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George & Mildred Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 1978 - 1978
Episode 1
Opportunity Knocks
25 mins
Jerry the ice-cream man persuades the gullible George to invest in his pigeon-farming idea but the only way George can raise the cash is by selling the house behind Mildred's back. Jeffrey is delighted, Mildred anything but when she catches George showing prospective buyers around and soon puts a stop to his plan. Ann is pregnant and convinced the baby is a girl.
Episode 2
And So to Bed
24 mins
After twenty-five years the Ropers' bed finally collapses and it's time to buy a new one. The trouble is that George is on a hire purchase black-list and can only get a new bed if he can put down the readies. Fortunately he has a winning system for horse racing and is confident it can get him the money.
Episode 3
I Believe in Yesterday
25 mins
Mildred is thrilled to get a letter from Lee Kennedy,an ex-American airman with whom she has a wartime fling who is visiting England and wants to see her again. A jealous George rings up his old flame Gloria and arranges to meet up for a drink with her- though neither reunion turns out to be as the Ropers had hoped.
Episode 4
The Four Letter Word
25 mins
Brother-in-law Humphrey offers George a job at his meat factory but when George finds out that he is enjoying weekends away with his young secretary he uses the fact to persuade Humphrey not to employ him. After George has inadvertently exposed Humphrey's philandering to Ethel,he finally lands a job with Jeffrey Fourmile which literally carries a lot of weight on its shoulders.
Episode 5
The Delivery Man
24 mins
Mildred is not happy about George mending his motor-bike in the house but when Ann goes into labour with Jeffrey away in Birmingham and no chance of a mini-cab it comes in handy for rushing her to the hospital in time. Inevitably George is mistaken for the father but a grateful Ann shocks her husband by suggesting they call their new baby son George.
Episode 6
Life with Father
25 mins
George takes his father to live in a retirement home but he gets thrown out after only one day and billets himself on the Ropers, leading Mildred to discover just where exactly her husband got his loser's streak from. She finds she has not one but two unwelcome guests before order is restored.
