Tripper's Day 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!". The complete series of "Tripper's Day" was released on 20 September 2010. Tripper's Day 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
George Costigan in which he played the part of Tom Towers. In 1984 he appeared as Philip the Bastard in the BBC Television Shakespeare production of "The Life and Death of King John" (alongside Leonard Rossiter in the title role). He rose to fame in 1986 as adulterous businessman Bob in the comedy film "Rita, Sue and Bob Too". He has since starred or featured in many television productions, including "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" (providing mellifluous Peter Lorre-type villainy) "Kavanagh QC", "Coogan's Run", "Connie", "A Touch of Frost", "Inspector Morse", "Murder Most Horrid", "So Haunt Me", "London's Burning", "The Bill", "Holby