Tripper's Day (1984– )

Stars:

Leonard Rossiter, Pat Ashton, Gordon Gostelow

Cast

Series cast summary:
Leonard Rossiter	...	Norman Tripper (6 episodes, 1984)
Pat Ashton	...	Hilda Rimmer (6 episodes, 1984)
Gordon Gostelow	...	Alf Battle (6 episodes, 1984)
Paul Clarkson	...	Mr. Christian (6 episodes, 1984)
Liz Crowther	...	Sylvia (6 episodes, 1984)
Philip Bird	...	Hardie (6 episodes, 1984)
Andrew Paul	...	Higgins (6 episodes, 1984)
David John	...	Laurel (6 episodes, 1984)
Charon Bourke	...	Marlene (6 episodes, 1984)
Vicky Licorish	...	Dottie (6 episodes, 1984)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

sitcom

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

UK France Italy

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 September 1984 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Canal+, Mediaset, Taurus

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (6 episodes)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

After the death of Leonard Rossiter the show was renamed Slinger's Day with Bruce Forsyth replacing Rossiter in the leading role.

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Connections

Followed by Slinger's Day (1986)

User Reviews

Supermarket From Hell

We shall never know what made Leonard Rossiter agree to star in this feeble Thames sitcom. It certainly couldn't have been the quality of the scripts. Though penned by Brian Cooke, one half of the writing team behind 'Man About The House' and 'George & Mildred', they proved about as funny as anthrax. The show cast Rossiter as 'Norman Tripper', the permanently harassed manager of a supermarket whose staff are either lazy or incompetent. Typical of the show's level of humour is the fact that two characters are named 'Laurel' and 'Hardy' so that Tripper can make a reference to 'Laurel & Hardy' the comedy duo. As Tripper, its easily Rossiter's least distinguished comedy performance, though this is not his fault. Tripper comes across as a weak 'Basil Fawlty' clone, constantly shouting his not very funny lines to no avail. Midway through the transmission of this series, Rossiter passed away, making 'Tripper's Day' his last ever work for television. Shame. He deserved a better epitaph than this.