Robin's Nest

Robin's Nest
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer
Starring	Richard O'Sullivan Tessa Wyatt Tony Britton David Kelly Peggy Aitchison
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	48
Production
Producer(s)	Peter Frazer-Jones
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV
Original run	11 January 1977 – 31 March 1981
Chronology
Preceded by	Man About the House
Related shows	George and Mildred Three's a Crowd
External links
IMDb profile

Robin's Nest was a British sitcom starring Richard O'Sullivan as Robin Tripp, one of the lead characters in the sitcom Man About the House, which had ended in 1976. Robin's Nest aired for six series from 1977 to 1981, and co-starred Tessa Wyatt as Robin's girlfriend and later wife and Tony Britton as her father. It was made by Thames Television and aired on ITV.

Format

In the first episode Robin and Vicki, who share a flat over a Chinese take-away, discover that their landlords, unable to pay the rent, have disappeared and that the building is in danger of re-possession. It is the practical Vicky who comes up with the perfect solution: Robin should take over the take-away and convert it into a bistro (The "Robin's Nest" of the title). Robin could not afford to go it alone so he had to go cap-in-hand to Vicky's father, James Nicholls (Tony Britton), to ask him to be his business partner. Although Nicholls disapproved of Robin (believing him to be beneath his daughter) he knew a sensible business deal when it was offered to him - despite his failings, Robin was a brilliant chef - and he agreed. Lots of tension and misunderstandings were to arise from their mis-matched relationship.

Creators Cooke and Mortimer had to get special permission from the IBA (the then governing body of Independent TV in Britain) to be able to portray an unmarried couple living together; special concern arose at scenes in which Robin and Vicky were seen in an obvious state of undress in bed. In 1978, Robin and Vicky were married and later had a set of twins.

Other characters

Other characters included:

• the one-armed Irish kitchen hand Albert Riddle (David Kelly), who always broke more crockery than he cleaned, and who once asked Robin's culinary advice; unable to cook egg on toast, he asked Robin "How do you stop the egg dribbling into the bottom of the toaster, Mr Tripp?".
• Vicky's mother (divorced from her father), would occasionally appear, played first by Honor Blackman, later by Barbara Murray.
• Gertrude, Albert's girlfriend, played by ex-Crossroads actress Peggy Aitchaison. The late Peggy often said that it was a shame that Albert and Gertrude never married "There was so much comic potential there."

The show was remade in the United States as Three's a Crowd, a sequel to Three's Company—originally based on Man About the House—but was unsuccessful. On 2004 in Poland was made Polish remake, called Dziupla Cezara.

Star of the show Richard O'Sullivan wrote the theme music for the programme, which was performed by Brian Bennett.

DVDs releases

All six series of Robin's Nest have been released on DVD in the UK (Region 2).

Series 1 was set to be released in Australia during July 2008, but has changed until August 16 2008. Series 2 was released in October 2008.^[1]

List of episodes

References

External links

• Robin's Nest at bbc.co.uk

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