'Robin's Nest' was the second spin off from the hugely popular 'Man About The House'. It went a step further than the earlier show by having the randy cook Robin Tripp ( once again played by Richard O'Sullivan ) living in sin with his attractive girlfriend Vicky Nicholls, who works as an airline stewardess. The show kicks off with Robin buying the abandoned Chinese takeaway shop underneath his flat and renovating it into a bistro. The rest of the series focuses on Robin's attempts to make the bistro run smoothly.
'Robin's Nest' had a good start but when Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke relinquished their roles as the main writers after the first couple of series, new writers such as George Layton and Bernard McKenna were brought and the show rapidly declined in quality. Robin eventually married Vicky and went on to father twins. I couldn't take to Robin as a father. The original Robin was daring, cheeky and fancied himself as a ladies man and to have him settle down and changing nappies turned him into a bore.
Strangely, Robin's time living with Jo and Chrissy is never mentioned. Nor where they, or even The Ropers, invited to his wedding. Most odd indeed.
Many will remember Tessa Wyatt ( who played Vicky ) for her well publicised marital breakdown to radio DJ Tony Blackburn. Tony Britton bored me rigid as Vicky's snobbish father James Nicholls. David Kelly appeared in later episodes as Robin's one-armed dishwasher Albert Riddle and predictably became the show's main source of humour.
'Robin's Nest' is probably best remembered now for attracting the wrath of Mary Whitehouse but overall has more or less faded into oblivion. While far from great, it was vastly superior to O'Sullivan's later sitcom 'Trouble In Mind' which in effect killed his sitcom career.
'Robin's Nest' had a good start but when Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke relinquished their roles as the main writers after the first couple of series, new writers such as George Layton and Bernard McKenna were brought and the show rapidly declined in quality. Robin eventually married Vicky and went on to father twins. I couldn't take to Robin as a father. The original Robin was daring, cheeky and fancied himself as a ladies man and to have him settle down and changing nappies turned him into a bore.
Strangely, Robin's time living with Jo and Chrissy is never mentioned. Nor where they, or even The Ropers, invited to his wedding. Most odd indeed.
Many will remember Tessa Wyatt ( who played Vicky ) for her well publicised marital breakdown to radio DJ Tony Blackburn. Tony Britton bored me rigid as Vicky's snobbish father James Nicholls. David Kelly appeared in later episodes as Robin's one-armed dishwasher Albert Riddle and predictably became the show's main source of humour.
'Robin's Nest' is probably best remembered now for attracting the wrath of Mary Whitehouse but overall has more or less faded into oblivion. While far from great, it was vastly superior to O'Sullivan's later sitcom 'Trouble In Mind' which in effect killed his sitcom career.