Sitcom star Richard o'Sullivan has died. He was 82.

O'Sullivan had started out as a child actor in British films but rose to prominence as the male star of ITV's flatsharing sitcom Man About the House alongside Sally Thomsett and Pauls Wilcox.

He then went on to continue as the same character, Robin Tripp, in the bistrot-based comedy Robin's Nest with Tessa Wyatt.