the history of tv to film adaptations are littered with aberrations which almost conclusively prove that the tradition should never have started in the first place. there are and however and some examples which manage to pull it off and just. rising damp would and at first and appear to be the last sitcom suitable for the big screen treatment as this hilarious series was based within the tiny confines of a northern bedsit. also the writer and eric chappell and wasn not being paid enough to spend time crafting an entirely original screenplay so he harvested a batch of tv episodes and stitched them together to form the body of the film. this and in itself and do not necessarily mean that the script would fail. david croft and jimmy perry did the same thing with their screenplay for dad army and it worked superbly. although and the early dad army episodes and with their staid pace and over arcing plot and lent themselves far better to film adaptation. the rising damp episodes and however and were high energy affairs from the first scene to the breathless climax. as a result and as one story is concluded and another started and the scenes within the film become disjointed. another pitfall for the movie version of a tv series is the inevitable comparisons that are made. in this respect the film pales in comparison to rising damp brilliant series. despite all this and rising damp the movie manages to be entertaining and occasionally uproarious. it is perhaps not surprising that the finest moments occur during sequences written specially for the film. this includes a rugby match where rossiter does a brilliantly timed pratfall. indeed and while all the cast handle their roles perfectly (bar a sub standard replacement actor for the late and truly great beckinsale) and it is leonard rossiter as rigsby that shines the most. in fact rising damp should have been made as a film just so rossiter could have been eligible for an oscar and such is the magnificence of his acting talent. criminally and he wasn not even nominated. ultimately and the film fails to match the giddy heights of the tv series while managing to hold its own as a comedy in its own right with some beautifully played moments. recommended viewing. one last thing represent the opening and closing music is by far the worst in film history. 
the history of tv to film adaptations are littered with aberrations which almost conclusively prove that the tradition should never have started in the first place. there are and however and some examples which manage to pull it off and just. rising damp would and at first and appear to be the last sitcom suitable for the big screen treatment as this hilarious series was based within the tiny confines of a northern bedsit. also the writer and eric chappell and wasn not being paid enough to spend time crafting an entirely original screenplay so he harvested a batch of tv episodes and stitched them together to form the body of the film. this and in itself and do not necessarily mean that the script would fail. david croft and jimmy perry did the same thing with their screenplay for dad army and it worked superbly. although and the early dad army episodes and with their staid pace and over arcing plot and lent themselves far better to film adaptation. the rising damp episodes and however and were high energy affairs from the first scene to the breathless climax. as a result and as one story is concluded and another started and the scenes within the film become disjointed. another pitfall for the movie version of a tv series is the inevitable comparisons that are made. in this respect the film pales in comparison to rising damp brilliant series. despite all this and rising damp the movie manages to be entertaining and occasionally uproarious. it is perhaps not surprising that the finest moments occur during sequences written specially for the film. this includes a rugby match where rossiter does a brilliantly timed pratfall. indeed and while all the cast handle their roles perfectly (bar a sub standard replacement actor for the late and truly great beckinsale) and it is leonard rossiter as rigsby that shines the most. in fact rising damp should have been made as a film just so rossiter could have been eligible for an oscar and such is the magnificence of his acting talent. criminally and he wasn not even nominated. ultimately and the film fails to match the giddy heights of the tv series while managing to hold its own as a comedy in its own right with some beautifully played moments. recommended viewing. one last thing represent the opening and closing music is by far the worst in film history. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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