''Tripper's Day'' is a

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produced by

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for ITV. The plot centres on

Leonard Rossiter Leonard Rossiter (21 October 1926 – 5 October 1984) was an English actor. He had a long career in the theatre but achieved his highest profile for his television comedy roles starring as Rupert Rigsby in the ITV series '' Rising Damp'' fro ...

as Norman Tripper, a

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assigned to a

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with problematic staff. The programme received poor reviews and was Rossiter's final television work; the actor died between the broadcast of the second and third episodes. The series was brought back two years later with

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in the lead role, under the new title '' Slinger's Day''. In

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and

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the series had a remake under the title '' Check it Out!'' (1985–1988). In

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Stefan & Krister starred in ''

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'', a TV series largely based on ''Tripper's Day'' and ''Check it Out!''. The last 2 episodes were transmitted on the original dates only in the London area due to strike action at Thames Television which stopped them from being networked

Episodes

Home release

The complete series of ''Tripper's Day'' was released on DVD on 20 September 2010.

References

External links

''Tripper's Day''
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