6.2 /10 1 Votes
6/10 TV No. of series 1 Running time 30 minutes First episode date 24 September 1984 Number of episodes 6 Written by Brian Cooke | 6.4/10 IMDb Country of origin United Kingdom No. of episodes 6 Original network ITV Final episode date 29 October 1984 Producer Thames Television | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Leonard Rossiter
Andrew Paul Cast Leonard Rossiter, Pat Ashton, Gordon Gostelow, Andrew Paul, Philip Bird Similar Slinger's Day, Check It Out!, Tom - Dick and Harriet, Alcock and Gander, Keep It in the Family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tripper's Day is a British television sitcom produced by Thames Television for ITV. The plot involved Leonard Rossiter as Norman Tripper, a northern manager assigned to a London supermarket with a problematic staff. The programme is largely remembered for the negative critical reviews it received, and mainly for the fact that it was Rossiter's final television work, the actor dying between the broadcast of the second and third episodes.
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), whilst in Sweden, comical duo Stefan & Krister starred in Full Frys, a TV series largely based on Tripper's Day and Check it Out!.
DVD release
The complete series of Tripper's Day was released on 20 September 2010.