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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

ITV sitcom about a flat-sharing trio. 39 episodes (6 series), 1973 - 1976. Stars Richard O'Sullivan, Paula Wilcox, Sally Thomsett, Yootha Joyce and others.

Series 6, Episode 1 is repeated on ITV3 tomorrow at 9:50am.

Series 5, Episode 5 - How Does Your Garden Grow

With their rent overdue, George talks Robin and Chrissy into clearing the garden. Chrissy decides to take a couple of the more attractive looking plant specimens indoors to brighten their flat, but Larry's got some alarming news for them - one's a cannabis plant!

Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 2nd October 1975
Time
8:30pm
Channel
ITV
Length
30 minutes

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    Cast & crew

    Regular cast
    Richard O'Sullivan Robin Tripp
    Paula Wilcox Chrissy Plummer
    Sally Thomsett Jo
    Yootha Joyce Mildred Roper
    Brian Murphy George Roper
    Doug Fisher Larry Simmonds
    Guest cast
    Charles Morgan Teacher
    Ken Watson Police Sergeant
    Mike Savage Dustman
    John Lyons Dustman
    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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