The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. He uses this as a springboard to get into politics and in the mini-skirted flared-trousered world of 1970 Britain starts to rise through the Tory ranks.
Graham Chapman
John Cleese
Peter Cook
Kevin Billington
Kevin Billington
Casts & Crew
Peter Cook
Denholm Elliott
Arthur Lowe
John Cleese
Vanessa Howard
Ronald Fraser
Graham Chapman
Ann Beach
Desmond Walter-Ellis
Dudley Foster
James Cossins
Valerie Leon
William Job
Elspeth March
Dennis Price
Monika Ringwald
Diana Coupland
Michael Trubshawe
Harold Pinter
Ronnie Corbett
Norman Bird
Graham Crowden
Richard Pearson
Jerry Ram
Roger Maxwell
George A. Cooper
Arthur Lovegrove
Roland Culver
Jonathan Cecil
Ronald Baddiley
Frank Thornton
Richard Caldicot
Nicholas Phipps
Guy Middleton
Julian Glover
Robert Raglan
Norman Rossington
Martin Boddey
Michael Barrington
Michael Bates
Sinéad Cusack
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