Mildred decides she wants to go to the Tory Christmas ball, but George has other plans.

The Fourmiles host a Christmas pantomime but are short an 'ugly sister', so Mildred is asked to stand in.

Mildred discovers that George has no insurance when a relative dies and the funeral costs are overwhelming. Jeffrey decides to cover the costs but then George changes his mind...

George is forced to look for a job.

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

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

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

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

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 is out at a pottery class, leaving George stuck with the Fourmiles' baby. But while looking after him, George gets a call to join the pub's darts team.

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!

George manages to get a job as a traffic warden.

George threatens to sue when Jeffrey accidentally causes him to fall by moving the ladder as George attempts to fix the TV aerial.

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.

Mildred wants the dog to have puppies but George sees it as an opportunity to get some extra cash.

After babysitting for the Fourmiles, Mildred begins to feel maternal, and she tries to convince George that they should adopt a child.

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...

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

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

The Ropers finally move into their new house and to help things along Ann Fourmile invites them in for afternoon tea. When they get back home they find themselves locked out and the bath water running away.

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.

George is talked into applying for a job - however, Mildred is given the position!