Tripper's Day 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 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
The Losers (TV series) obituary of Alan Coren in 2007 said the series "sank with all hands". A region 2 DVD containing restored editions of the surviving episodes was released by Network on 21 January 2013 The Losers (TV series) The Losers is a British sitcom that aired on ITV in 1978. Written by Alan Coren, it stars Leonard Rossiter and Alfred Molina. "The Losers" was made for ITV by ATV and was produced and directed by Joe McGrath. In "The Losers", Rossiter plays Sydney Foskett, a wrestling promoter who discovers a young new wrestler called "The Butcher", played by Molina, who Foskett ensures