On 5 June 1972, the first episode of the British comedy television series "Alcock and Gander" was broadcast on the ITV network. The series was directed and produced by Alan Tarrant and written by Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke. The starring roles were played by Beryl Reid, Richard O'Sullivan and John Cater. The opening theme, "Rollin' Easy", was composed by Peter Milray. The series ran for one season, comprising six episodes.
Norman Chappell as Mr. Entwhistle in "The Safe Breaker"
Edwin Richfield as Sweeney, John Cater as Ernest and Beryl Reid as Mrs Marigold Alcock in "Husband in a Hurry"
Julie Martin as Collette, Richard O'Sullivan as Richard Gander and Beryl Reid as Mrs Marigold Alcock in "Soho Is Too Small"
John Cater as Ernest in "Pontoon"
Beryl Reid as Mrs Marigold Alcock, Patrick Newell as Luigi and Richard O'Sullivan as Richard Gander in "Pontoon"
Synopsis When Marigold Alcock (Beryl Reid) is widowed following the death of her shady husband, she inherits his decidedly dubious business empire, the Alcock Group of Companies. The business operates from a cramped, shabby two-room office, complete with an executive lavatory, in London's Soho district, directly above a strip club. The company comprises a motley collection of questionable enterprises, including Alcock's Marriage Bureau, Flybynight Tours and Alcock's Detective Agency. It also sells an assortment of obscure products, such as "Tom O'Thimble" lucky gnomes and "Alcock Swiss Elixir".…
Beryl Reid as Mrs Marigold Alcock in "The Strip Club"
Patrick Newell as Luigi in "The Strip Club"
Richard O'Sullivan as Richard Gander in "The Strip Club"
Brenda Kempner as Gladys in "Artistic Books, Soho, Ltd"
The UK sitcom "Robin's Nest" premiered on 11 January 1977
on the ITV network. The series, produced by Thames Television, ran
for six series from 11 January 1977 to 31 March 1981 with a total of
48 episodes produced.
The main stars are Richard O'Sullivan,
reprising his role as Robin Tripp from "Man About the House",
Tessa Wyatt as his girlfriend (later his wife) Vicky and Tony Britton
as Vicky’s father. The theme music was written by Richard
O'Sullivan himself and arranged / performed by The Shadows's Brian
Bennett.
Synopsis
Keen to open up their own bistro, Robin
(Richard O'Sullivan) and Vicky (Tessa Wyatt) enter into a business
partnership with her father James (Tony Britton). Being the co-owner,
and a very protective parent who - initially, at least - disapproves
of his daughter's choice of boyfriend, James is on the scene all the
time…
Richard O'Sullivan as Robin Tripp and Tessa Wyatt as Victoria ('Vicky')
Nicholls/Tripp
Tessa Wyatt as Victoria ('Vicky')
Nicholls/Trip, Richard O'Sullivan as Robin Tripp
and Tony Britton as James Nicholls
Main Cast
Richard O'Sullivan as Robin Tripp
Tessa Wyatt as Victoria ('Vicky')
Nicholls/Tripp
Tony Britton as James Nicholls
David Kelly as Albert Riddle
Richard O'Sullivan as Robin Tripp, Tony Britton as James Nicholls and
Tessa Wyatt as Victoria ('Vicky')
Nicholls/Tripp
David Kelly as Albert Riddle, Tessa Wyatt as Victoria ('Vicky')
Nicholls/Tripp,
Richard O'Sullivan as Robin Tripp and Tony Britton as James Nicholls
Trivia
Richard O'Sullivan and Tessa Wyatt were
a couple in real life at the time having one son, Jamie O'Sullivan.
The success of the first two series led
to Thames Television commissioning more than double the length to 13
episodes for series 3.
Creators and writers Brian Cooke and
Johnnie Mortimer had to gain special permission from the Independent
Broadcasting Authority (IBA), to be able to portray an unmarried
couple living together.
Vicky's mother Marion (divorced from
her father) would occasionally appear, played first by Honor
Blackman, later by Barbara Murray.
The British Thames
Television sitcom “Man About the House” premièred on 15 August
1973 on ITV. It was broadcast for six series from 1973 to 1976. The
series was written en created by Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke
and starred Richard O'Sullivan, Paula Wilcox and Sally Thomsett.
After the series ended two spin-offs were made: “George and
Mildred” and “Robin's Nest”.
Synopsis
When two young, attractive
girls, Chrissy (Paula Wilcox) and Jo (Sally Thomsett), search for a
third sharer to help pay the rent on their Earl's Court flat, they
intended on finding another female. But they reconsider when they
meet young Robin Tripp (Richard O'Sullivan), a catering student whom
they discover asleep in their bath the morning after a party. It just
so happens that he is on the look out for somewhere local to rent, he
tries to win the girls over with his wit and charm, but it is his
culinary skills that make him the dish of the day as far as Chrissy
and Jo are concerned and so Robin becomes their third flatmate. This
innocent menage a trois understandably raises a few eyebrows,
particularly with their landlords, George (Brian Murphy) and Mildred
Roper (Yootha Joyce), who live downstairs.
Sally Thomsett, Paula Wilcox and Richard O'Sullivan
Main Cast
Sally Thomsett as Jo
Paula Wilcox as Chrissy Plummer
Richard O'Sullivan as Robin Tripp
Yootha Joyce as Mildred Roper
Brian Murphy as George Roper
Sally Thomsett as Jo
Paula Wilcox as Chrissy
Awards
TP de Oro (Spain) for Best Foreign Actor: Richard O'Sullivan (1979)
TP de Oro (Spain) for Best Foreign Actress: Paula Wilcox (1979)
