In June 1971 he was one of a group of artists invited to perform in a televised Royal Gala Performance at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool in the presence of the Queen. The show featured only Liverpool-born performers and marked the opening of the Mersey Tunnel. George Roper later made a number of notable television appearances including "The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club", "Celebrity Squares", "At Long Last, This" and "The Grumbleweeds". In 1980 he performed on the experimental comedy show "Here Comes Channel 8" (taking a look into the future of television, set in 1999) alongside Spike Milligan, Rula Lenska and Michael Bentine. He was also a regular comic performer on the ITV gameshow "3-2-1". His work for the BBC in radio comedy included appearances on "The Frankie Howerd Variety Show", "Windsor Davies Presents", "The Arthur Askey Show", the panel show "Wit's End" for BBC Radio 2 and "You've Got To Be Joking" for BBC Radio 4.