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Inside George Webley

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Inside George Webley is a Britcom that aired on ITV from 1968-70, starring Roy Kinnear and Patsy Rowlands.George Webley (Kinnear) is a bank clerk at Meanside and Beestley Savings Bank. He is also a Hypochondriac, and incredibly pessimistic, obsessive-compulsive, and pseudo-intellectual. His wife, Rosemary (Rowlands), is a much simpler person who, while she cares not for such things, still loves her husband dearly. The two live in a council house in Leeds, where George is constantly trying to better himself, only for his high view of himself to lead him to embarrassment time and time again.While the show was never considered to be bad or poorly written, it was never repeated after its initial run. All of the first series is now considered Missing from the archives while the surviving second series is unable to be viewed by the public.
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Ironic Name
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Ironic Name: Mr. Marigold from "A Lovesome Thing" is ironically a terrible gardener.
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Sick Episode
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Sick Episode: Rosemary suffers from a cold throughout "Get Well Soon" but is unable to receive treatment as George and Dr. Horniman (incorrectly) believe George is dying.
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Pun-Based Title: "A Lean and Hungry Look" from Series 2 is a play on the phrase "a mean and hungry look".
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Mistaken for Dying
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Mistaken for Dying: George thinks he is dying after swallowing a prune stone in "Get Well Soon", while Dr. Horniman doesn't do much to reassure him on the matter.
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The Eeyore
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The Eeyore: George is a terrible pessimist and always the first to think of a negative to any situation, much to Rosemary's chagrin.
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British Brevity
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British Brevity: Only two series totalling twelve episodes were made.
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Talking in Bed
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Talking in Bed: "I'll Get It in a Minute" revolves around George being unable to fall asleep as he is unable to remember the name of someone he knows. Unfortunately for Rosemary, he feels obligated to share this with her and so keeps her up with his efforts to remember.
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Movie-Theater Episode
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Movie-Theater Episode: George and Rosemary spend "The Light Is Dark Enough" at the pictures watching a horror film promising a prize of £10,000 to anyone who dies of fright.
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Appeal to Tradition
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Appeal to Tradition: "Brief Encounter" reveals that Rosemary is against the idea of women driving as she feels it is a man's job.
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Wedding Episode
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Wedding Episode: "Noblesse Oblige" has the Webleys attend a wedding reception, where George is accused by Rosemary of being a snob for being the only one dressed formally while the buffet is in the chip shop!
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Embarrassing Middle Name
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Embarrassing Middle Name: George has the feminine "Meredith" as his.
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Alliterative Name
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Alliterative Name: Dirty Dora, a One-Shot Character from "Noblesse Oblige".
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Faint in Shock
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Faint in Shock: A horror film George and Rosemary watch in "The Light Is Dark Enough" is scary enough to make George faint in the first ten minutes.
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Ill Girl
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Ill Girl: Rosemary is prone to having a cold, but George often doesn't notice.
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Irony
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Irony: In "A Lean and Hungry Look", the landlord of the local pub gives George a lecture on overdrinking. George sees the irony of it all, leading him to go to Simon's Gymnasium to try and lose weight.
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Shout-Out
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Shout-Out: The fourth episode of Series 2 is titled after the film Brief Encounter.
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Vacation Episode
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Vacation Episode: George and Rosemary go for a holiday in Bridlington in "Are You Sure or Only Positive", where George spends his time worrying whether he switched the gas off at home or not.
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Housewife
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Housewife: Rosemary believes a woman's place is in the home, and happily cooks and cleans for George. "Brief Encounter" reveals she doesn't even think women should drive!
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Steven Ulysses Perhero: When George wants to take up gardening in "A Lovesome Thing", he gets help from Mr. Marigold, a so-called gardening expert who is named after a type of flower.
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Crash-Into Hello
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Crash-Into Hello: George first met Rosemary in 1956, when he bumped into her on the steps of Leeds Central Public Library and nearly knocked her music case out of her hand.
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Hiccup Hijinks
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Hiccup Hijinks: George suffers from a case of hiccups in "Hold Your Breath and Count to Fifty", but despite all his and Rosemary's attempts to cure them, they won't seem to go away.
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