Editing British sitcom (section)

===''Man About the House''===
Considered daring at the time because it featured a man sharing a flat with two single women, the flat-share comedy ''[[Man About the House]]'' was created by [[Brian Cooke]] and [[Johnnie Mortimer]]. It starred [[Richard O'Sullivan]], [[Paula Wilcox]]<ref name="herald">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11024682/Paula-Wilcox-These-days-its-the-old-ones-who-are-naughty.html|title=Paula Wilcox: 'These days it's the old ones who are naughty'|last=Gordon|first=Bryony Gordon|date=11 August 2014|website=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=21 October 2014}}</ref> and [[Sally Thomsett]], with [[Brian Murphy (actor)|Brian Murphy]] and [[Yootha Joyce]] as their landlord and landlady. 40 episodes were broadcast over six series on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]], and ran from 1973 to 1976. The series is regularly repeated on [[ITV3]]. After the series ended in 1976, two successful spin-off series followed: ''[[George and Mildred]]'', in which the Ropers move to the suburbs, and ''[[Robin's Nest (TV series)|Robin's Nest]]'', in which Robin gets married and opens a [[bistro]]. The 1977 ''[[Man About the House (film)|Man About the House]]'' spin-off film which included guest stars [[Arthur Lowe]], [[Bill Pertwee]], [[Aimi MacDonald]], and [[Spike Milligan]] (as himself), "acquits itself better than most movie spin-offs from TV series."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1975 |title=Man About the House |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305831918/1FADF3F52B74704PQ/1 |journal=[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]] |volume=42 |issue=492 |pages=11 |via=ProQuest}}</ref> ''Man About the House'' placed 69th out of 100 in a 2003 BBC poll to find ''[[Britain's Best Sitcom]]''.