One Foot in the Grave

Series 1

Victor Meldrew is a retiree who attracts bad luck. If he's not driving his long suffering wife Margaret crazy with his constant moaning, he's fighting with neighbours.

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6 Episodes

Alive and Buried
E1
Alive and BuriedVictor 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.
The Big Sleep
E2
The Big SleepAs retirement throws more problems for Victor Meldrew's retirement, including a next-door neighbour's noisy party, a disturbing and puzzling rash and an atheist funeral, has Victor bitten the bullett?
The Valley of Fear
E3
The Valley of FearStill trying to cope with retirement, Victor decides to go out photographing badgers, but gets mugged. As he recovers, he is plagued by loud noises from the central heating and visitors noticing a mysterious smell from the sideboard, he also discovers a dead cat in the freezer, that he has locked a woman in the loft, and he has inadvertently committed an armed robbery.
I'll Retire To Bedlam
E4
I'll Retire To BedlamAfter being stuck in the shed for over three hours, then forced to spend an entire day with his eyes closed after a visit to the optometrist, Victor cannot bear the trials of babysitting.
The Eternal Quadrangle
E5
The Eternal QuadrangleMargaret suspects Victor of infidelity when he gives Mrs. Mauleverer,the nude model at his art class,a lift home and does some work for her, bringing him into competition with her father. Having aroused a sleeping workman from his bed by hitting him on the head with a giant banana Victor's mood is helped even less when he finds Margaret's secret admirer has also jumped into bed expecting her to follow.
The Return Of The Speckled Band
E6
The Return Of The Speckled BandVictor and Margaret are looking forward to their holiday in Athens less and less when Mrs Warboys comes to tea; Victor can't get rid of a hat, Mrs Warboys is very ill after having boiled alligator eggs for breakfast, and a large snake escapes from the local pet shop.