Slinger's Day Slinger's Day Slinger's Day is a British sitcom that aired for two seasons from 1986 to 1987, made by Thames Television for the ITV network. It was a continuation of "Tripper's Day", which had originally come to a natural end after Leonard Rossiter's death, and, despite the overwhelmingly negative response it had drawn from reviewers and a section of the viewing public, was revived this time with Bruce Forsyth as a different character to Rossiter but fulfilling the same role, that of the manager of a London supermarket with largely incompetent staff. Like "Tripper's Day", it was created by Brian
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