8.0/1053 votesLoading...#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
7.7/1045 votesLoading...#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
7.6/1064 votesLoading...#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
7.6/1045 votesLoading...#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
7.5/1048 votesLoading...#5 - 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
7.5/1046 votesLoading...#6 - 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
7.5/1048 votesLoading...#7 - 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
7.4/1061 votesLoading...#8 - 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
7.4/1054 votesLoading...#9 - 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
7.4/1051 votesLoading...#10 - 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
7.4/1056 votesLoading...#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
7.3/1075 votesLoading...#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
7.3/1062 votesLoading...#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
7.3/1054 votesLoading...#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
7.3/1056 votesLoading...#15 - 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
7.3/1046 votesLoading...#16 - 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
7.3/1052 votesLoading...#17 - 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
7.2/1050 votesLoading...#18 - 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
7.2/1052 votesLoading...#19 - 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
7.2/1045 votesLoading...#20 - 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
7.2/1047 votesLoading...#21 - 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
7.2/1047 votesLoading...#22 - 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
7.1/1065 votesLoading...#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
7.1/1053 votesLoading...#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
7.1/1052 votesLoading...#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
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
Best Episodes Summary
"A Driving Ambition" is the best rated episode of "George and Mildred". It scored 8/10 based on 53 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/13/1979. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "I Gotta Horse".