One Foot In the Grave - Season 1 - Eps 1: Alive and Buried
Victor Meldrew, 60 years old, is at last retiring from the rigors of his security guard job at Watson-Mycroft. Replaced by a talking machine, Victor soon discovers that retirement will give him just as many reasons to be grumpy.
About One Foot In the Grave
Title: One Foot In the Grave
First Air Date: 1990-01-04
Last Air Date: 2000-11-20
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.5/10 (from 80 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 7
Total Episodes: 36
Network: BBC One
Genres: Comedy
Production Companies: BBC
Synopsis
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.
Cast
Richard Wilson
Victor Meldrew
Annette Crosbie
Margaret Meldrew
Doreen Mantle
Jean Warboys
Angus Deayton
Patrick Trench
Janine Duvitski
Pippa Trench
