Original title
George and Mildred
Released
9/6/1976
Origin country
GB
Genre
Comedy
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
5
Number of episodes
38
A middle-aged housewife feels frustrated with her mean and miserable husband, the married couple adapting to life in an up-market housing estate.
George and Mildred is a 1980 British comedy film directed by Peter Frazer Jones. It was an adaptation of the television series of the same name, with Yootha Joyce and Brian Murphy reprising their roles as the two title characters. It was written by Dick Sharples Released on 27 July, less than a month before the death of star Yootha Joyce (who died on 24 August 1980)
This is a short documentary about comedy actress Yootha Joyce, looking at her background, personal life and work and career. Yootha was best known for playing Mildred Roper the TV shows "Man About The House" and it's spin-off "George and Mildred". Contains archive footage clips of her best performances and interviews with family, friends and co-stars such as Brian Murphy and Sally Thomsett.
George and Mildred go house hunting and find their dream home in an up market part of town, but their potential neighbours, the Fourmiles, do not want them to move in.
The Ropers finally move into their new house and to help things along Ann Fourmile invites them in for afternoon tea. When they get back home they find themselves locked out and the bath water running away.
George is talked into applying for a job - however, Mildred is given the position!
After babysitting for the Fourmiles, Mildred begins to feel maternal, and she tries to convince George that they should adopt a child.
Mildred discovers that George has no insurance when a relative dies and the funeral costs are overwhelming. Jeffrey decides to cover the costs but then George changes his mind...
George finally sells his old car and buys a trashy old caravan. He dumps it on the front lawn and when Mildred's pesky sister and brother-in-law visit, they stay in the Ropers' room, so a stubborn George stays in the caravan. That is, until it is towed away...
George tries to cover up the fact that he lost Mildred's puppy by replacing it with a lookalike, but all goes awry when the police bring home the original dog.
George threatens to sue when Jeffrey accidentally causes him to fall by moving the ladder as George attempts to fix the TV aerial.
While the Fourmiles are away, George and Mildred decide to get their house decorated by professionals... but the interior designers accidentally redecorate the Fourmiles' house...
Mildred's mother visits, but the family believe that she is too old to look after herself and decide to place her in a home. However, George unexpectedly takes Mildred's mother's side and asks her to stay with them.
Mildred inadvertently contributes George's stash of gardening books to a church, but learns that they were actually old pornographic magazines, and must retrieve them before the vicar finds out!
George buys Mildred a carriage clock for her birthday, but later learns the Fourmiles had been robbed and the clock might have once belonged to them.
When Mildred rents out the backroom to a travelling salesman, George begins to believe the two are having an affair!
Mildred's sister Ethel and her husband Humphrey are coming round for a meal but George has forgotten to pay the electricity bill.
Mildred wants socialist George to join the local Tory party so they can qualify for a cheap holiday, courtesy of the Conservative Association.
While cleaning, Mildred finds an old case containing George's old love letters written to someone named 'Dorothy'...
The Fourmiles host a Christmas pantomime but are short an 'ugly sister', so Mildred is asked to stand in.
Jerry manages to trick George into trying to sell the house behind Mildred's back.
The Ropers' bed finally collapses after 25 years, so Mildred decides to buy a new one... but George thinks that the nearest bookmaker is the best chance of getting the money.
Mildred receives a letter requesting a meeting, from an American former airman, with whom she had a wartime fling...
George is forced to look for a job.
Ann finally gives birth, so George and Mildred help her out.
George's father is kicked out of his retirement home and asks to live with the Ropers.
George manages to get a job as a traffic warden.
Whilst drinking in the pub, George runs into a man who claims to be his long lost son.
Mildred decides to have a new shower installed in the bathroom. After several quotes, Jerry gets the job.
George quits his job but cannot bring himself to inform Mildred.
Mildred is out at a pottery class, leaving George stuck with the Fourmiles' baby. But while looking after him, George gets a call to join the pub's darts team.
Mildred wants the dog to have puppies but George sees it as an opportunity to get some extra cash.
The Ropers are having another boring Christmas, so the Fourmiles invite them over for a drink. George then challenges Tristram to a game of computer tennis and wins. Afterwards, George plays Jeffrey, but ends up losing sixteen times... and owing a hefty debt!
It's the Ropers' wedding anniversary and George has bought Mildred an expensive looking coat When she asks him where the money came from she discovers that he has found somebody's credit card.
With Mildred in hospital, a lonely George has Jerry move in with him.
Mildred is unhappy at her lack of social success, so she thinks about moving to Australia.
Mildred is flattered when George displays a rare stirring of jealousy, following a sighting of her in a car with another man.
George's brother Charlie turns up with an interesting document.
When Mildred flushes George's goldfish down the drain, he decides that he needs a new pet.
Mildred notices a photo of an expensive antique in a magazine. Coincidentally, it looks just like one she has hidden away upstairs.
Mildred decides she wants to go to the Tory Christmas ball, but George has other plans.
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