George & Mildred Reviews

MILDRED ... the oddest of odd names ... MILL DREAD ... MILD RED ... MILDEW HEAD ... all sorts of unpleasant connotations with this name, and always ones which shake you silly ... they must have spent ages trying to ...  Read the complete review

INTRO Growing up in the 1970s, I have a lot of affection for the sitcoms from this decade. Thankfully, Granada Plus often show episodes of George and Mildred, Terry and June, Man About The House and other gems - so keep an eye out. Man About The House was shown from 1973 to 1976, featuring George and Mildred Roper as the ...  Read the complete review

George and Mildred has to be one of the best ever comedies, and to this day I still regularly enjoy the repeated episodes on (where else?) UK Gold… A great blend of characters, from Poor old Common husband and Wife George and Mildred, upto the snobby neighbours and the rest of the disapproving community, everything about this program ...  Read the complete review

George & Mildred is one of the most fondly remembered of ITV's comedy. ITV don't make comedy as good as this anymore, mind you comedy isn't there strong point nowadays. It starred Yootha Joyce as the housewife with aspirations and her slighlty henpecked husband Brian Murphy. He was one of lifes loosers, not much went right ...  Read the complete review

Poor George, the hapless husband to Mildred. No matter what he does he never ever gets it right, and on top of that Mildred would like to have you know what. George is a very nervous individual who personifies all that was a British husband. Undemanding and happy at home. Sex was never to be mentioned and intimacy was an alien concept. ...  Read the complete review