Man About the House
| Man About the House | |
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From left to right: Thomsett, Wilcox and O'Sullivan.
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| Created by |
Brian Cooke Johnnie Mortimer |
| Starring |
Richard O'Sullivan Paula Wilcox Sally Thomsett Yootha Joyce Brian Murphy |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 39 + 1 short (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Peter Frazer-Jones |
| Running time | 30 minutes (including commercials) |
| Production company(s) | Thames Television |
| Distributor | FremantleMedia |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Original release | 15 August 1973 – 7 April 1976 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by |
George and Mildred Robin's nest |
| Related shows |
Three's Company (US) Sam sam (NL) En fyra för tre (SWE) Tre på toppen (NOR) Lokatorzy (POL) Troe sverhy (RUS) El hombre de la casa (ECU) Tres son multitud (CHI) |
Man About the House is a British sitcom starring Richard O'Sullivan, Paula Wilcox and Sally Thomsett, with Yootha Joyce and Brian Murphy, that was broadcast for six series on ITV from 15 August 1973 to 7 April 1976. It was created and written by Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer. The series was considered daring at the time due to its subject matter of a man sharing a flat with two single women. It was made by Thames Television and recorded at their Teddington studio in Greater London. It is regularly repeated on ITV3.
Two spin-off series were later made: George and Mildred and Robin's Nest. In 2004, it came 69th in a poll to find Britain's Best Sitcom. The series was remade in the United States as Three's Company in 1977. A film version was released in 1974.
Chrissy and Jo live in a London flat together. They both work for the same firm. The women find a stranger, student chef Robin Tripp, asleep in their bath the morning after the farewell party for their departed flatmate Eleanor. When he meets the two girls, Robin has been in London two days, having moved from Southampton to attend college. The girls are unimpressed with Gabrielle (Helen Fraser) as a potential replacement for Eleanor. They are taken with Robin for his culinary skills; they themselves cannot cook at all. Learning that Robin has been staying at the YMCA they easily convince him to move in, on the understanding that it will be on a platonic basis.
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