Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "damp"

1. Rising Damp (1974–1978)

30 min | Comedy

Popular sitcom set in a seedy bedsit lorded over by the mean, vain, boastful, cowardly, racist landlord Rigsby. In each episode, his conceits are debunked by his long-suffering tenants.

Stars: Leonard Rossiter, Don Warrington, Frances de la Tour, Richard Beckinsale

Votes: 2,836

2. Dispatches (1987– )
Episode: New Landlords from Hell (2019)

26 min | Documentary, News

A year-long investigation by Datshiane Navanayagam reveals the shocking conditions endured by tenants of one of the UK's largest housing associations, Sanctuary Housing, and the effect on vulnerable people's health.

Director: Lionel Mill | Star: Datshiane Navanayagam

3. Britain's Housing Scandal (2019–2020)
Episode: Episode #2.6 (2020)

44 min | Documentary

Matt meets a Merseyside tenant whose poor health makes their damp property a health hazard. He also visits a derelict period property rescued by a local couple and investigates a mystery in Birmingham.

Directors: Chris Barham, Steve Blears, Andrew Sim, Nick Webb | Star: Matt Allwright

4. Britain's Best Back Gardens (2004– )
Episode: Project: Water (2004)

Documentary

Designers Janey Auchincloss and Lucy Summers continue their fact-finding horticultural tour of the UK, visiting a Wickham garden where damp conditions are creating a problem.

5. Filthy House SOS (2020–2021)
Episode: Episode #2.8 (2020)

45 min | Documentary

Grandmother Michelle has found her compulsive shopping and hoarding habits hard to change leaving her home in Hampton, West London so full of clutter, cobwebs and damp that her granddaughter has never been allowed to visit her.

Directors: Michael Leondis, Laura Watt | Stars: Brennan Budden, Richard Pearson, Kathryn Drysdale

6. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild (2013– )
Episode: Shetlands (2022)

45 min | Documentary, Adventure

Ben journeys to one of Britain's furthest outposts - the Shetland Islands to meet Helen and Jason, a couple living on the edge of the weather-beaten island of Yell.

Director: Sean McDonnell | Star: Ben Fogle

Votes: 13

7. Rip Off Britain (2009– )
Episode: Episode #15.2 (2023)

44 min | Reality-TV

Gloria Hunniford meets tenants living with damp, mould and a rat infestation in homes in one of Britain's biggest housing associations. Also, the postcode lottery of recycling bin collections and a parking fine scam.

Directors: Sam McMahon, Christopher Stonall | Stars: Julia Somerville, Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford, Kwajo Tweneboa

8. Granada Reports (1992– )
Episode: 17 July 2018: Evening Bulletin (2018)

30 min | News

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Stars: Tony Morris, Lucy Meacock, Elaine Willcox, Alf Hollis

9. Bad Tenants, Rogue Landlords (2018– )
Episode: Disturbing the Peace (2018)

45 min | Documentary

A couple's first foray into being landlords has turned into a nightmare. Harrow Council officers pursue a criminal landlord guilty of dangerous overcrowding and investigate a dangerous property.

Directors: Tom Green, Nathaniel Jessel | Star: Caius Julyan

10. Britain's Housing Scandal (2019–2020)
Episode: Episode #1.5 (2019)

44 min | Documentary

Matt investigates a property which has lain empty for eight years since the death of the owner. A derelict building in Derbyshire is brought back into use to provide much-needed homes for the community.

Directors: Charlie Clayton, Nick Webb | Star: Matt Allwright