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Tripper's Day 1984

★ 5.5/10 Comedy 1 seasons · 6 eps Ended
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Tripper's Day is a 1984 British sitcom produced by Thames Television for ITV. The series stars Leonard Rossiter as a manager of a small London supermarket who finds his best intentions constantly thwarted by his lazy and useless employees.

Type
TV series
Year
1984
Status
Ended
Episodes
6
Runtime
30 minutes
First aired
Sep 24, 1984
Networks
ITV1
Genres
Comedy
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79 /100 Solid Watch
⚡ Pacing & Momentum7.2/10
🧠 Narrative Depth7.1/10
🔄 Rewatch Potential8.9/10
🎬 Production Scale8.2/10
🎯 Bingeable Series #Comedy
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Tripper's Day is a 1984 British sitcom produced by Thames Television for ITV. The series stars Leonard Rossiter as a manager of a small London supermarket who finds his best intentions constantly thwarted by his lazy and useless employees.

Culturally, the show is primarily remembered for its negative reception and for being the final television work of Leonard Rossiter, who died between the broadcast of the second and third episodes. It was later revived as Slinger's Day starring Bruce Forsyth and remade in the United States and Canada as Che.

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“A London supermarket manager struggles to lead a staff of lazy and useless employees.”

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  • Features the final television work of actor Leonard Rossiter
  • Explores the comedic friction of a manager facing incompetent staff
  • Produced by Thames Television for ITV
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  • The programme is largely remembered for its negative reception

Watch it if you are interested in the final screen performance of Leonard Rossiter.

This is a British sitcom centered on workplace conflict and frustration.

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