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
Leonard Rossiter Sex Olympics", part of BBC 2's "Theatre 625", one of his four appearances in the series. In "Rising Damp", on ITV, Rossiter played Rigsby, the lecherous landlord of a house converted into seedy bedsits, reprising the role from the successful stage version, "The Banana Box". While he was in "Rising Damp" he also took the lead role in "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin", adapted by David Nobbs from his own comic novels and aired on the BBC. Rossiter was given a surprise tribute on "This Is Your Life" in 1975. He appeared in "I Tell You It’s Burt