One Foot in the Grave
In this classic bittersweet sitcom from award-winning writer David Renwick, Richard Wilson plays the short-tempered Victor Meldrew, a man who doesn't suffer fools gladly, and to his misery frequently encounters them as well as enduring endless misfortune. His long-suffering wife Margaret (Annette Crosbie) struggles to cope with his rants against the world and the bad luck that befalls them. The hilarity that ensures is underpinned by a poignant, often darker edge little seen in most sitcoms.
- 1990-2001
- 6 seasons
- Comedy, Drama
- TV-PG
In this classic bittersweet sitcom from award-winning writer David Renwick, Richard Wilson plays the short-tempered Victor Meldrew, a man who doesn't suffer fools gladly, and to his misery frequently encounters them as well as enduring endless misfortune. His long-suffering wife Margaret (Annette Crosbie) struggles to cope with his rants against the world and the bad luck that befalls them. The hilarity that ensures is underpinned by a poignant, often darker edge little seen in most sitcoms.
Season 6 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2000
Episode 1
The Executioner's Song
33 mins
Victor is caught up in a police raid on a brothel run in the Chinese restaurant he has innocently visited. Meanwhile, one of the customers on his window-cleaning round is an artist so he sees an opportunity to please Patrick with a painting for his upcoming birthday; and at the Chinese restaurant, Pippa gets drunk and has a one-night stand.
Episode 2
Tales of Terror
32 mins
The Meldrews make their excuses to avoid attending Mrs. Warboys' cousin's birthday and Victor gets offered the star part of a vampire in Nick's play. Disaster seems to loom when a colonostomy reveals a surfeit of blood in Victor's system but this is actually down to eating too much black pudding. Mildred,on the other hand,really does seem to be dead after hanging herself.
Episode 3
The Futility of the Fly
32 mins
Katy, the Meldrews' cleaner, is so taken with their bizarre lives that she writes a play about them, using recent happenings, such as Victor accidentally taking Mrs. Warboys to a tattooist instead of a dentist. Or how Victor found a finger in a fish-and-chips takeaway, or how the letter he helped the takeaway's owner write to an agony aunt was found by Mrs. Warboys, who thought Victor was in love with her. Or the giant fly delivered to the house. No wonder Katy's director finds it all so incredible.
Episode 4
Threatening Weather
33 mins
It's the hottest night of the year and Victor sprays himself to keep cool but, due to a power cut, fails to realize the spray is hair lacquer. Having discovered that he was shot at whilst passing a siege and told off two kids who were having sex in his car he has to entertain an annoying and incontinent neighbor whose wife has been taken to hospital and who insists on being read aloud to.
Episode 5
The Dawn of Man
33 mins
After seeing a man dump rubbish in the river, Victor throws fishing worms in his lunch. They meet again when Nick tries to sell his house to this man and his wife. Patrick's gay twin brother visits, causing confusion; when Victor is mistakenly given a porn film at the video shop he gives it to Patrick thinking he's his twin.
Episode 6
Things Aren't Simple Any More
40 mins
Margaret attends a church group for the bereaved,where she befriends Glynis,also recently widowed. Whilst visiting Glynis for drinks,Margaret stumbles upon press-cuttings of Victor's death and learns to her horror that her friend,drunk and reckless after her recent sad loss,is in fact the driver who killed Victor. He must be avenged.
