Leonard Rossiter. Copyright: BBC
Leonard Rossiter

Leonard Rossiter

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Leonard Rossiter features

The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin. Reginald Perrin (Leonard Rossiter). Copyright: BBC
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Comedy Rewind: The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin

Sunday 3rd September 2023

Did you get where you are today without knowing The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin? If so, now's the time to jump into David Nobbs' wonderful world of mid-life insanity.

Slinger's Day. Cecil Slinger (Bruce Forsyth). Copyright: Thames Television
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Comedy Rewind: Check It Out - Tripper's Day and Slinger's Day

Sunday 26th September 2021

Check in to Comedy Rewind and check out two often overlooked 1980s sitcoms starring comedy icons: Leonard Rossiter in Tripper's Day and Bruce Forsyth in its successor, Slinger's Day.

Le Petomane. Joseph Pujol (Leonard Rossiter)
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Comedy Chronicles: Classical gas - Galton & Simpson's Le Pétomane

Sunday 7th February 2021

This edition of Comedy Chronicles turns to one of Galton & Simpson's least-well-known works: a short comic film biopic of a famed French farter.

The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin. Reginald Perrin (Leonard Rossiter). Copyright: BBC
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Comedy Chronicles: Leonard Rossiter - A difficult man

Sunday 12th January 2020

In this edition of Comedy Chronicles, Graham McCann looks at the remarkable career of actor Leonard Rossiter, and one fateful meeting that lost him a part in an iconic BBC sitcom.

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