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Tripper's Day

1984 British TV sitcom


Tripper's Day is a British television sitcom produced by Thames Television for ITV. The plot centres on Leonard Rossiter as Norman Tripper, a northern manager assigned to a London supermarket with problematic staff. The programme received poor reviews and also suffered from the death of Rossiter between the broadcast of the second and third episodes.[1]

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The series was brought back two 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). In Sweden, comical duo Stefan & Krister starred in Full Frys, 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[2]

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Home release

The complete series of Tripper's Day was released on DVD on 20 September 2010.[3]


References

  1. "Leonard Rossiter's Last Work – Tripper's Day". British Classic Comedy. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  2. "Carry on Euston". 29 November 2019.

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