Written by Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke, Man About The House was a smash-hit 1970s sitcom built on the then-risqué premise of a young man sharing a London flat with two single women. The series starred Richard O'Sullivan as student chef Robin Tripp, who moves in with the sensible Chrissy Plummer (Paula Wilcox) and the flighty Jo (Sally Thomsett) after they find him asleep in their bath. Comedy ensued from the friction between the "modern" arrangement of the flatmates and their interfering, old-fashioned landlords downstairs: the sexually frustrated social climber Mildred Roper (Yootha Joyce) and her lazy, miserly husband George (Brian Murphy). The show’s immense popularity not only led to the US remake Three's Company, but also spawned two successful British spin-offs, George and Mildred and Robin's Nest.
