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

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

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.

Mildred decides to have a new shower installed in the bathroom. After several quotes, Jerry gets the job.

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

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...

While cleaning, Mildred finds an old case containing George's old love letters written to someone named 'Dorothy'...

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

George manages to get a job as a traffic warden.

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.

Mildred's sister Ethel and her husband Humphrey are coming round for a meal but George has forgotten to pay the electricity bill.

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

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

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.

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

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!

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 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.

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.

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

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