Robin's Nest (TV series)

Robin Tripp and Vicky Nicholls are an unmarried couple who share a flat over an abandoned Chinese takeaway owned by Vicky's father James. Vicky refuses to wed Robin despite his continuous proposals, as she is averse to marriage after witnessing her parents' contentious marriage and divorce. Robin opens a French bistro called Robin's Nest in the abandoned space, with James as his business partner and landlord. James, who disapproves of Robin and his living arrangement with Vicky, frequently interferes with the operation of the restaurant. James also frequently clashes with his ex-wife Marion. Robin employs a clumsy one-armed dishwasher called Albert Riddle. Robin and Vicky eventually marry, and Vicky gives birth to a set of twins. At the end of the last episode, Vicky tells Robin that she is pregnant again.

• Richard O'Sullivan as Robin Tripp
• Tessa Wyatt as Victoria (Vicky) Nicholls
• Tony Britton as James Nicholls
• David Kelly as Albert Riddle
• Peggy Aitchison as Gertrude
• Honor Blackman/Barbara Murray as Marion Nicholls

Creators and writers Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer gained special permission from the Independent Broadcasting Authority,{{cite web|url=https://nostalgiacentral.com/television/tv-by-decade/tv-shows-1970s/robins-nest/|title=ROBIN'S NEST|website=NOSTALGIA CENTRAL|date=2020|access-date=18 August 2020}} the regulatory body for television in Britain, to portray an unmarried couple living together, especially because of scenes in which Robin and Vicky are undressed in bed together.

The show's star Richard O'Sullivan wrote the theme music,{{cite web|url=https://www.memorabletv.com/tv/robins-nest-itv-1977-1981-richard-osullivan-tessa-wyatt/|title=Robin's Nest (ITV 1977-1981, Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt)|website=MEMORABLE TV|date=10 June 2020|access-date=18 August 2020}} which was arranged and performed by Brian Bennett of the Shadows.

The show was adapted in the United States as Three's a Crowd,{{cite web|url=https://nostalgiacentral.com/television/tv-by-decade/tv-shows-1970s/robins-nest/|title=ROBIN'S NEST|website=NOSTALGIA CENTRAL|date=2020|access-date=18 August 2020}} a sequel to Three's Company, which had been based on Man About the House, but it was unsuccessful, lasting for only one season.

In 2004, a Polish version was created under the title Dziupla Cezara.

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|EpisodeNumber=1

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title= Sleeping Partners

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1977|1|11|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= Robin Tripp, now a fully qualified but unemployed chef, lives with his girlfriend Vicky and plans to open a bistro in the vacant space below their flat that is owned by Vicky's father James Nicholls.

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|EpisodeNumber=2

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title= The Bistro Kids

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1977|1|18|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= The bistro opens despite Robin's problems with a stuffed bear, half a pig and a health inspector.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=3

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title= A Little Competition

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1977|1|25|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= Vicky's successful former boyfriend, who runs the steakhouse next door, appears, and James schemes to bring them together again.

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|EpisodeNumber=4

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title= The Maternal Triangle

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1977|2|1|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= Robin is afraid to meet Vicky's mother, whose nasty reputation precedes her.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=5

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title= Piggy in the Middle

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1977|2|8|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= James becomes involved with a young female artist who leaves him for a younger man.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=6

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title= A Matter of Note

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1977|2|15|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= When a counterfeit bill is discovered, Robin must attend a police identity parade in which James is among the suspects.

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|EpisodeNumber=7

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title= Oh, Happy Day

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1977|2|22|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= Vicky finally agrees to marry Robin, but James is determined to control every aspect of the ceremony.

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|EpisodeNumber=8

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title= As Long As He Needs Me

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1978|2|23|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= Vicky stays with James when he is ill, but Robin fears that it is a plan to keep her away from him.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=9

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title= The Seven Pound Fiddle

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1978|3|2|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= After James fires Albert for a theft that he did not commit, Robin and Vicky search for Albert all over London.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=10

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title= Ups & Downs

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1978|3|9|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= Robin and James become trapped in the cellar beneath the restaurant.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=11

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title= Three Times Table

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1978|3|16|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= When the steakhouse next door proposes to purchase the space occupied by Robin's Nest, James tries to persuade Robin to relocate.

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|EpisodeNumber=12

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title= Great Expectations

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1978|3|23|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= Victoria mistakenly believes that she is pregnant, which causes James to dream of what his grandchild will become.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=13

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title= Love & Marriage

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1978|3|30|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= Robin and Vicky finally marry, but they exchange James' gift of a trip to Paris for a freezer.

Note: Robin's brother Norman (Norman Eshley), who married Chrissy (Paula Wilcox) in the final episode of Man About the House, is mentioned, but neither Eshley nor Wilcox appears in this episode. Hilda Krizeman reprises her role as Mrs. Tripp, but Robin's father is played by David Lodge; Leslie Sands had played the role in Man About the House.

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|EpisodeNumber=14

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title= You Need Hands

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=Bernard McKenna,
Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1978|9|25|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= Nicholls decides he needs a cabaret and who better to provide it than Sidney Bacharach, one of the finest pianists of 1927? However, it looks like the restaurant may close anyway: Robin has damaged his cooking arm, and Albert refuses to lend a hand.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=15

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title= The Candidate

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy= David Norton, Roger Taylor,
Johnnie Mortimer

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1978|10|2|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= Nicholls decides to run as a candidate in the local elections, using the restaurant as his campaign headquarters. But canvassing and coq au vin is a recipe for disaster.

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|EpisodeNumber=16

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title= Just Deserts

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=Bernard McKenna,
Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1978|10|9|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= Nicholls gets his fingers burned when an old flame of Robin's turns up at the restaurant. Robin deserts the nest and moves in with his father-in-law.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=17

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title= Away From All What?

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=Charlotte Bingham,
Terence Brady,
Johnnie Mortimer

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1978|10|16|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= It has been ages since Vicky and Robin had a holiday. But Nicholls refuses to pay for a stand-in chef - until Robin gets the mumps.

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|EpisodeNumber=18

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title= England Expects

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=David Norton, Roger Taylor,
Johnnie Mortimer

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1978|10|23|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= Nicholls' regimental reunion is due, and where better for him to hold it than Robin's Nest? Unfortunately, along with the Regiment and the Regimental silver goes the Regimental menu: Trenchmouth soup, boiled mutton and Lady Daphne's Delight - spotted dick!

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|EpisodeNumber=19

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title= Once Two Is Three

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=Jon Watkins,
Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1978|10|30|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= Robin has the chance to open a new restaurant in Brighton, 60 miles from his father-in-law. But Nicholls uses his mind-reading ability on Albert to forestall the deal.

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|EpisodeNumber=20

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title= Dinner Date

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=Terence Feely,
Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1978|11|6|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= An old girlfriend returns to England and recaptures Nicholls' fancy. Marriage is a possibility and Robin is keen on the idea.

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|EpisodeNumber=21

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title= Everything You Wish Yourself

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=Willis Hall,
Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1978|11|13|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= A mix-up in dates brings Albert an unexpected Bonus.

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|EpisodeNumber=22

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title= Be It Ever Be So Humble

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=Ken Hoare,
Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1978|11|20|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= There's a crisis in the bistro when Albert resigns as a washer-upper. Vicky and Robin discover they've been breaking the law.

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|EpisodeNumber=23

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title= Day Trippers

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=Bernard McKenna,
Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1978|11|27|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= Robin and Vicky decide there's nothing like a nice peaceful picnic on their day off. And that's exactly what they get...nothing like a nice peaceful picnic.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=24

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title= The Long Distance Runner

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=Jon Watkins,
Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1978|12|4|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= Robin decides to take up jogging, so it seems, but does he have another reason for going out early in the morning? Nicholls is shocked when he finds out the truth.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=25

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title= At Harm's Length

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=Terence Brady,
Charlotte Bingham,
Johnnie Mortimer

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1978|12|11|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= Vicky thinks her Uncle Sam is playing around with another woman. Despite Robin's protests she decides to do something about it.

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|EpisodeNumber=26

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title= The Happy Hen

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=Dave Freeman,
Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1978|12|18|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= Nicholls' ambition to own all the eating outlets in Fulham takes a step forward. He buys the building next door to Robin's Nest to pursue his plans of opening up an omelette house. However, he ends up with egg on his face.

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|EpisodeNumber=27

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title= Should Auld Acquaintance

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=Dave Freeman,
Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|2|22|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= The bistro, newly decorated and open for business, is threatened with sudden closure after Robin encounters an old friend in dire need. Nicholls pulls a few strings in Fleet Street. Albert is confronted by a lady in her underwear, and Vicky contemplates leaving home.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=28

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title= Person Friday Required

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy= Adele Rose,
Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|3|1|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= A chance meeting with an old colleague starts Vicky wondering if it's wise for husbands and wives to work together. A return to her airline job could put the mystery back into her marriage.

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|EpisodeNumber=29

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title= Lost Weekend

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=Adele Rose,
Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|3|8|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= Lucky Albert wins a weekend away from it all. But a little conniving turns it into a busman's holiday for Robin and Vicky - and a not-so-lucky reunion for Nicholls.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=30

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title= Too Many Waiters Spoil The Bistro

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=Bernard McKenna,
Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|3|15|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= Nicholls has an idea: he can increase the profits in the restaurant by increasing the number of tables. This leads to an increase in staff, which causes an increase in problems.

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|EpisodeNumber=31

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title= September Song

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=George Layton,
Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|3|22|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= Robin's relationship with Nicholls is bad at the best of times but, when Vicky comes home to find them brawling in the street, she suspects that her father is not well. When Nicholls apologises to Robin, she's certain of it.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=32

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title= Sorry Partner

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=David Norton, Roger Taylor,
Johnnie Mortimer

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|3|29|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= Robin and Vicky are kept busy when Nicholls tries to recapture lost glory on the badminton court.

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|EpisodeNumber=33

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title= Albert's Ball

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=Richard Waring, Gail Renard,
Johnnie Mortimer

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|4|5|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= Albert's anniversary party looks like being his farewell party when a customer gets more than he ordered - and Robin's Nest acquires a pest.

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|EpisodeNumber=34

|Title= Christmas at Robin's Nest

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=George Layton,
Johnnie Mortimer, Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|12|27|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= Christmas in the Robin's Nest household is just like everywhere else - bad tempers and frayed nerves, with a touch of seasonal goodwill thrown in. Of course, Christmas is also a time for surprises, and the biggest surprise for Robin is one that he can well do without!

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|EpisodeNumber=35

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title= Pastures New

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=George Layton,
Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1980|1|8|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= Robin is fed up with slaving over a hot stove and decides to fly the nest in favour of warmer climes. He's unaware, however, that other plans have already been hatched.

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|EpisodeNumber=36

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title= A Man of Property

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=George Layton,
Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1980|1|15|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= With the forthcoming arrival of Robin and Vicky's baby, they realise that they will need more room in the Nest - the question is: where will they find it?

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|EpisodeNumber=37

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title= If You Pass 'Go' Collect £200

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=George Layton,
Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1980|1|22|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= With the new responsibility of fatherhood, Robin wants to buy out his father-in-law's share of the bistro. The bid looks doomed until Nicholls gets an alternative proposition - from Albert.

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|EpisodeNumber=38

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title= Never Look A Gift Horse..

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=Adele Rose,
Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1980|1|29|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= Prospective grandparents can often get more excited over forthcoming offspring than the parents-to-be, and Robin's mother-in-law, Marion, is no exception. It must be nothing but the best for her grandchild.

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|EpisodeNumber=39

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title= Just An Old-fashioned Girl

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=Adele Rose,
Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1980|2|5|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= Robin and Vicky find that they are becoming "go-betweens", what with James Nicholls finding himself a new romantic interest and Gertrude getting herself in a tizzy's over Albert.

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|EpisodeNumber=40

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title= Great Expectations

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=George Layton,
Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1980|2|12|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= The signs are all there that the baby is imminent: Nicholls is tense, Robin is having nightmares and Vicky is bored.

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|EpisodeNumber=41

|Title= No Room at the Inn

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=Johnnie Mortimer (uncredited),
Brian Cooke (uncredited)

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1980|12|24|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= Christmas dinner at the bistro isn't the same without Vicky and the twins. With three men and a turkey, the family get-together lacks a woman's touch. But when Marion turns up to provide it, peace on earth flies out of the window.

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|EpisodeNumber=42

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title= Move Over Darling

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=George Layton,
Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1981|2|17|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= Running a bistro and trying to visit Vicky and the newborn babies is not easy until, to Nicholls' and Vicky's surprise, Robin decides to delegate. But their surprise turns to horror when they hear whom he has chosen.

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|EpisodeNumber=43

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title= The Home Coming

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=George Layton,
Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1981|2|24|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= It's time for Vicky and the twins to come home, and the rivalry between Robin and Nicholls over whose car she should travel in from the hospital causes more than a little friction.

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|EpisodeNumber=44

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title= No Smoke Without Fire

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=George Layton,
Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1981|3|3|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= There's consternation in the Tripp household when Albert suspects that "something" is going on between Gertrude and...another man!

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|EpisodeNumber=45

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title= When Irish Eyes Are Smiling

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=George Layton,
Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1981|3|10|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= A change is as good as a rest, and it's a rest that Vicky and Robin need. So they go to stay with Grandad and things don't work out too well - just for a change.

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|EpisodeNumber=46

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title= Anniversary Waltz

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=George Layton,
Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1981|3|17|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= When all the food is pre-cooked and ready for a private party it seems the ideal night for Vicky and Robin to go out. After all - what can go wrong?

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|EpisodeNumber=47

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title= Wish You Weren’t Here

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=George Layton,
Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1981|3|24|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= When Nicholls feels that his daughter needs a bit of a break, his generosity knows no bounds. He even suggests bringing in a temporary chef...so that they can go away without any worries!

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=48

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title= The Headhunters of SW6

|DirectedBy=Peter Frazer-Jones

|WrittenBy=George Layton,
Johnnie Mortimer,
Brian Cooke

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1981|3|31|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary= When Robin is offered a lucrative and exciting post with an international company, Nicholls has no option but to put the restaurant up for sale.

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All six series of Robin's Nest have been released on DVD in the UK (Region 2).

All six series have also been released on DVD in Australia (Region 4). Series One and Two appeared on 2 April 2009; after a lengthy delay, Series Three was released on 3 October 2012, followed by Series Four on 6 March 2013, and Series Five and Six on 4 September 2013. For the first time in Australia, The Complete Series Boxset was released on 16 September 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/53646/robins-nest-the-complete-series|title=Robins Nest: The Complete Series|website=Madman Entertainment|access-date=18 August 2020}}

In 2019, a 19-disc box set was released by Network/Fremantle, containing every episode of Man About the House, Robin's Nest and George & Mildred.

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070318073133/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/r/robinsnest_7775505.shtml Robin's Nest] at BBC Online
• {{IMDb title|0075569}}
• {{British Comedy Guide|tv|robins_nest}}

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