Mildred dislikes Jerry, George's best friend and odd-job man who is usually conning people.
In George and Mildred she makes friends with her neighbour Ann Fourmile (Sheila Fearn), who is married to the snobbish Jeffrey (Norman Eshley).
The dim, lazy husband of Mildred, George is either watching television, at the pub or somehow annoying Jeffrey Fourmile, who he detests.
When George's father Jack arrives, their relationship is put under a serious strain, but when he leaves everything returns to normal.
Ann and Mildred become good friends, but Jeffrey is frequently irritated by George, with their spats providing much of the show's humour.
Tristram, the young son of Jeffrey and Ann, is a cheeky private-schoolboy whose hobbies include playing with his Action Man.
Ethel, the elder snobbish sister of Mildred, lives a life of luxury in her large mansion in Oxshott.
Ethel is always trying to show off her new 'presents' from Humphrey like her new Jaguar XJ6, diamond rings, yachts and most of all her massive fur coat collection.
Labelled 'The Offal King of Oxshott' by the Ropers, Humphrey owns a meat company and puts up with the snobbish Ethel as his wife.