Any boy who grew up in the Seventies will recall with a shudder watching Yootha Joyce's predatory Mildred Roper in the saucy sitcom Man About The House. The terrifying teeth, the bright orange ...

However you don't need to have watched that to appreciate Yootha Joyce and Brian Murphy as the constantly-sparring married couple in which the socially aspirational Mildred depairs of her workshy ...

During aggressive encounters horses’ ears tended to be flattened and backward-facing, and the nostrils dilated.Photograph: Anastasija Popova/Alamy ...

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Mildred's mother has come to stay for the week, and it's become increasingly clear that she won't be able to live alone for much longer. Mildred calls a family meeting to decide what should happen to ...

Yootha Joyce and Rita Webb in A Place to Go (1963) ...