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

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

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

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.

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

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 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 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.

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

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

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

George is forced to look for a job.

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.

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

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.

George's brother Charlie turns up with an interesting document.

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...

Jerry manages to trick George into trying to sell the house behind Mildred's back.

Mildred is unhappy at her lack of social success, so she thinks about moving to Australia.

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.

When Mildred flushes George's goldfish down the drain, he decides that he needs a new pet.

Mildred receives a letter requesting a meeting, from an American former airman, with whom she had a wartime fling...

George's father is kicked out of his retirement home and asks to live with the Ropers.

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!