Man About The House - The Complete Third Series

Magna Pacific has done us all a favour by releasing another season of the wonderful British sitcom ( I refuse to use the term britcom ) Man About the House... possibly the most successful sitcom of all time. It not only ran for 6 seasons, it also begat two successful spin-offs ( George and Mildred, Robin’s Nest - which have also just been released on dvd ) which together make up a trilogy not dissimilar to the Matrix, Star Wars or Lord Of The Rings. Although, it makes a lot more sense than the Matrix, has less racial stereotyping than Star Wars, and has far more hideous creatures ( the British ) than Lord of the Rings. It was even remade in America as Threes Company, which also had two spin-offs.
The show itself is a simple enough premise. After a big party, Chrissy ( Paula Wilcox ) and Jo ( Sally Thomsett ) wake to find Robin ( Richard O'Sullivan ) asleep in their bath. He needs a place to live, they need a flatmate, and the scene is set for a sitcom, or possibly a porn movie. The landlord, Mr Roper ( Brian Murphy ) is wary ( not to be confused with Duncan Waring, he was Doctor in the House ), so they say that Robin is gay and thus, there will be no hanky panky ( as if his sideburns and choice of kitchenwear didn't almost guarantee that already ). Mr Roper’s wife Mildred ( Yootha Joyce ) is not fooled and, in between berating her hen-pecked husband, targets Robin for her own ends. Sexual tension and sexual freedom collide.

See what life was like for your parents. See what London was like during the decade we dont like to talk about. And see just how bad fashions got in the 70s in stomach-churning technicolour. Man About the House remains fresh, funny, and sexy, even after all this time. You could do far worse than taking this in with a few drinks, a takeaway meal, and your cute housemate(s). It might even make for interesting fantasy role playing with your landlord. Well... maybe...