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The Best Episodes of George and Mildred

Every episode of George and Mildred ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of George and Mildred!

A middle-aged housewife feels frustrated with her mean and miserable husband, the married couple adapting to life in an up-market housing estate.

Genre:Comedy
Network:ITV1

Top Episode Ratings Summary

The best episode of "George and Mildred" is "A Driving Ambition", rated 8/10 from 53 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "A Driving Ambition" aired on 11/13/1979 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "I Gotta Horse".

  • A Driving Ambition
    8.0/10 53 votes

    #1 - A Driving Ambition

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 11/13/1979

    Mildred is flattered when George displays a rare stirring of jealousy, following a sighting of her in a car with another man.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • I Gotta Horse
    7.7/10 45 votes

    #2 - I Gotta Horse

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 12/18/1979

    Mildred notices a photo of an expensive antique in a magazine. Coincidentally, it looks just like one she has hidden away upstairs.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Bad Penny
    7.6/10 64 votes

    #3 - The Bad Penny

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/13/1976

    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.

    Director: Peter Frazer Jones

    Writer: Brian Cooke, Johnnie Mortimer

  • The Delivery Man
    7.6/10 45 votes

    #4 - The Delivery Man

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/5/1978

    Ann finally gives birth, so George and Mildred help her out.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Nappy Days
    7.5/10 46 votes

    #5 - Nappy Days

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 12/14/1978

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Mating Game
    7.5/10 47 votes

    #6 - The Mating Game

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 12/21/1978

    Mildred wants the dog to have puppies but George sees it as an opportunity to get some extra cash.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Your Money or Your Life
    7.4/10 61 votes

    #7 - Your Money or Your Life

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/4/1976

    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...

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Jumble Pie
    7.4/10 54 votes

    #8 - Jumble Pie

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 11/14/1977

    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!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Travelling Man
    7.4/10 51 votes

    #9 - The Travelling Man

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 11/28/1977

    When Mildred rents out the backroom to a travelling salesman, George begins to believe the two are having an affair!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • No Business Like Show Business
    7.4/10 47 votes

    #10 - No Business Like Show Business

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 12/26/1977

    The Fourmiles host a Christmas pantomime but are short an 'ugly sister', so Mildred is asked to stand in.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Twenty Six Year Itch
    7.4/10 56 votes

    #11 - The Twenty Six Year Itch

    Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 12/25/1979

    Mildred decides she wants to go to the Tory Christmas ball, but George has other plans.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Moving On
    7.3/10 75 votes

    #12 - Moving On

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/6/1976

    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.

    Director: Peter Frazer Jones

    Writer: Brian Cooke, Johnnie Mortimer

  • Baby Talk
    7.3/10 62 votes

    #13 - Baby Talk

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/27/1976

    After babysitting for the Fourmiles, Mildred begins to feel maternal, and she tries to convince George that they should adopt a child.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Little Dog Laughed
    7.3/10 54 votes

    #14 - The Little Dog Laughed

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/18/1976

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Finders Keepers ?
    7.3/10 46 votes

    #15 - Finders Keepers ?

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 10/24/1979

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • In Sickness and in Health
    7.3/10 52 votes

    #16 - In Sickness and in Health

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/30/1979

    With Mildred in hospital, a lonely George has Jerry move in with him.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • All Around the Clock
    7.2/10 50 votes

    #17 - All Around the Clock

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 11/21/1977

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Right Way to Travel
    7.2/10 51 votes

    #18 - The Right Way to Travel

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 12/12/1977

    Mildred wants socialist George to join the local Tory party so they can qualify for a cheap holiday, courtesy of the Conservative Association.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Four Letter Word
    7.2/10 45 votes

    #19 - The Four Letter Word

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 9/28/1978

    George is forced to look for a job.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Days of Beer and Rosie
    7.2/10 47 votes

    #20 - Days of Beer and Rosie

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 11/23/1978

    Whilst drinking in the pub, George runs into a man who claims to be his long lost son.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • All Work and No Pay
    7.2/10 46 votes

    #21 - All Work and No Pay

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 12/7/1978

    George quits his job but cannot bring himself to inform Mildred.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • On the Second Day of Christmas
    7.2/10 55 votes

    #22 - On the Second Day of Christmas

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 12/27/1978

    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!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • ... And Women Must Weep
    7.1/10 65 votes

    #23 - ... And Women Must Weep

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/20/1976

    George is talked into applying for a job - however, Mildred is given the position!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Best Foot Forward
    7.1/10 53 votes

    #24 - Best Foot Forward

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/25/1976

    George threatens to sue when Jeffrey accidentally causes him to fall by moving the ladder as George attempts to fix the TV aerial.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Family Planning
    7.1/10 52 votes

    #25 - Family Planning

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/8/1976

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A