Richard Beckinsale spawned a film version. Soon after, he appeared in two of British TV's most successful sitcoms at the same time. On ITV, he was playing naive medical student Alan Moore in "Rising Damp" (voted ITV's best-ever sitcom in the "Britain's Best Sitcom" poll in 2004) while also starring alongside Ronnie Barker in the BBC sitcom "Porridge" as prison inmate Lennie Godber. He also appeared in the films "Rentadick" (1972) and "Three for All" (1975) and made appearances in several other television series such as the "ITV Playhouse" episode "Last Summer" in 1976. Shortly after his 30th birthday, Beckinsale was the
Child Genius (UK TV series) subject. In October 2016, a celebrity edition aired on Channel 4 as part of "Stand Up to Cancer UK". Celebrities who took part were Aisling Bea, Alan Carr, Rachel Riley and Krishnan Guru-Murthy. Child Genius (UK TV series) Child Genius is British reality competition series produced by Wall to Wall Media, broadcast on Channel 4. There have been five series, one broadcast each year since 2013. The show involves a group of child prodigies competing a series of tasks to gain the title of "child genius". Simon Blair acted as quizmaster for the first three series and since 2016, the