About this season
A middle-aged housewife feels frustrated with her mean and miserable husband, the married couple adapting to life in an up-market housing estate.
Episodes (7)
1. Jumble Pie
Aired 14 November 1977 • 30 min
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!
2. All Around the Clock
Aired 21 November 1977 • 30 min
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.
3. The Travelling Man
Aired 28 November 1977 • 30 min
When Mildred rents out the backroom to a travelling salesman, George begins to believe the two are having an affair!
4. The Unkindest Cut of All
Aired 5 December 1977 • 30 min
Mildred's sister Ethel and her husband Humphrey are coming round for a meal but George has forgotten to pay the electricity bill.
5. The Right Way to Travel
Aired 12 December 1977 • 30 min
Mildred wants socialist George to join the local Tory party so they can qualify for a cheap holiday, courtesy of the Conservative Association.
6. The Dorothy Letters
Aired 19 December 1977 • 30 min
While cleaning, Mildred finds an old case containing George's old love letters written to someone named 'Dorothy'...
7. No Business Like Show Business
Aired 26 December 1977 • 30 min
The Fourmiles host a Christmas pantomime but are short an 'ugly sister', so Mildred is asked to stand in.