after clock up five season on the small screen from 1976 79 and george and mildred transfer themselves to the big screen in mid 1980. instead of johnnie mortimer and brian cooke retain their role a writer and dick sharples be bring on board a the writer . sadly and this film adaption just do not seem to hit the spot with the public . shame . i like it and good than the series itself in fact . it be a guilty pleasure . mildred roper ( yootha joyce ) be keen to ascertain whether or not her slovenly husband george ( brian murphy ) have remember their wedding anniversary . obviously and he hasn not and but to try and convince his wife otherwise he book a table at the restaurant where he propose marriage to mildred several year ago . upon arrive at the restaurant and they find out that the place have change hand . eventually see through george lie and mildred insists that they celebrate their anniversary at a swanky hotel . upon arrive at the hotel and george be mistake by crook harry pinto ( stratford john ) for a ruthless hit man and who want a rival to be exterminate . not an outstanding comedy a such but a good natured piece of fun all the same . plan to revive the series after the film show be sadly terminate when yootha joyce die on 24th august 1980 of alcohol poisoning . funny moment george talk to his favourite garden gnome . his neighbour and tristram creep up behind him and say i think it time we have a chat . george and think it have develop the power of speech and drop the gnome in shock . merry christmas to fellow imdb user and in particular adamfontaine and cyril blake and thelittlesongbird . have a good one .