George.&.Mildred.Series.1.(UKB-RG)

Release Title:

George.&.Mildred.Series.1.(UKB-RG)

Release Date:

1976/79

Genre:

TV/Comedy/Classic

RunTime:

25 Minutes x10

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: Moving On
Original Air Date:6 September 1976

When their house is subject to a compulsory purchase order the Ropers must move.
Mildred sees her dream house in suburbia, next door to yuppie couple Ann and
Jeffrey Fourmile and their seven-year-old son Tristram. Jeffrey is appalled by
George and pretends the house is already sold to prevent him and Mildred moving
in but Tristram explains that his dad is lying and the Ropers get the house.

Episode 2: The Bad Penny
Original Air Date:13 September 1976

George and Mildred get to move in and Ann, who is not a snob like Jeffrey,
invites them round for a cup of tea. Unfortunately when they go home George
and Mildred find they have locked themselves out and left the bathwater running.

Episode 3: ...And Women Must Weep
Original Air Date:20 September 1976

Mildred gets a job as a secretary in Jeffrey's estate agency. George is thus the
house husband but he is a disastrous cook and home-maker. Mildred is relieved when
he finally gets a job - less so when she discovers it involves being away all night.

Episode 4: Baby Talk
Original Air Date:27 September 1976

Having baby-sat for Anne and Jeffrey Mildred is broody and wants a child of her own.
George is less keen but is persuaded to apply for adoption. His crassness and the
Ropers' age means that the adoption agency turns them down but he is thoughtful
enough to buy Mildred a dog to compensate.

Episode 5: Your Money or Your Life
Original Air Date:4 October 1976

Following a family funeral Mildred notices that the pay-out on George's endowment
policy is very small and persuades him to take a medical to get a better pay-out.
The medical is a success but George starts to worry that Mildred wants to kill him
to get the money and cancels the payments. Ann wonders how to break the news of
Tristram's poor school report to Jeffrey.

Episode 6: Where My Caravan Has Rested
Original Air Date:11 October 1976

George sells his car and buys a caravan, which he parks in front of the house.
When Mildred's sister Ethel and her husband - whom George can't stand - come to
stay and sleep in the Ropers' bedroom George moves into the caravan but unfortunately
it gets towed away.

Episode 7: The Little Dog Laughed
Original Air Date:18 October 1976

Whilst out walking Mildred's dog Truffles George happens to lose him and, rather than
face Mildred with the news, he buys an identical one from a pet shop. Unfortunately
for him - though fortunately for the dog - the plan is rumbled when the police find
the real Truffles and return him to the Ropers.

Episode 8: Best Foot Forward
Original Air Date:25 October 1976

George borrows Jeffrey's ladder to fix the television aerial but when Jeffrey takes it
away George falls off the roof and ends up in hospital in the next bed to the
knowledgeable Mr. Jolly who tells him he should sue his neighbour. Out and about in his
wheelchair, George - or Ironside,as Mildred calls him decides to do just that but has to
settle for compromise.

Episode 9: My Husband Next Door
Original Air Date:1 November 1976
When the Fourmiles go on holiday Mildred has a key to their house so she can water their
plants but George abuses this by going in to watch the couple's superior colour television.
Mildred has asked George to decorate their lounge but George calls in professionals - who
follow him into the Fourmiles' house,wrongly assuming that this is where the re-decoration
is needed. George and Mildred have to put the resultant unwanted make-over back to normal.

Episode 10: Family Planning
Original Air Date:8 November 1976

Ethel and Humphrey come round to discuss the future of Ethel's and Mildred's elderly mother,
who they think should be put into a home as she cannot cope on her own and they need their
spare room. Curiously it's George who suggests that mother moves in with them. Jeffrey has
Tristram learn boxing after he gets beaten up by a girl.



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)
RunTime: 25 Minutes x10

ORIGINAL Source:

IPT < Cheers

Video:

XviD/560*416/25fps

Audio:

128kbps/Stereo

Size Of File:

2.28GB

Sample Included:

Yes