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
Night Shift (UK TV series) Night Shift (UK TV series) Night Shift was a late-twentieth-century television series that portrayed people who work the night shift (work during the night). "Night Shift" was made by a small independent production company called Addictive TV for the ITV network in the United Kingdom. Each episode of "Night Shift" lasted only five to ten minutes. The show's original run was from 1992 to 1994, while an additional series was produced in 1998. Several of "Night Shift's" episodes were filmed at the same location, most notably Gatwick Airport and Victoria Station. The original series featured a highly effective model shot,