Robin's Nest

Have quite enjoyed seeing the early re-runs of this series, which stand up better than some 70s comedies. Some of the attitudes now seem dated - it would seem strange nowadays for a young couple living together unmarried to be seen as so controversial - and the cheap cracks against Chinese people now jar. As others have said, the later scripts settled down into twee predictability, and it seemed a pity, given that Robin's character was based on the one he played in Man About the House, that no mention was ever made of his former friends, and that the scripts couldn't accommodate at least one guest appearance. Sad that Richard O'Sullivan's later life has become rather a sad one.

Hasn't aged well and the quality does drop off but special mention must go to tessa wyatt she just wafts through the entire series like a gormless angel I have never seen such under written co star

Man about the house was one of Itv one's most popular sitcoms of the ( 1970s), running from ( 1973- 1976). It ran for six series made the lead Richard O' Sullivan into one of the most bankable and sort after comic performers of his generation. It was fun, lively, charming and pleasant without resorting to overly crude Jokes in order to get the audiences attention.

So a sequel was inevitable.

Robins nest stars Richard once again as Mr Tripp, who has left behind his life in Middleton Terrace in London where he lived with Jo and Crissy and played by Paula Wilcox and Sally Thomsett. He's started a new life for himself in London, he's opened a new bistro with his girlfriend Vicky played by Tessa Wyatt and her father the pompous Mr Nichols played by Tony Britton. Who acts as the firms accountant.

The series isn't quite as good as Man about the house but O'Sullivan and Wyatt make an appealing couple and they're ably supported by other characters such as Albert the chef and the good script writing and Tony Britton who is suitably pompous and smug as his father in law.

The writing was intricate and engaging the jokes were mostly well placed and timed etc. Well acted by Richard and Co.

Overall: not quite as good as man about the house but had it's moments an improvement over the other sequel George and Mildred and the movie ( 1980). Which Is quite rightfully considered one of the worst comedy movies ever made. Despite the great cast of British character actors.

Fairly routine sitcom, more laugh a month than laugh a minute, and even those were generated by the impeccable David Kelly. The only real interest this generated at the time was that Wyatt, who was then married to DJ and recent "I'm a Celebrity get me out of here" winner Tony Blackburn, left him for O'Sullivan in mid run.

Blackburn who's star was very much on the wane at the time (The IMDB chronology illustrating this perfectly) has bounced back from whining about his (debatable) loss in countless tabloids, to relative success on both Radio and TV. Wyatt and O'Sullivan on the other hand, have sunk without much trace. What goes around....

Having watched this show during its original run back in the day, I have just binged watch Robin's Nest in October 2023.

The first thing that stands out is the theme music. It is the worst theme music I have ever heard. Absolutely boring and cringeworthy.

How it lasted 6 seasons with that theme music is puzzling.

Apart from that, it is still fairly watchable.

During the original run when I first saw it, I was mildly annoyed by the character of Albert. However this time around, more than 40 years later, I found him fairly amusing.

Standard innuendo jokes but still fairly funny with good delivery.