Man About the House

The flatmates are yearning for a bit of summer warmth, hoping to chase away the lingering chill in their shared house. Their plans go awry when Mrs Roper’s sunlamp mysteriously disappears, prompting a frantic, comic scramble quickly featuring Richard O'Sullivan.

is a television programme presented as a single episode. It falls squarely within the comedy genre and is listed simply as “The Sunshine Boys” without any additional subtitle or series information. The format is that of a stand‑alone broadcast, designed to deliver a brief, self‑contained story. The central storyline follows a group of flatmates who are all yearning for a touch of summer sunshine. Their desire for a little extra warmth becomes the catalyst for the episode’s events, especially when the sunlamp that belongs to their landlady, Mrs Roper, vanishes without explanation. The disappearance of the lamp sets the characters off on a light‑hearted search, turning an ordinary domestic inconvenience into the episode’s main comedic premise. The humour in the piece is driven by the flatmates’ attempts to cope with the sudden lack of artificial sunshine, and the situation escalates in typical British comic fashion. The episode leans on the everyday absurdity of the scenario, using the missing sunlamp as the focal point for jokes and misunderstandings that keep the audience amused throughout. Richard O’Sullivan appears in the episode, contributing to the comic rhythm and adding his recognised presence to the cast. His involvement underscores the programme’s aim to blend simple domestic mishaps with a breezy, entertaining tone.