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{ "se": "S01E01", "title": "Moving On", "tt": 587294, "air_date": "1976-09-06", "description": "When their house is subject to a compulsory purchase order the Ropers must move. Mildred sees her dream house in suburbia, next door to yuppie couple Ann and Jeffrey Fourmile and their seven-year-old son Tristram. Jeffrey is appalled by George and pretends the house is already sold to prevent him and Mildred moving in but Tristram explains that his dad is lying and the Ropers get the house.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram", "as Nicholas Owen": true } ] }, { "name": "Roy Kinnear", "nm": 455702, "roles": [ { "char": "Jerry" } ] }, { "name": "Jeannette Farrier", "nm": 2048239, "roles": [ { "char": "Jane" } ] }, { "name": "Margaret Lacey", "nm": 479941, "roles": [ { "char": "Woman At Door" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E02", "title": "The Bad Penny", "tt": 587300, "air_date": "1976-09-13", "description": "George and Mildred get to move in and Ann, who is not a snob like Jeffrey, invites them round for a cup of tea. Unfortunately when they go home George and Mildred find they have locked themselves out and left the bathwater running.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram", "as Nicholas Owen": true } ] }, { "name": "Diana King", "nm": 454655, "roles": [ { "char": "Margaret" } ] }, { "name": "John Harvey", "nm": 367583, "roles": [ { "char": "Charles" } ] }, { "name": "Johnnie Wade", "nm": 905452, "roles": [ { "char": "1st Removal Man", "as Johnny Wade": true } ] }, { "name": "Harry Littlewood", "nm": 514762, "roles": [ { "char": "Locksmith" } ] }, { "name": "Stan Van", "nm": 2049167, "roles": [ { "char": "2nd Removal Man" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E03", "title": "... And Women Must Weep", "tt": 587281, "air_date": "1976-09-20", "description": "Mildred gets a job as a secretary in Jeffrey's estate agency. George is thus the house husband but he is a disastrous cook and home-maker. Mildred is relieved when he finally gets a job - less so when she discovers it involves being away all night.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram", "as Nicholas Owen": true } ] }, { "name": "Dennis Ramsden", "nm": 708930, "roles": [ { "char": "Employment Clerk" } ] }, { "name": "Jeannette Farrier", "nm": 2048239, "roles": [ { "char": "Jane" } ] }, { "name": "Claire Davenport", "nm": 202575, "roles": [ { "char": "Shop Assistant" } ] }, { "name": "Doris Kitts", "nm": 2048996, "roles": [ { "char": "Shop Assistant" } ] }, { "name": "Azad Ali", "nm": 19404, "roles": [ { "char": "Shop Assistant" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E04", "title": "Baby Talk", "tt": 587282, "air_date": "1976-09-27", "description": "Having baby-sat for Anne and Jeffrey Mildred is broody and wants a child of her own. George is less keen but is persuaded to apply for adoption. His crassness and the Ropers' age means that the adoption agency turns them down but he is thoughtful enough to buy Mildred a dog to compensate.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram", "as Nicholas Owen": true } ] }, { "name": "Anthony Sharp", "nm": 789001, "roles": [ { "char": "Mr. Trubshawe" } ] }, { "name": "Veida Draisey", "nm": 2048918, "roles": [ { "char": "Jill" } ] }, { "name": "Pussy Galore", "nm": 2045390, "roles": [ { "char": "Truffles", "ch": 300443 } ] }, { "name": "Natalie Forbes", "nm": 285386, "roles": [ { "char": "Diana", "uncredited": true } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E05", "title": "Your Money or Your Life", "tt": 587313, "air_date": "1976-10-04", "description": "Following a family funeral Mildred notices that the pay-out on George's endowment policy is very small and persuades him to take a medical to get a better pay-out. The medical is a success but George starts to worry that Mildred wants to kill him to get the money and cancels the payments. Ann wonders how to break the news of Tristram's poor school report to Jeffrey.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram", "as Nicholas Owen": true } ] }, { "name": "Stella Moray", "nm": 603214, "roles": [ { "char": "Kate" } ] }, { "name": "Michael Ripper", "nm": 728085, "roles": [ { "char": "Uncle Fred" } ] }, { "name": "John Carlin", "nm": 137513, "roles": [ { "char": "Funeral Director" } ] }, { "name": "Rafiq Anwar", "nm": 31692, "roles": [ { "char": "Doctor" } ] }, { "name": "Arthur Howard", "nm": 397128, "roles": [ { "char": "Vicar" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E06", "title": "Where My Caravan Has Rested", "tt": 587311, "air_date": "1976-10-11", "description": "George sells his car and buys a caravan, which he parks in front of the house. When Mildred's sister Ethel and her husband - whom George can't stand - come to stay and sleep in the Ropers' bedroom George moves into the caravan but unfortunately it gets towed away.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram", "as Nicholas Owen": true } ] }, { "name": "Reginald Marsh", "nm": 550646, "roles": [ { "char": "Humphrey" } ] }, { "name": "Avril Elgar", "nm": 253364, "roles": [ { "char": "Ethel" } ] }, { "name": "Michael Redfern", "nm": 714826, "roles": [ { "char": "Salesman" } ] }, { "name": "Alister Williamson", "nm": 931977, "roles": [ { "char": "Breakers Man" } ] }, { "name": "Pamela Watling", "nm": 2045852, "roles": [ { "char": "Mrs. Morecombe" } ] }, { "name": "Ralph Ball", "nm": 50447, "roles": [ { "char": "Mr. Morecombe" } ] }, { "name": "Margaret Lacey", "nm": 479941, "roles": [ { "char": "Miss Wise" } ] }, { "name": "Eamonn Boyce", "nm": 101635, "roles": [ { "char": "Mechanic" } ] }, { "name": "Pussy Galore", "nm": 2045390, "roles": [ { "char": "Truffles", "ch": 300443 } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E07", "title": "The Little Dog Laughed", "tt": 587305, "air_date": "1976-10-18", "description": "Whilst out walking Mildred's dog Truffles George happens to lose him and, rather than face Mildred with the news, he buys an identical one from a pet shop. Unfortunately for him - though fortunately for the dog - the plan is rumbled when the police find the real Truffles and return him to the Ropers.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram", "as Nicholas Owen": true } ] }, { "name": "Paul Angelis", "nm": 29618, "roles": [ { "char": "Man In Pub" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Mitchell", "nm": 593629, "roles": [ { "char": "Pet Shop Assistant" } ] }, { "name": "Anthony Heaton", "nm": 372770, "roles": [ { "char": "Policeman" } ] }, { "name": "Verne Morgan", "nm": 605082, "roles": [ { "char": "Traffic Warden" } ] }, { "name": "Bella Emberg", "nm": 256082, "roles": [ { "char": "Woman In Park" } ] }, { "name": "Pussy Galore", "nm": 2045390, "roles": [ { "char": "Truffles", "ch": 300443 } ] }, { "name": "James Bond", "nm": 3691927, "roles": [ { "char": "Snuffles or Wuffles or ... Something" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E08", "title": "Best Foot Forward", "tt": 587283, "air_date": "1976-10-25", "description": "George borrows Jeffrey's ladder to fix the television aerial but when Jeffrey takes it away George falls off the roof and ends up in hospital in the next bed to the knowledgeable Mr. Jolly who tells him he should sue his neighbour. Out and about in his wheelchair, George - or Ironside, as Mildred calls him, decides to do just that but has to settle for compromise.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram", "as Nicholas Owen": true } ] }, { "name": "Sebastian Breaks", "nm": 106420, "roles": [ { "char": "Peter" } ] }, { "name": "Kenneth Watson", "nm": 914755, "roles": [ { "char": "Mr. Jolly", "as Ken Watson": true } ] }, { "name": "Gail Lidstone", "nm": 509242, "roles": [ { "char": "Nurse" } ] }, { "name": "Mike Lewin", "nm": 506835, "roles": [ { "char": "Ambulance Man" } ] }, { "name": "Ralph Ball", "nm": 50447, "roles": [ { "char": "Bunny" } ] }, { "name": "Maxine Horne", "nm": 2049048, "roles": [ { "char": "Joanne" } ] }, { "name": "Pussy Galore", "nm": 2045390, "roles": [ { "char": "Truffles", "ch": 300443 } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E09", "title": "My Husband Next Door", "tt": 587295, "air_date": "1976-11-01", "description": "When the Fourmiles go on holiday Mildred has a key to their house so she can water their plants but George abuses this by going in to watch the couple's superior colour television. Mildred has asked George to decorate their lounge but George calls in professionals - who follow him into the Fourmiles' house,wrongly assuming that this is where the re-decoration is needed. George and Mildred have to put the resultant unwanted make-over back to normal.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram", "as Nicholas Owen": true } ] }, { "name": "Keith Smith", "nm": 808907, "roles": [ { "char": "TV Repairman" } ] }, { "name": "John Lyons", "nm": 529090, "roles": [ { "char": "Decorator" } ] }, { "name": "Raymond Farrell", "nm": 268314, "roles": [ { "char": "Decorator" } ] }, { "name": "Jenny Till", "nm": 863256, "roles": [ { "char": "Receptionist" } ] }, { "name": "Pussy Galore", "nm": 2045390, "roles": [ { "char": "Truffles", "ch": 300443 } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E10", "title": "Family Planning", "tt": 587285, "air_date": "1976-11-08", "description": "Ethel and Humphrey come round to discuss the future of Ethel's and Mildred's elderly mother, who they think should be put into a home as she cannot cope on her own and they need their spare room. Curiously it's George who suggests that mother moves in with them. Jeffrey has Tristram learn boxing after he gets beaten up by a girl.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram", "as Nicholas Owen": true } ] }, { "name": "Reginald Marsh", "nm": 550646, "roles": [ { "char": "Humphrey" } ] }, { "name": "Avril Elgar", "nm": 253364, "roles": [ { "char": "Ethel" } ] }, { "name": "Gretchen Franklin", "nm": 291434, "roles": [ { "char": "Mother" } ] }, { "name": "Jean Marlow", "nm": 549230, "roles": [ { "char": "Hilda" } ] }, { "name": "Pussy Galore", "nm": 2045390, "roles": [ { "char": "Truffles", "ch": 300443 } ] } ] }, { "se": "S02E01", "title": "Jumble Pie", "tt": 587291, "air_date": "1977-11-14", "description": "George is not happy. Not only has Oscar the budgie died but Mildred has donated all his gardening magazines to the vicar for the local church jumble sale,on the basis that George never does any gardening. What she has failed to realise is that only the top few are about gardening, the rest are girlie mags, so George has to retrieve them before the vicar finds out.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred Roper", "ch": 28470 } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George Roper", "ch": 99285 } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Trevor Baxter", "nm": 62827, "roles": [ { "char": "The Reverend Stopes" } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram Fourmile", "ch": 28471 } ] } ] }, { "se": "S02E02", "title": "All Around the Clock", "tt": 587278, "air_date": "1977-11-21", "description": "The Ropers 'celebrate' their twenty-fourth wedding anniversary with an exchange of gifts. George gives Mildred a carriage clock, which is very nice and only cost him ten quid. However, when the Fourmiles return from holiday to discover that they have been burgled and the police arrive it looks as if the clock was among the stolen items.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Richard Coleman", "nm": 171191, "roles": [ { "char": "Charles Newman" } ] }, { "name": "Robert Gillespie", "nm": 318971, "roles": [ { "char": "Dt. Sgt. Burke" } ] }, { "name": "Bill Rourke", "nm": 745816, "roles": [ { "char": "Dt. Cons. Mills" } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S02E03", "title": "The Travelling Man", "tt": 587308, "air_date": "1977-11-28", "description": "Initially opposed to George's idea of taking in a lodger to make more money,Mildred changes her mind when the charming salesman Edward Rogers turns up to rent their back bedroom. Edward is everything George is not, charming, cultured and dead keen to help Mildred with all those little jobs George can't be bothered with. George gets jealous - though ultimately his worries are proved to be unfounded.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram" } ] }, { "name": "Catherine Kessler", "nm": 450317, "roles": [ { "char": "Brenda" } ] }, { "name": "Harry Littlewood", "nm": 514762, "roles": [ { "char": "Frank" } ] }, { "name": "Derek Waring", "nm": 912248, "roles": [ { "char": "Edward Rogers" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S02E04", "title": "The Unkindest Cut of All", "tt": 587310, "air_date": "1977-12-05", "description": "Despite the final notice George has forgotten to pay the electricity bill and a man is sent round to the Ropers to cut off their supply. This would be bad enough at the best of times but the visit coincides with Mildred's efforts to impress Ethel and Humphrey with a gourmet dinner party.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Reginald Marsh", "nm": 550646, "roles": [ { "char": "Humphrey" } ] }, { "name": "Avril Elgar", "nm": 253364, "roles": [ { "char": "Ethel" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Mitchell", "nm": 593629, "roles": [ { "char": "Ted" } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S02E05", "title": "The Right Way to Travel", "tt": 587307, "air_date": "1977-12-12", "description": "Mildred wants a holiday in Majorca but George, who can't speak Majorcan, feels they should stick to familiar Blackpool. If the Ropers travel with the Conservative Association to Majorca they can get discount and so they apply to join the local Tories. However the trip turns out to be already fully booked so they go to Blackpool, only to find everywhere full due to a Labour party Conference.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram" } ] }, { "name": "Edward Evans", "nm": 262726, "roles": [ { "char": "Bernard West" } ] }, { "name": "Zulema Dene", "nm": 218964, "roles": [ { "char": "Penelope Fordham" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S02E06", "title": "The Dorothy Letters", "tt": 587302, "air_date": "1977-12-19", "description": "Mildred decides to have a spring clean and turf out some of Geoege's clutter,including his gas mask. She discovers several letters he has written to a woman named Dorothy and fears that he has been unfaithful - though it turns out that they are unsent fan letters to a film actress. Jeffrey decides that the world is over-populated and goes for a vasectomy.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram" } ] }, { "name": "Peggy Sinclair", "nm": 801701, "roles": [ { "char": "Mrs. Eastham" } ] }, { "name": "James Cosmo", "nm": 181920, "roles": [ { "char": "Keith" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S02E07", "title": "No Business Like Show Business", "tt": 587297, "air_date": "1977-12-26", "description": "Jeffrey is directing the neighbourhood's Christmas pantomime - 'Cinderella' - and Mildred is only too happy to be playing one of the Ugly Sisters. Unfortunately on the opening night she loses her voice and is unable to go on stage so,inevitably, George is called upon to replace her.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram" } ] }, { "name": "Reginald Marsh", "nm": 550646, "roles": [ { "char": "Humphrey" } ] }, { "name": "Avril Elgar", "nm": 253364, "roles": [ { "char": "Ethel" } ] }, { "name": "Roy Barraclough", "nm": 56618, "roles": [ { "char": "Henry" } ] }, { "name": "Rosanne Wickes", "nm": 926898, "roles": [ { "char": "Gwen" } ] }, { "name": "Sue Bond", "nm": 94049, "roles": [ { "char": "Cynthia" } ] }, { "name": "Derek Deadman", "nm": 212600, "roles": [ { "char": "Cab Driver" } ] }, { "name": "Mike Lewin", "nm": 506835, "roles": [ { "char": "Police Constable" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S03E01", "title": "Opportunity Knocks", "tt": 587299, "air_date": "1978-09-07", "description": "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.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram" } ] }, { "name": "Roy Kinnear", "nm": 455702, "roles": [ { "char": "Jerry" } ] }, { "name": "Patricia Kneale", "nm": 460601, "roles": [ { "char": "Mrs. Clifton-White" } ] }, { "name": "Robert Raglan", "nm": 706518, "roles": [ { "char": "Mr. Clifton-White" } ] }, { "name": "Lesley Staples", "nm": 822916, "roles": [ { "char": "Mrs. Williams" } ] }, { "name": "Michael Wynne", "nm": 944044, "roles": [ { "char": "Mr. Williams" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S03E02", "title": "And So to Bed", "tt": 587280, "air_date": "1978-09-14", "description": "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.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram" } ] }, { "name": "Jimmy Thompson", "nm": 6478, "roles": [ { "char": "Bed Salesman" } ] }, { "name": "John Lyons", "nm": 529090, "roles": [ { "char": "Milkman" } ] }, { "name": "Harry Littlewood", "nm": 514762, "roles": [ { "char": "Syd" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S03E03", "title": "I Believe in Yesterday", "tt": 587288, "air_date": "1978-09-21", "description": "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.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram" } ] }, { "name": "Lionel Murton", "nm": 615463, "roles": [ { "char": "Lee Kennedy" } ] }, { "name": "Gretchen Franklin", "nm": 291434, "roles": [ { "char": "Mother" } ] }, { "name": "Claire Davenport", "nm": 202575, "roles": [ { "char": "Gloria" } ] }, { "name": "Eunice Black", "nm": 85269, "roles": [ { "char": "Gladys" } ] }, { "name": "George Malpas", "nm": 540697, "roles": [ { "char": "Marvin Schumaker" } ] }, { "name": "Peter Quince", "nm": 703674, "roles": [ { "char": "Barman" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S03E04", "title": "The Four Letter Word", "tt": 587303, "air_date": "1978-09-28", "description": "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.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram" } ] }, { "name": "Reginald Marsh", "nm": 550646, "roles": [ { "char": "Humphrey" } ] }, { "name": "Avril Elgar", "nm": 253364, "roles": [ { "char": "Ethel" } ] }, { "name": "Mimi DeBraie", "nm": 213523, "roles": [ { "char": "Consuela", "as Mimi De Braie": true } ] }, { "name": "Jennifer Guy", "nm": 349822, "roles": [ { "char": "Maggie" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S03E05", "title": "The Delivery Man", "tt": 587301, "air_date": "1978-10-05", "description": "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.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram" } ] }, { "name": "Cass Allen", "nm": 20349, "roles": [ { "char": "Sister Barnes" } ] }, { "name": "Gail Lidstone", "nm": 509242, "roles": [ { "char": "Nurse Watkins" } ] }, { "name": "Michael Redfern", "nm": 714826, "roles": [ { "char": "Policeman" } ] }, { "name": "Paul Meier", "nm": 6550, "roles": [ { "char": "Doctor" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S03E06", "title": "Life with Father", "tt": 587293, "air_date": "1978-10-12", "description": "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.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram" } ] }, { "name": "Reg Lye", "nm": 528015, "roles": [ { "char": "Father" } ] }, { "name": "Beatrix Mackey", "nm": 533440, "roles": [ { "char": "Matron" } ] }, { "name": "Tim Barrett", "nm": 56974, "roles": [ { "char": "Doctor" } ] }, { "name": "Tom Hardy", "nm": 2216088, "roles": [ { "char": "Barman" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S04E01", "title": "Just the Job", "tt": 587292, "air_date": "1978-11-16", "description": "The ever work-shy George is apprehensive when called for a job interview but the resultant, successful post suits him down to the ground. He is now a traffic warden and inevitably loves the power that this gives him. Others are less enamoured so that when he turns up in his uniform,with Mildred,for Tristram's school prize-giving, someone has tipped a bag of cement all over him.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram" } ] }, { "name": "Simon Lloyd", "nm": 3952798, "roles": [ { "char": "Baby Tarquin" } ] }, { "name": "Anthony Sharp", "nm": 789001, "roles": [ { "char": "Headmaster" } ] }, { "name": "Michael Hawkins", "nm": 370186, "roles": [ { "char": "Mayor" } ] }, { "name": "Robert Raglan", "nm": 706518, "roles": [ { "char": "Brown" } ] }, { "name": "Gerald Case", "nm": 143207, "roles": [ { "char": "Jones" } ] }, { "name": "Leonard Woodrow", "nm": 940423, "roles": [ { "char": "Smith" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S04E02", "title": "Days of Beer and Rosie", "tt": 587284, "air_date": "1978-11-23", "description": "George is surprised and then delighted when young Bill Albright, son of the recently deceased Rosie, approaches him with evidence that he is George's long-lost son, conceived on V.E. Night 1945. There is even a ready-made daughter-in-law and grand-daughter into the bargain. However on further investigation the real father turns out to be George's old friend Ernie.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram" } ] }, { "name": "Jeremy Bulloch", "nm": 120116, "roles": [ { "char": "Bill Albright" } ] }, { "name": "Tony Melody", "nm": 578292, "roles": [ { "char": "Ernest Groves" } ] }, { "name": "Jean Rogers", "nm": 736940, "roles": [ { "char": "Jenny" } ] }, { "name": "Richard Shaw", "nm": 789935, "roles": [ { "char": "Landlord" } ] }, { "name": "Robert Michaels", "nm": 584478, "roles": [ { "char": "Boy in Pub" } ] }, { "name": "Ursula Granville", "nm": 1004394, "roles": [ { "char": "Clerk" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S04E03", "title": "You Must Have Showers", "tt": 587312, "air_date": "1978-11-30", "description": "Mildred wants a new bathroom shower but the professionals' quotes are too pricey for penny-pinching George,so he gets his dodgy friend Jerry the ice-cream man to do the installation. Unfortunately Jerry connects the shower to the Fourmiles' plumbing system so that the Ropers end up stealing their neighbours' water.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram" } ] }, { "name": "Simon Lloyd", "nm": 3952798, "roles": [ { "char": "Baby Tarquin" } ] }, { "name": "Roy Kinnear", "nm": 455702, "roles": [ { "char": "Jerry" } ] }, { "name": "Cass Allen", "nm": 20349, "roles": [ { "char": "Mrs. Armitage" } ] }, { "name": "Peggy Ann Clifford", "nm": 166675, "roles": [ { "char": "Miss Ware", "as Peggyann Clifford": true } ] } ] }, { "se": "S04E04", "title": "All Work and No Pay", "tt": 587279, "air_date": "1978-12-07", "description": "Due to complaints about his over-zealous attitude George rows with his superior, Arnold Higson, and resigns his job as a traffic warden. He is scared to tell Mildred, who finds out from Mr. Higson with whom she flirts to get George his job back. Jeffrey has a new sports car and Mildred says he can use the Ropers' garage, unaware that George's useless friend Jerry is storing bags of cement in it.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram" } ] }, { "name": "Roy Kinnear", "nm": 455702, "roles": [ { "char": "Jerry" } ] }, { "name": "Blake Butler", "nm": 124838, "roles": [ { "char": "Mr. Higson" } ] }, { "name": "Dany Clare", "nm": 1871322, "roles": [ { "char": "Elsie Wainwright" } ] }, { "name": "Ted Burnett", "nm": 122441, "roles": [ { "char": "Lorry Driver" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S04E05", "title": "Nappy Days", "tt": 587296, "air_date": "1978-12-14", "description": "When the Fourmiles have to attend a funeral Mildred is happy to mind their new baby, Tarquin, for the day. But their car breaks down on the way home, making them late, and Mildred has her clay-modelling class to go to. George is left holding the baby and when the last minute call comes from the British Legion to say that they need him for the darts team he has no option but to take Tarquin with him. Will he get him home before Mildred finds out? Will he even get him home for that matter?", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram" } ] }, { "name": "Simon Lloyd", "nm": 3952798, "roles": [ { "char": "Baby Tarquin" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Mitchell", "nm": 593629, "roles": [ { "char": "Stanley" } ] }, { "name": "Marjie Lawrence", "nm": 492915, "roles": [ { "char": "Ada" } ] }, { "name": "Russell Waters", "nm": 914170, "roles": [ { "char": "Fred" } ] }, { "name": "Billy Burden", "nm": 120917, "roles": [ { "char": "Farmer" } ] }, { "name": "Peggy Aitchison", "nm": 14856, "roles": [ { "char": "Wife" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S04E06", "title": "The Mating Game", "tt": 587306, "air_date": "1978-12-21", "description": "With Truffles,Mildred's dog,in season, the Ropers mate her with Ethel's dog in order to produce pedigree puppies that they can sell but find that another dog has been with Truffles already who is decidedly non-pedigree. George gets a surprise when he buys a little friend for his goldfish, Moby, and Jeffrey suffers when he gives up smoking.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram" } ] }, { "name": "Simon Lloyd", "nm": 3952798, "roles": [ { "char": "Baby Tarquin" } ] }, { "name": "Reginald Marsh", "nm": 550646, "roles": [ { "char": "Humphrey" } ] }, { "name": "Avril Elgar", "nm": 253364, "roles": [ { "char": "Ethel" } ] }, { "name": "Robert Gillespie", "nm": 318971, "roles": [ { "char": "Mr. Richardson" } ] }, { "name": "John Carlin", "nm": 137513, "roles": [ { "char": "Petshop Owner" } ] }, { "name": "Aimée Delamain", "nm": 216195, "roles": [ { "char": "Old Lady" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S04E07", "title": "On the Second Day of Christmas", "tt": 587298, "air_date": "1978-12-27", "description": "Having had an extremely boring and non-eventful Christmas Day, George and Mildred spend next day with the Fourmiles where George and Jeffrey become addicted to Tristram's present, a video game, which sees George losing money. Ethel and Humphrey arrive for an exchange of presents but George and Mildred don't have any presents for them.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram" } ] }, { "name": "Reginald Marsh", "nm": 550646, "roles": [ { "char": "Humphrey" } ] }, { "name": "Avril Elgar", "nm": 253364, "roles": [ { "char": "Ethel" } ] }, { "name": "Gretchen Franklin", "nm": 291434, "roles": [ { "char": "Mother" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S05E01", "title": "Finders Keepers?", "tt": 587286, "air_date": "1979-10-24", "description": "George buys Mildred a fur coat from the Oxfam shop but when she hears that he found a credit card in the pub she assumes he used it in the shop and returns the coat - only to find, too late, that she was mistaken. Jeffrey is disapproving when he learns that Tristram is playing with a new friend from the council estate and finds that he is not the only one who is a snob.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram" } ] }, { "name": "Trevor Baxter", "nm": 62827, "roles": [ { "char": "Oxfam Man" } ] }, { "name": "Hal Dyer", "nm": 245728, "roles": [ { "char": "Mrs. Peasley" } ] }, { "name": "Ivor Roberts", "nm": 731175, "roles": [ { "char": "Police Sergeant" } ] }, { "name": "Derek Deadman", "nm": 212600, "roles": [ { "char": "Tommy's Dad" } ] }, { "name": "Roy Herrick", "nm": 380619, "roles": [ { "char": "Nigel" } ] }, { "name": "Ewan Roberts", "nm": 731092, "roles": [ { "char": "Mr. MacDonald" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S05E02", "title": "In Sickness and in Health", "tt": 587290, "air_date": "1979-10-31", "description": "Mildred goes into hospital with suspected appendicitis so kindly Ann, to Jeffrey's annoyance, has George round for dinner. When he gets home he finds Jerry, who has been evicted, wanting to stay,along with his 'niece.' But the appendicitis is actually indigestion, and Mildred comes home early. She is not happy to find two unwelcome guests and throws them out. Lucky for them Tristram has a tent pitched in the Fourmiles' garden.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram" } ] }, { "name": "Roy Kinnear", "nm": 455702, "roles": [ { "char": "Jerry" } ] }, { "name": "Sue Bond", "nm": 94049, "roles": [ { "char": "Gloria" } ] }, { "name": "Aimée Delamain", "nm": 216195, "roles": [ { "char": "Patient", "as Aimee Delamain": true } ] }, { "name": "Nina Baden-Semper", "nm": 46021, "roles": [ { "char": "Sister" } ] }, { "name": "Royston Tickner", "nm": 862705, "roles": [ { "char": "Doctor" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S05E03", "title": "The Last Straw", "tt": 587304, "air_date": "1979-11-06", "description": "The Ropers feel shunned by their middle class neighbours so George suggests they move back to the street in which he grew up, only to find it has been replaced by a tower block and that the area is ruled by gangs of teen-aged vandals. They consider emigrating to Australia but are told they are too old. Finally Mildred finds her niche - on Jeffrey's committee to save a Victorian lamp-post - though George manages to accidentally scupper this too.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram" } ] }, { "name": "Simon Lloyd", "nm": 3952798, "roles": [ { "char": "Tarquin" } ] }, { "name": "Michael Robbins", "nm": 730425, "roles": [ { "char": "Alf" } ] }, { "name": "Queenie Watts", "nm": 915218, "roles": [ { "char": "Gladys" } ] }, { "name": "Fredric Abbott", "nm": 7969, "roles": [ { "char": "Australian Official" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Godfrey", "nm": 323964, "roles": [ { "char": "Reporter" } ] }, { "name": "Bobby Collins", "nm": 1954239, "roles": [ { "char": "Shane" } ] }, { "name": "Tommy Barnett", "nm": 1721120, "roles": [ { "char": "Elvis" } ] }, { "name": "Flack", "nm": 3965561, "roles": [ { "char": "Mrs. Jones' Dog" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S05E04", "title": "A Driving Ambition", "tt": 587276, "air_date": "1979-11-13", "description": "Mildred is taking driving lessons from an elderly neighbour but wants to keep it secret from George so she says she is going to Keep Fit class. When Ann accidentally lets slip that the Keep Fit class has finished George suspects Mildred of having an affair and, taking advice from Jeffrey, attempts to be more romantic with her. A misunderstanding arises when the supposed lover comes to the Ropers' house but all is resolved as Mildred passes her test. Jeffrey has to stand in for a poorly Tristram on his paper round.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram" } ] }, { "name": "Simon Lloyd", "nm": 3952798, "roles": [ { "char": "Tarquin" } ] }, { "name": "Harry Fowler", "nm": 288714, "roles": [ { "char": "Fish'n Chip Shop Man" } ] }, { "name": "Robert Raglan", "nm": 706518, "roles": [ { "char": "Mr. Bowles" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S05E05", "title": "A Military Pickle", "tt": 587277, "air_date": "1979-11-27", "description": "Charlie Roper, George's long-lost brother, comes to visit. He is a charmer who once dated Mildred and he gives George a thirty-year-old letter which seems to state that George is still liable to be called up for military service, as he ignored the letter at the time. George wants to hide in the attic and sends away a man who has come to sell Mildred a car thinking he is a policeman before the mistake is rectified.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram" } ] }, { "name": "Peter Birrel", "nm": 2032406, "roles": [ { "char": "Charlie Roper" } ] }, { "name": "David Neville", "nm": 627434, "roles": [ { "char": "Roland Barrington-Fitch" } ] }, { "name": "Michael Maynard", "nm": 1083021, "roles": [ { "char": "Sergeant Regan" } ] }, { "name": "Richard Shaw", "nm": 789935, "roles": [ { "char": "Army Sergeant" } ] }, { "name": "Harry Littlewood", "nm": 514762, "roles": [ { "char": "Mr. Turner" } ] }, { "name": "Mark Holmes", "nm": 391955, "roles": [ { "char": "Sid" } ] }, { "name": "Michael Redfern", "nm": 714826, "roles": [ { "char": "Policeman", "uncredited": true } ] } ] }, { "se": "S05E06", "title": "Fishy Business", "tt": 587287, "air_date": "1979-12-04", "description": "George lets his goldfish,Moby, swim in the sink and Mildred accidentally pulls the plug out,losing Moby, so, by way of compensation, George buys two supposed homing pigeons and builds a loft in the backyard to, calculatedly, annoy Jeffrey. Once released the pigeons never return and Mildred, feeling sorry for George, buys him another goldfish,though it comes at a price.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram" } ] }, { "name": "Simon Lloyd", "nm": 3952798, "roles": [ { "char": "Tarquin" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Mitchell", "nm": 593629, "roles": [ { "char": "Mr. Clayton" } ] }, { "name": "Ted Burnett", "nm": 122441, "roles": [ { "char": "Rag and Bone Man" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S05E07", "title": "I Gotta Horse", "tt": 587289, "air_date": "1979-12-18", "description": "Browsing through 'Country Life' Ethel sees a photo of a Ming dynasty china horse worth ten thousand pounds. Her mother tells her Mildred owns the only other one in the world and Mildred agrees to sell it to her,having first established that it is one of many worthless copies made in 1927 and not the real thing. For once the Ropers come out on top as Mildred pockets Ethel's cheque for 1,500 pounds and Tristram's pet mouse has the last word.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram" } ] }, { "name": "Avril Elgar", "nm": 253364, "roles": [ { "char": "Ethel" } ] }, { "name": "Gretchen Franklin", "nm": 291434, "roles": [ { "char": "Mother" } ] }, { "name": "John Carlin", "nm": 137513, "roles": [ { "char": "Antique Shop Owner" } ] }, { "name": "Mimi DeBraie", "nm": 213523, "roles": [ { "char": "Consuela", "as Mimi De Braie": true } ] } ] }, { "se": "S05E08", "title": "The Twenty Six Year Itch", "tt": 587309, "air_date": "1979-12-25", "description": "Jeffrey gets an invite to the Young Conservatives' Dinner Dance but Ann will be away so she persuades him to take Mildred instead. A jealous George chats up widowed barmaid Beryl, telling her he is single and arranging to meet with her on the night of the dance whilst he is alone in the house. However Mildred feels out of her depth and returns home early,forcing George to tell Beryl the truth. The Ropers go to bed and,whilst Mildred declares that she loves George for all his faults, his response is less assured - he calls her Beryl.", "cast": [ { "name": "Yootha Joyce", "nm": 431626, "roles": [ { "char": "Mildred" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Murphy", "nm": 614120, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Norman Eshley", "nm": 260596, "roles": [ { "char": "Jeffrey Fourmile", "ch": 28472 } ] }, { "name": "Sheila Fearn", "nm": 269889, "roles": [ { "char": "Ann Fourmile", "ch": 28473 } ] }, { "name": "Nicholas Bond-Owen", "nm": 94064, "roles": [ { "char": "Tristram" } ] }, { "name": "Patsy Rowlands", "nm": 746772, "roles": [ { "char": "Beryl" } ] }, { "name": "Sandra Payne", "nm": 668428, "roles": [ { "char": "Penelope" } ] }, { "name": "Tricia Thorns", "nm": 861476, "roles": [ { "char": "Barmaid" } ] }, { "name": "John Lyons", "nm": 529090, "roles": [ { "char": "Barman" } ] }, { "name": "Mike Lewin", "nm": 506835, "roles": [ { "char": "Customer" } ] } ] }
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