One Foot In the Grave

One Foot In the Grave (1990)

Who would have thought retirement could be so chaotic?

  • Genre: Comedy
  • Creator: David Renwick
  • First Air Date: 1990-01-04
  • Last Air Date: 2000-11-20
  • Total Seasons: 6
  • Total Episodes: 36
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 30 min.
  • Production Company: BBC
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Network: BBC one
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Summary

One Foot in the Grave is a BBC television sitcom series The series features the exploits of Victor Meldrew and his long-suffering wife, Margaret. The programmes invariably deal with Meldrew's battle against the problems he creates for himself. Living in a typical household in an unnamed English suburb, Victor takes involuntary early retirement. His various efforts to keep himself busy, while encountering various misfortunes and misunderstandings are the themes of the sitcom. The series was largely filmed on location in Walkford, near New Milton in Hampshire, although several clues show that the series may have been set in Hampshire – possibly Winchester. Despite its traditional production, the series supplants its domestic sitcom setting with elements of black humour and surrealism.

  • Keywords: surreal, retirement, misery, dark comedy, sitcom, suburban
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    One Foot In the Grave Seasons

    Season 0

    First Air Date: 1990-12-27
    10 Episodes

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 1990-01-04
    6 Episodes

    Season 2

    First Air Date: 1990-10-04
    6 Episodes

    Season 3

    First Air Date: 1992-02-02
    6 Episodes

    Season 4

    First Air Date: 1993-01-31
    6 Episodes

    Season 5

    First Air Date: 1994-12-25
    6 Episodes

    Season 6

    First Air Date: 2000-10-16
    6 Episodes

    One Foot In the Grave Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1Alive and Buried30 min
    Season 1Episode 2The Big Sleep30 min
    Season 1Episode 3The Valley of Fear30 min
    Season 1Episode 4I'll Retire to Bedlam30 min
    Season 1Episode 5The Eternal Quadrangle30 min
    Season 1Episode 6The Return of the Speckled Band30 min
    Season 2Episode 1In Luton Airport No-One Can Hear You Scream30 min
    Season 2Episode 2We Have Put Her Living in the Tomb30 min
    Season 2Episode 3Dramatic Fever30 min
    Season 2Episode 4Who Will Buy?30 min
    Season 2Episode 5Love and Death30 min
    Season 2Episode 6Timeless Time30 min
    Season 2Episode 7Who's Listening60 min
    Season 3Episode 1Monday Morning Will Be Fine35 min
    Season 3Episode 2Dreamland35 min
    Season 3Episode 3The Broken Reflection35 min
    Season 3Episode 4The Beast in the Cage35 min
    Season 3Episode 5Beware the Trickster on the Roof30 min
    Season 3Episode 6The Worst Horror of All35 min
    Season 4Episode 1The Pit and the Pendulum30 min
    Season 4Episode 2Descent Into the Maelstorm30 min
    Season 4Episode 3Hearts of Darkness30 min
    Season 4Episode 4Warm Champagne30 min
    Season 4Episode 5The Trial30 min
    Season 4Episode 6Secret of the Seven Sorcerers30 min
    Season 4Episode 7One Foot in the Algarve90 min
    Season 5Episode 1The Man Who Blew Away40 min
    Season 5Episode 2Only a Story30 min
    Season 5Episode 3The Affair of the Hollow Lady30 min
    Season 5Episode 4Rearranging the Dust30 min
    Season 5Episode 5Hole in the Sky30 min
    Season 5Episode 6The Exterminating Angel30 min
    Season 5Episode 7The Wisdom of the Witch30 min
    Season 5Episode 8Starbound60 min
    Season 5Episode 9Endgame70 min
    Season 6Episode 1The Executioner's Song35 min
    Season 6Episode 2Tales of Terror30 min
    Season 6Episode 3The Futility of the Fly30 min
    Season 6Episode 4Threatening Weather35 min
    Season 6Episode 5The Dawn of Man35 min
    Season 6Episode 6Things Aren't Simple Anymore45 min
    • Richard Wilson

      as Victor Meldrew
    • Annette Crosbie

      as Margaret Meldrew
    • Doreen Mantle

      as Jean Warboys
    • Angus Deayton

      as Patrick Trench
    • Janine Duvitski

      as Pippa Trench
    Production Susan Belbin Producer

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