunch of bums he employs. The programme is largely remembered for the negative reception, and primarily for the fact that it was Rossiter's final television work, the actor dying between the broadcast of the second and third episodes. The series was revived two years later with Bruce Forsyth in the lead role, under the new title Slinger's Day. In Canada and United States, it was remade as Check it Out!, whilst in Sweden, comical duo Stefan & Krister starred in Full Frys, a TV series largely based on both prior iterations. Tripper's Day is a Comedy series, first aired on 1984-09-24, 1 season and 6 episodes.
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Created by
Brian Cooke
Cast
- Leonard Rossiter as Norman Tripper
- Pat Ashton as Hilda Rimmer
- Gordon Gostelow as Alf Battle
- Philip Bird as Hardie
- Charon Bourke as Marlene
- Paul Clarkson as Mr Clarkson
- Liz Crowther as Sylvia
- David John as Laurel
- Vicky Licorish as Dottie
- Andrew Paul as Higgins
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