Man About The House. Image shows from L to R: Chrissy Plummer (Paula Wilcox), Robin Tripp (Richard O'Sullivan), Jo (Sally Thomsett). Copyright: Thames Television
Man About The House

Man About The House

  • TV sitcom
  • ITV1
  • 1973 - 1976
  • 39 episodes (6 series)

When Chrissy and Jo search for a third tenant to help pay the rent, they intend on finding another female. But then they meet young Robin Tripp. Stars Richard O'Sullivan, Paula Wilcox, Sally Thomsett, Yootha Joyce, Brian Murphy and Doug Fisher

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Series 5, Episode 3 - A Little Knowledge

The trio are in desperate need of cash, and Chrissy is determined to find Robin a new job. After browsing the vacancies in the paper, a position selling encyclopaedias door-to-door seems a possibility.

Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 18th September 1975
Time
8:30pm
Channel
ITV1
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Thursday 6th December 2012 5:15pm ITV3
Friday 7th December 2012 10:00am ITV3
Friday 5th July 2013 10:10am ITV3
Wednesday 18th December 2013 5:20pm ITV3
Thursday 19th December 2013 6:10am ITV3
Thursday 11th February 2016 4:15pm ITV3
Friday 12th February 2016 6:00am ITV3
Wednesday 20th July 2016 5:15pm ITV3
Thursday 10th November 2016 4:15pm ITV3
Friday 11th November 2016 6:00am ITV3
Thursday 13th July 2017 4:00pm ITV3
Friday 14th July 2017 6:00am ITV3
Friday 15th November 2019 10:05am ITV3
Thursday 23rd January 2020 9:55am ITV3
Friday 27th March 2020 9:00am ITV3
Friday 3rd April 2020 3:00am ITV3
Tuesday 16th June 2020 10:05am ITV3
Sunday 21st June 2020 6:00am ITV3
Wednesday 14th October 2020 9:30am ITV3
Wednesday 21st October 2020 1:10am ITV3
Monday 15th March 2021 9:50am ITV3
Saturday 20th March 2021 6:00am ITV3
Thursday 1st July 2021 9:50am ITV3
Wednesday 6th October 2021 9:05am ITV3
Tuesday 2nd November 2021 8:05am ITV3
Thursday 24th March 2022 8:05am ITV3
Friday 25th March 2022 2:00am ITV3
Tuesday 9th August 2022 8:10am ITV3
Sunday 14th August 2022 1:50am ITV3
Friday 16th December 2022 8:05am ITV3
Friday 24th March 2023 8:35am ITV3

Cast & crew

Cast
Richard O'Sullivan Robin Tripp
Paula Wilcox Chrissy Plummer
Sally Thomsett Jo
Yootha Joyce Mildred Roper
Brian Murphy George Roper
Guest cast
Peter Jones Maurice Morris
Writing team
Johnnie Mortimer Writer
Brian Cooke Writer
Production team
Peter Frazer-Jones Director
Peter Frazer-Jones Producer
Alex Macintyre Production Designer

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