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See full summary » Director: Harry Booth Edit Storyline George and Mildred Roper are forced to leave their home in South Kensington (as the landlords in Man About the House (1973)) 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. Written by Roseanne Hodge <rosie@ihug.co.nz> George & Mildred | Three's Company Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Brian Murphy Yootha Joyce Distribution and Broadcast Information Distributed by: Fremantle Media First aired: September 6, 1976 Last aired: December 26, 1979 Seasons: 5 series No.

of episodes: 38 episodes aired Country: United Kingdom TV Network: ITV Network George & Mildred is a British sitcom produced by Thames Television that aired from 1976 to 1979. The series, which was a spinoff from Man About The House , itself, inspired an American verision, The Ropers , which was a spinoff of Three's Company , which was itself inspired by Man About The House. The series starred Brian Murphy and Yootha Joyce as an ill-matched married couple, George and Mildred Roper, which would inspire the Stanley and Helen Roper characters in the US series. The premise of the series had George and Mildred leaving their flat as depicted in Man About the House and moving to a modern, upmarket housing estate, much like the US series counterparts. Their arrival horrifies their snobbish neighbour Jeffrey Fourmile, an estate agent who despairs that the Ropers' presence will devalue his home. It was written by Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer .

Like many sitcoms of the day, George and Mildred was also turned into a film , which was dedicated to actress Yootha Joyce who died suddenly in 1980, just as the cast had been looking forward to recording a sixth series. Contents Edit George and Mildred Roper have left their old house after receiving a compulsory purchase order from the Council and move to 46 Peacock Crescent in Hampton Wick. While Mildred enjoys the chance to better herself in her new surroundings, she is always being thwarted - usually by the lazy, and generally unemployed George, who has no interest in climbing the social ladder, and also continues to show a lack of interest in sexual relations with Mildred. George and Mildred's next-door neighbours are Jeffrey Fourmile, a snobbish estate agent, and his wife Ann. They have a young son called Tristram, who gets on well with Mildred and George, and in series 3 a second child called Tarquin is born. The Conservative Party supporting Jeffrey is greatly irritated by socialist George, who frequently annoys him. Mildred's snobbish sister Ethel and her wealthy husband Humphrey occasionally visit, as does Mildred's mother.

Mildred often makes subtle and unsubtle digs at Ethel's age, or social status and pretensions, when Ethel visits. George's friend Jerry, a jack-of-all-trades, also visits, much to Mildred's annoyance. Jerry is fond of referring to Mildred as "Mildew". In the first series, George buys Mildred a Yorkshire Terrier called Truffles (played by dog actor Pussy Galore) after the Ropers are unable to adopt a child. Episodes "Family Planning" 8 November 1976 Ethel arrives in her "new bottle green automatic Jaguar XJ6", to have a chat with Mildred about their mother. She's getting on - too old to be left on her own. George does not see the problem; "She's got her own home in Dagenham; if it's good enough for the Girl Pipers it's good enough for her.". And Ethel and Humphrey want their spare room for, "a billiard room and sauna bath.". A family conference is called to decide the issue of who should look after her. And Tristram gets a black eye from a girl at school - so Jeffrey teaches him boxing.

[ edit ]Series Two (1977) Edit The title sequence for series two features Mildred worriedly getting into a motorcycle sidecar. George puts on his goggles and pulls away, but the sidecar, with Mildred sitting in it, is left at the kerb. The motorcycle, a 1933 Brough Superior was also in Dad's Army . (Chased by a runaway wheel packed with explosives, Captain Mainwaring , Pike , and Hodges commandeer the bike from a man trimming a hedge.). The motorcycle is now at the London Motorcycle Museum . # "No Business Like Show Business" 26 December 1977 Jeffrey Fourmile is producing, and directing, the Hampton Wick Players Christmas pantomime , Cinderella . A problem arises however, which leaves the production short of a second ugly sister. Mildred, who has been eager to take part, is offered the role, and accepts. Ethel and Humphrey arrive for the evening of the performance, but by then, Mildred has fallen ill and lost her voice. "You've really let them down you have - still, try not to think about it.", counsels George.

( Roy Barraclough , playing an ugly sister, Sue Bond , and Derek Deadman also appear in this episode.) [ edit ]Series Three (1978) "The 26 Year Itch" 25 December 1979 Guest appearance of Patsy Rowlands as a barmaid who George takes a shine to while Mildred attends The Young Conservatives Christmas Dinner, and Dance with Mr Fourmile after Ann insists on visiting her mother. Props George Roper's Brough motorcycle combination shown to regular comic effect in the opening titles of series 2, 3 and 5 is now exhibited at the London Motorcycle Museum . Stage show Edit During 1977, Brian Murphy and Yootha Joyce, joined at one stage by Reginald Marsh, toured in a successful stage version of the programme. In 1976 & 1977, Murphy and Joyce appeared as the ugly sisters , Georgina and Mildred, in the London Palladium pantomime , Cinderella . Film version Main article: George and Mildred (film) Following the fifth TV series a feature film version of the series was produced. The film was written not by Cooke and Mortimer but by Dick Sharples .

The Fourmiles only played a small role in the film. The film focused on the original title characters celebrating their wedding anniversary, at Mildred's insistence, at a swanky London hotel, and featured several guest stars including Stratford Johns , Kenneth Cope and the up-and-coming Vicki Michelle . The film was neither a critical nor box office success. [1] The abrupt end of George and Mildred Edit The final caption of the George and Mildred film read 'The End - or is it the beginning?' It was to prove the abrupt end: Yootha Joyce died from chronic alcoholism on 24 August 1980, before the film was even released. Her friends and colleagues were astonished to discover that she had been drinking a litre of brandy every day. People were unaware of this consumption as it never affected her performance or professionalism. In 2004, on an audio commentary on the Australian Umbrella DVD release of George and Mildred: the Complete Series 2, Brian Murphy revealed that there had been plans for a sixth series of eight episodes of the show. These were to have been recorded in late 1980.

Murphy also revealed that this was due to have been the final series of George and Mildred, as he and Yootha Joyce wished to focus on other work. However, despite scripts being written, Joyce's hospitalisation and death put an enforced end to the show. Her funeral took place on the very day the cast were due to begin rehearsals for the new series. Speaking of their relationship in a 2001 ITV programme, The Unforgettable Yootha Joyce, Murphy said that when they had first met at Joan Littlewood 's Theatre Workshop he had, "always regarded Yootha as very stylish and very confident. I was rather over-awed by her at first, full of admiration for her. "At her death, "People said, 'You've lost a working partner' and I said, 'No, I've lost a chum'... and then I realised I've lost my working partnership as well...". Thames Television did talk of producing a spin-off for the character of George, looking at him cope with life as a widower. However, this project did not materialise.

But Brian Murphy did reunite with George and Mildred co-star Roy Kinnear and writers Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke for The Incredible Mr. Tanner, a comedy produced for Thames soon after Yootha Joyce's death. Adaptations Edit George and Mildred was adapted in the United States as The Ropers , a spin-off of Three's Company , the US version of Man About the House. Yootha Joyce and Brian Murphy appeared, in character as George and Mildred, on the magic show The David Nixon Show. Book Edit "Man About the House - George and Mildred: The Definitive Companion" by Tex Fisher was published on 1 July 2010. The book includes contributions from many of the original cast, including Brian Murphy , Paula Wilcox , Sally Thomsett and Nicholas Bond-Owen. It explains the background and history of both programmes, together with an episode and film guide, full cast biographies, details of the stage play, full catalogue of support cast, and a 1970's Phrase Dictionary. ISBN 978-0-9565634-0-8 . The book is published by Deck Chair Publishing.

[2] DVD releases Edit Template:Cleanup-rewrite The first DVD release of George and Mildred was from Clear Vision in the UK in 2001 (and simultaneously appeared on VHS). Although, the top of the sleeve says "Series One", the bottom says "episodes 1 to 6", so the remaining four episodes do not appear. Complaints about picture quality of this and the accompanying Man About the House release, and minor edits of the ad break captions, etc. probably went some way to explaining why no more Clear Vision releases materialised. In Australia, the first series was released in May 2003. Unlike the Clear Vision release of series one, all 10 episodes were included, as were the original ad captions and the Thames TV idents (the music for this is called "Salute to Thames") at the start and original end boards. Many fans from the UK imported these versions instead, not only due to their superiority, but the favourable exchange rates made them no more expensive than the Clear Vision title. Series 2 followed in March 2004 and the movie that same November.

Unlike the UK Network release of series 2, the Australian version contained some audio commentaries with series star Brian Murphy. Contract and clearance re-negotiations for all worldwide regions put a halt to Umbrella's plans to proceed with the remaining episodes, and while the shows have been cleared for UK release (as evidenced by the Network releases), Fremantle Media still have not, as of 2007, worked out clearances for the Australian/New Zealand regions yet, so Umbrella's hands are still tied. On Wednesday, 16 July 2008, Series 3 was finally released in Australia, followed by Series 4 on 3 September 2008 and Series 5 on 3 December 2008, Soon after the release of Series 5, Series 3, 4 and 5 were discontinued, at this stage Series 1 and 2 were also out of production but remaining copies were continuing to be sold.

In April 2009, Fremantle Media re-released the first three seasons with the same cover art as of the UK releases (Season 1 now being a 2 Disc set as the original version all 10 episodes were on one disc), Season 4 was re-released on 5 November 2009 and Season 5 re-release on 3 December 2009, although some delays occurred. Fremantle re-released Series 1, Series 2 and Series 3 on 3 March 2011 and has new artwork. Fremantle Media have announced the re-release of Series 4 and Series 5 for 1 September 2011. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] The entire first series of George and Mildred was released by Network DVD in Region 2 (UK) in 2005 without the annoying edits or the over-compressed picture quality. The second, third and fourth series were released in 2006. The fifth and final series was released in 2007.

The movie has been available in the UK for many years on both video and DVD, both individually and bundled as special double- and triple-bills with other "small screen to big screen" efforts. The complete box set with all 5 seasons has been released in the UK. A book dedicated to the Situation Comedy, entitled The Man About the House and George & Mildred Companion is due to be published in 2010. Recent broadcasts Edit The show is now shown regularly on Comedy Central Extra in the United Kingdom complete with Thames Television ident. In Spain, it is shown on Cuatro and in Canada, it is shown on Country Canada. In Australia, some episodes were shown on the Seven Network and occasionally on Pay-TV channel, UKTV. Currently, it is shown weeknights on 7Two. It has also been shown in Cuba. Granada Plus used to repeat the show until the close in 2004. From April 2010, it is also being shown weekdays on ITV3.

george and mildred : definition of george and mildred and synonyms of george and mildred (English) The Ropers George and Mildred is a British sitcom produced by Thames Television that aired from 1976 to 1979. It was a spin-off from Man About the House and starred Brian Murphy and Yootha Joyce as an ill-matched married couple, George and Mildred Roper. The premise of this series had George and Mildred leaving their flat as depicted in Man About the House and moving to a modern, upmarket housing estate. Their arrival horrifies their snobbish neighbour Jeffrey Fourmile, an estate agent who despairs that the Ropers' presence will devalue his home. It was written by Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer . Like many sitcoms of the day, George and Mildred was also turned into a film , which was dedicated to actress Yootha Joyce who died suddenly in 1980, just as the cast had been looking forward to recording a sixth series. Contents Roy Kinnear - Jerry Plot George and Mildred Roper have left their old house after receiving a compulsory purchase order from the Council and move to 46 Peacock Crescent in Hampton Wick .

While Mildred enjoys the chance to better herself in her new surroundings she is always being thwarted - usually by the lazy, and generally unemployed George, who has no interest in climbing the social ladder, and also continues to show a lack of interest in sexual relations with Mildred. George and Mildred's yuppie next-door neighbours are Jeffrey Fourmile, a snobbish estate agent , and his wife Ann. They have a young son called Tristram, who gets on well with Mildred and George, and in series 3 a second child called Tarquin is born. The Conservative supporting Jeffrey is greatly irritated by socialist George, who frequently annoys him. Mildred's snobbish sister Ethel and her wealthy husband Humphrey occasionally visit, as does Mildred's mother. Mildred often makes subtle and unsubtle digs at Ethel's age, or social status and pretensions, when Ethel visits. George's friend Jerry, a jack-of-all-trades, also visits, much to Mildred's annoyance. Jerry is fond of referring to Mildred as "Mildew".

In the first series, George buys Mildred a Yorkshire Terrier called Truffles (played by dog actor Pussy Galore) after the Ropers are unable to adopt a child. Episodes "Family Planning" 8 November 1976 Ethel arrives in her "new bottle green automatic Jaguar XJ6 ", to have a chat with Mildred about their mother. She's getting on - too old to be left on her own. George does not see the problem; "She's got her own home in Dagenham ; if it's good enough for the Girl Pipers it's good enough for her." And Ethel and Humphrey want their spare room for, "a billiard room and sauna bath". A family conference is called to decide the issue of who should look after her. And Tristram gets a black eye from a girl at school - so Jeffrey teaches him boxing . Series Two (1977) The title sequence for series two features Mildred worriedly getting into a motorcycle sidecar. George puts on his goggles and pulls away, but the sidecar, with Mildred sitting in it, is left at the kerb. The motorcycle, a 1933 Brough Superior was also in Dad's Army .

(Chased by a runaway wheel packed with explosives, Captain Mainwaring , Pike , and Hodges commandeer the bike from a man trimming a hedge). The motorcycle is now at the London Motorcycle Museum . [2] # "No Business Like Show Business" 26 December 1977 Jeffrey Fourmile is producing, and directing, the Hampton Wick Players Christmas pantomime , Cinderella . A problem arises however, which leaves the production short of a second ugly sister. Mildred, who has been eager to take part, is offered the role, and accepts. Ethel and Humphrey arrive for the evening of the performance, but by then Mildred has fallen ill and lost her voice. "You've really let them down you have - still, try not to think about it" counsels George. ( Roy Barraclough , playing an ugly sister, Sue Bond , and Derek Deadman also appear in this episode).

Series Three (1978) "The Twenty Six Year Itch" 25 December 1979 Guest appearance of Patsy Rowlands as a barmaid who George takes a shine to while Mildred attends The Young Conservatives Christmas Dinner and Dance with Mr Fourmile after Ann insists on visiting her mother. Props George Roper's Brough motorcycle combination shown to regular comic effect in the opening titles of series 2, 3 and 5 is now exhibited at the London Motorcycle Museum . Stage show During 1977, Brian Murphy and Yootha Joyce, joined at one stage by Reginald Marsh, toured in a successful stage version of the programme. In 1976-77, Murphy and Joyce appeared as the ugly sisters , Georgina and Mildred, in the London Palladium pantomime , Cinderella . Film version Main article: George and Mildred (film) Following the fifth TV series a feature film version of the series was produced. The film was written not by Cooke and Mortimer but by Dick Sharples . The Fourmiles only played a small role in the film.

The film focused on the original title characters celebrating their wedding anniversary, at Mildred's insistence, at a swanky London hotel, and featured several guest stars including Stratford Johns , Kenneth Cope and the up-and-coming Vicki Michelle . The film was neither a critical nor box office success. [3] The abrupt end of George and Mildred The final caption of the George and Mildred film read 'The End - or is it the beginning?' It was to prove the abrupt end: Yootha Joyce died from chronic alcoholism on 24 August 1980, before the film was even released. Her friends and colleagues were astonished to discover that she had been drinking a litre of brandy every day. People were unaware of this consumption as it never affected her performance or professionalism. In 2004, on an audio commentary on the Australian Umbrella DVD release of George and Mildred: the Complete Series 2, Brian Murphy revealed that there had been plans for a sixth series of eight episodes of the show. These were to have been recorded in late 1980.

Murphy also revealed that this was due to have been the final series of George and Mildred, as he and Yootha Joyce wished to focus on other work. However, despite scripts being written, Joyce's hospitalisation and death put an enforced end to the show. Her funeral took place on the very day the cast were due to begin rehearsals for the new series. Speaking of their relationship in a 2001 ITV programme The Unforgettable Yootha Joyce, Murphy said that when they had first met at Joan Littlewood 's Theatre Workshop he had, "always regarded Yootha as very stylish and very confident. I was rather over-awed by her at first, full of admiration for her." At her death, "People said, 'You've lost a working partner' and I said, 'No, I've lost a chum'... and then I realised I've lost my working partnership as well..." [4] Thames Television did talk of producing a spin-off for the character of George, looking at him cope with life as a widower. However, this project did not materialise.

But Brian Murphy did reunite with George and Mildred co-star Roy Kinnear and writers Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke for The Incredible Mr. Tanner, a comedy produced for Thames soon after Yootha Joyce's death. Adaptations George and Mildred was adapted in the United States as The Ropers , a spin-off of Three's Company , the US version of Man About the House. Yootha Joyce and Brian Murphy appeared, in character as George and Mildred, on the magic show The David Nixon Show. Book "Man About the House - George and Mildred: The Definitive Companion" by Tex Fisher was published on 1 July 2010. The book includes contributions from many of the original cast, including Brian Murphy , Paula Wilcox , Sally Thomsett and Nicholas Bond-Owen. It explains the background and history of both programmes, together with an episode and film guide, full cast biographies, details of the stage play, full catalogue of support cast, and a 1970's Phrase Dictionary. ISBN 978-0-9565634-0-8 . The book is published by Deck Chair Publishing.

[5] DVD releases This article may need to be rewritten entirely to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards , as section. You can help . The discussion page may contain suggestions. (June 2010) The first DVD release of George and Mildred was from Clear Vision in the UK in 2001 (and simultaneously appeared on VHS). Although the top of the sleeve says "Series One", the bottom says "episodes 1 to 6", so the remaining four episodes do not appear. Complaints about picture quality of this and the accompanying Man About the House release, and minor edits of the ad break captions, etc. probably went some way to explaining why no more Clear Vision releases materialised.[ citation needed ] In Australia, the first series was released in May 2003. Unlike the Clear Vision release of series one, all 10 episodes were included, as were the original ad captions and the Thames TV idents (the music for this is called "Salute to Thames") at the start and original end boards. Many fans from the UK imported these versions instead, not only due to their superiority, but the favourable exchange rates made them no more expensive than the Clear Vision title.

Series 2 followed in March 2004 and the movie that same November. Unlike the UK Network release of series 2, the Australian version contained some audio commentaries with series star Brian Murphy. Contract and clearance re-negotiations for all worldwide regions put a halt to Umbrella's plans to proceed with the remaining episodes, and while the shows have been cleared for UK release (as evidenced by the Network releases), Fremantle Media still have not, as of 2007, worked out clearances for the Australian/New Zealand regions yet, so Umbrella's hands are still tied. On Wednesday, 16 July 2008, Series 3 was finally released in Australia, followed by Series 4 on 3 September 2008 and Series 5 on 3 December 2008, Soon after the release of Series 5, Series 3, 4 and 5 were discontinued, at this stage Series 1 and 2 were also out of production but remaining copies were continuing to be sold.

In April 2009, Freemantle Media re-released the first three seasons with the same cover art as of the UK releases (Season 1 now being a 2 Disc set as the original version all 10 episodes were on one disc), Season 4 was re-released on 5 November 2009 and Season 5 re-release on 3 December 2009, although some delays occurred. Freemantle re-released Series 1, [6] Series 2 [7] and Series 3 [8] on 3 March 2011 and has new artwork. Freemantle Media have announced the re-release of Series 4 [9] and Series 5 [10] for 1 September 2011. The entire first series of George and Mildred was released by Network DVD in Region 2 (UK) in 2005 without the annoying edits or the over-compressed picture quality. The second, third and fourth series were released in 2006. The fifth and final series was released in 2007.

The movie has been available in the UK for many years on both video and DVD, both individually and bundled as special double- and triple-bills with other "small screen to big screen" efforts. The complete box set with all 5 seasons has been released in the UK. A book dedicated to the Situation Comedy, entitled The Man About the House and George & Mildred Companion is due to be published in 2010.[ dated info ] Recent broadcasts The show is now shown regularly on Comedy Central Extra in the United Kingdom complete with Thames Television ident. In Spain it is shown on Cuatro and in Canada it is shown on Country Canada . In Australia, some episodes were shown on the Seven Network and occasionally on Pay-TV channel, UKTV . Currently, it is shown weeknights on 7Two . It has also been shown in Cuba . Granada Plus used to repeat the show until the close in 2004. From April 2010, it is also being shown weekdays on ITV3. See also List of films based on British sitcoms Footnotes ^ He was sometimes credited as Nicholas Owen having added Bond because he was a fan of James Bond .

George and Mildred - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki More info on George and Mildred Wikis Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Related top topics Top rankings for George and Mildred 53rd From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George and Mildred British comedy series George & Mildred Format 6 September 1976 – 25 December 1979 Chronology The Ropers George and Mildred was a British sitcom produced by Thames Television that aired from 1976 to 1979. It was a spin-off from Man About the House and starred Brian Murphy and Yootha Joyce as an ill-matched married couple, George and Mildred Roper. The premise of this series had George and Mildred leaving their flat as depicted in Man About the House and moving to a modern, upmarket housing estate, to the horror of their snobbish neighbour Jeffrey Fourmile, an estate agent who despairs that the Ropers' presence will devalue his home. It was written by Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer .

Like many sitcoms of the day, George and Mildred was also turned into a film , which was dedicated to actress Yootha Joyce who died suddenly in 1980, just as the cast had been looking forward to recording a sixth series. Contents Nicholas Bond-Owen - Tristram Fourmile [1] Simon Lloyd - Tarquin Fourmile (from series 3) Roy Kinnear - Jerry Plot George and Mildred Roper have left their old house after receiving a compulsory purchase order from the Council and move to 46 Peacock Crescent in Hampton Wick . While Mildred enjoys the chance to better herself in her new surroundings she is always being thwarted - usually by the lazy, and generally unemployed George, who has no interest in climbing the social ladder, and also continues to show a lack of interest in sexual relations with Mildred. George and Mildred's yuppie next-door neighbours are Jeffrey Fourmile, a snobbish estate agent , and his wife Ann. They have a young son called Tristram, who gets on well with Mildred and George, and in series 3 a second child called Tarquin is born. The Conservative supporting Jeffrey is greatly irritated by George, who frequently annoys him.

Mildred's snobbish sister Ethel and her wealthy husband Humphrey occasionally visit, as does Mildred's mother. Mildred often makes subtle, and unsubtle digs at Ethel's age, or social status and pretensions, when Ethel visits. George's friend Jerry, a jack-of-all-trades, also visits, much to Mildred's annoyance. Jerry is fond of referring to Mildred as "Mildew". In the first series, Mildred buys a Yorkshire Terrier called Truffles (played by dog actor Pussy Galore). Episodes Family Planning 8 November 1976 Ethel arrives in her 'new bottle green automatic Jaguar XJ6 ', to have a chat with Mildred about their mother. She's getting on - too old to be left on her own. George doesn't see the problem; 'She's got her own home in Dagenham ; if it's good enough for the Girl Pipers it's good enough for her.' And Ethel and Humphrey want their spare room for, 'a billiard room and sauna bath'. A family conference is called to decide the issue of who should look after her.

And Tristram gets a black eye from a girl at school - so Jeffrey teaches him boxing . Series Two (1977) The title sequence for series two features Mildred worriedly getting into a motorcycle sidecar. George puts on his goggles and pulls away, but the sidecar, with Mildred sitting in it, is left at the kerb. The motorcycle, a 1933 Brough Superior was also in Dad's Army . (Chased by a runaway wheel packed with explosives, Captain Mainwaring , Pike , and Hodges commandeer the bike from a man trimming a hedge). The motorcycle is now at the London Motorcycle Museum . [2] Episode Number No Business Like Show Business 26 December 1977 Jeffrey Fourmile is producing, and directing, the Hampton Wick Players Christmas pantomime , Cinderella . A problem arises however, which leaves the production short of a second ugly sister. Mildred, who has been eager to take part, is offered the rôle, and accepts. Ethel and Humphrey arrive for the evening of the performance, but by then Mildred has fallen ill and lost her voice.

'You've really let them down you have - still, try not to think about it' counsels George. ( Roy Barraclough , playing an ugly sister, Sue Bond , and Derek Deadman also appear in this episode). Series Three (1978) The Twenty Six Year Itch 25 December 1979 Guest appearance of Patsy Rowlands as a barmaid who George takes a shine to while Mildred attends The Young Conservatives Christmas Dinner and Dance with Mr Fourmile after Ann insists on visiting her mother. Stage show During 1977, Brian Murphy and Yootha Joyce, joined at one stage by Reginald Marsh, toured in a successful stage version of the programme. In 1976-77, Murphy and Joyce appeared as the ugly sisters , Georgina and Mildred, in the London Palladium pantomime , Cinderella . Film version Main article: George and Mildred (film) Following the fifth TV series, the programme was made into a film in 1980. The film was written not by Cooke and Mortimer but by Dick Sharples . The Fourmiles only played a small role in the film.

Despite the presence of original title characters, plus stars like Stratford Johns and Kenneth Cope and up-and-coming actors like Vicki Michelle , the film was not a critical nor box office success. The abrupt end of George and Mildred The final caption of the George and Mildred film read 'The End - or is it the beginning?' It was to prove the abrupt end, as Yootha Joyce died, from chronic alcoholism , on 24 August 1980, before the film was even released. Her friends and colleagues were astonished to discover that she had been drinking a litre of brandy every day, as it never affected her performance or professionalism. In 2004, on an audio commentary on the Australian Umbrella DVD release of George and Mildred: the Complete Series 2, Brian Murphy revealed that there had been plans for a sixth series of eight episodes of the show. These were to have been recorded in late 1980. Murphy also revealed that this was due to have been the final series of George and Mildred, as he and Yootha Joyce wished to focus on other work. However, despite scripts being written, Joyce's hospitalisation and death put an enforced end to the show.

Her funeral took place on the very day the cast were due to begin rehearsals for the new series. Thames Television did talk of producing a spin-off for the character of George, looking at him cope with life as a widower. However, this project did not materialise. But Brian Murphy did reunite with George and Mildred co-star Roy Kinnear and writers Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke for The Incredible Mr. Tanner, a comedy produced for Thames soon after Yootha Joyce's death. Adaptations George and Mildred was adapted in the United States as The Ropers , a spin-off of Three's Company , the US version of Man About the House. Yootha Joyce and Brian Murphy appeared, in character as George and Mildred, on the magic show The David Nixon Show. DVD releases The first DVD release of George and Mildred was from Clear Vision in the UK in 2001 (and simultaneously appeared on VHS). Although the top of the sleeve says "Series One", the bottom says "episodes 1 to 6", so the remaining four episodes do not appear.

Complaints about picture quality of this and the accompanying Man About the House release, and minor edits of the ad break captions, etc. probably went some way to explaining why no more Clear Vision releases materialised. In Australia, the first series was released in May, 2003. Unlike the Clear Vision release of series one, all 10 episodes were included, as were the original ad captions and the Thames tv idents (the music for this is called "Salute to Thames") at the start and original end boards. Many fans from the UK imported these versions instead, not only due to their superiority, but the favourable exchange rates made them no more expensive than the Clear Vision title. Series 2 followed in March, 2004 and the movie that same November. Unlike the UK Network release of series 2, the Australian version contained some audio commentaries with series star Brian Murphy.

Contract and clearance re-negotiations for all worldwide regions put a halt to Umbrella's plans to proceed with the remaining episodes, and while the shows have been cleared for UK release (as evidenced by the Network releases), Fremantle Media still have not, as of 2007, worked out clearances for the Australian/New Zealand regions yet, so Umbrella's hands are still tied. On Wednesday, 16 July 2008, Series 3 was finally released in Australia, followed by Series 4 on 3 September 2008 and Series 5 on December 3 2008, Soon after the release of Series 5, Series 3, 4 and 5 were discontinued, at this stage Series 1 and 2 were also out of production but remaining copies were continuing to be sold.

In April 2009, Freemantle Media re-released the first three seasons with the same cover art as of the UK releases (Season 1 now being a 2 Disc set as the original version all 10 episodes were on one disc), Season 4 was re-released on 5 November 2009 and Season 5 re-release on 3 December 2009, although some delays occurred. The entire first series of George and Mildred was released by Network DVD in Region 2 (UK) in 2005 without the annoying edits or the over-compressed picture quality. The second, third and fourth series were released in 2006. The fifth and final series was released in 2007. The movie has been available in the UK for many years on both video and DVD, both individually and bundled as special double- and triple-bills with other "small screen to big screen" efforts. The complete box set with all 5 seasons has been released in the UK. A book dedicated to the Situation Comedy, entitled The Man About the House and George & Mildred Companion is due to be published in 2010.

Recent broadcasts The show is now shown regularly on Comedy Central Extra in the United Kingdom complete with Thames Television ident. In Spain it shown on Cuatro and in Canada it is shown on Country Canada . In 2007 some episodes were shown on the Seven Network in Australia and is shown occasionally on pay-TV channel UK.TV on Foxtel . It has also been shown in Cuba . Granada Plus used to repeat the show until the close in 2004. See also List of films based on British sitcoms Footnotes ^ He was sometimes credited as Nicholas Owen having added Bond because he was a fan of James Bond . ^ Radio Times 3-9 October 2009 References

Question: What is the first name of Mildred’s sister in the UK television sitcom ‘George and Mildred’?
Answer: Ethel