George.&.Mildred.Series.5.(UKB-RG)

25 Minutes x8
Number Of Episodes: 8

George and Mildred Roper are forced to leave
their home in South Kensington
(as the landlords in Man About the House)
when they receive a compulsory purchase order
from the council. Mildred talks George into
buying a nice middle-class house in suburbia,
and they move next door to Jeffrey and
Ann Fourmile. Unfortunately, Mildred's dream
of upward mobility seems doomed to failure,
as George relentlessly embarrasses her in every
way possible. Poor Mildred not only has to cope
with George's gormless behavior, she has to try
and deal with the the snobbish Jeffrey as well
as her rich-bitch sister Ethel and mad old mum.

Episodes:

Episode 1: Finders Keepers?
Original Air Date:24 October 1979

George buys Mildred a fur coat from the Oxfam shop but when she hears that
he found a credit card in the pub she assumes he used it in the shop and
returns the coat - only to find, too late, that she was mistaken. Jeffrey
is disapproving when he learns that Tristram is playing with a new friend
from the council estate and finds that he is not the only one who is a snob.

Episode 2: In Sickness and in Health
Original Air Date:31 October 1979

Mildred goes into hospital with suspected appendicitis so kindly Ann, to
Jeffrey's annoyance, has George round for dinner. When he gets home he
finds Jerry, who has been evicted, wanting to stay,along with his 'niece.'
But the appendicitis is actually indigestion, and Mildred comes home early.
She is not happy to find two unwelcome guests and throws them out. Lucky for
them Tristram has a tent pitched in the Fourmiles' garden.

Episode 3: The Last Straw
Original Air Date:6 November 1979

The Ropers feel shunned by their middle class neighbours so George suggests
they move back to the street in which he grew up, only to find it has been
replaced by a tower block and that the area is ruled by gangs of teen-aged
vandals. They consider emigrating to Australia but are told they are too old.
Finally Mildred finds her niche - on Jeffrey's committee to save a Victorian
lamp-post - though George manages to accidentally scupper this too.

Episode 4: A Driving Ambition
Original Air Date:13 November 1979

Mildred is taking driving lessons from an elderly neighbour but wants to keep
it secret from George so she says she is going to Keep Fit class. When Ann
accidentally lets slip that the Keep Fit class has finished George suspects
Mildred of having an affair and, taking advice from Jeffrey,attempts to be
more romantic with her. A misunderstanding arises when the supposed lover
comes to the Ropers' house but all is resolved as Mildred passes her test.
Jeffrey has to stand in for a poorly Tristram on his paper round.

Episode 5: A Military Pickle
Original Air Date:27 November 1979

Charlie Roper, George's long-lost brother,comes to visit. He is a charmer who
once dated Mildred and he gives George a thirty-year-old letter which seems to
state that George is still liable to be called up for military service, as he
ignored the letter at the time. George wants to hide in the attic and sends
away a man who has come to sell Mildred a car thinking he is a policeman before
the mistake is rectified.

Episode 6: Fishy Business
Original Air Date:4 December 1979
George lets his goldfish,Moby, swim in the sink and Mildred accidentally pulls
the plug out,losing Moby, so, by way of compensation, George buys two supposed
homing pigeons and builds a loft in the backyard to, calculatedly, annoy Jeffrey.
Once released the pigeons never return and Mildred, feeling sorry for George,
buys him another goldfish,though it comes at a price.

Episode 7: I Gotta Horse
Original Air Date:18 December 1979

Browsing through 'Country Life' Ethel sees a photo of a Ming dynasty china horse
worth ten thousand pounds. Her mother tells her Mildred owns the only other one
in the world and Mildred agrees to sell it to her,having first established that
it is one of many worthless copies made in 1927 and not the real thing. For once
the Ropers come out on top as Mildred pockets Ethel's cheque for 1,500 pounds and
Tristram's pet mouse has the last word.

Episode 8: The Twenty Six Year Itch
Original Air Date:25 December 1979

Jeffrey gets an invite to the Young Conservatives' Dinner Dance but Ann will be
away so she persuades him to take Mildred instead. A jealous George chats up
widowed barmaid Beryl, telling her he is single and arranging to meet with her
on the night of the dance whilst he is alone in the house. However Mildred feels
out of her depth and returns home early,forcing George to tell Beryl the truth.
The Ropers go to bed and,whilst Mildred declares that she loves George for all
his faults, his response is less assured - he calls her Beryl.



Yootha Joyce ... Mildred Roper (38 episodes, 1976-1979)
Brian Murphy ... George Roper (38 episodes, 1976-1979)
Norman Eshley ... Jeffrey Fourmile (36 episodes, 1976-1979)
Sheila Fearn ... Ann Fourmile (36 episodes, 1976-1979)
Nicholas Bond-Owen ... Tristram Fourmile (36 episodes, 1976-1979)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073995/

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