One Foot In The Grave

Victor and Margaret go on a trip to Whipsnade Zoo, but their outing turns into a nightmare when they unexpectedly become imprisoned like the animals.

Victor, Margaret and Jean planned to go to the zoo. But they only get as far as the motorway where they're then stuck in a traffic jam, where the whole episode is set. Jean was sent on a mercy mission to buy some crisps, but doesn't bring back any because she forgot what flavour Victor wanted. Jean continues to bumble on about the journey, and Victor becomes irritated and frustrated. He also manages quite skilfully in his unique manner to argue and fall out with an impressive quantity of people despite spending most of the time stationary on the motorway staring up a horse's rear end!

The only time he does leave the car is when sod's law fulfils itself because he leaves to go to the toilet, but the traffic moves so he has to leap back in. The icing on the cake, for Victor in the traffic jam, is when he puts in a tape to play some nice music, but discovers that the car mechanics who serviced his car have made their own music brimming full of insults to Victor! The episode ends with Victor having a bit of a philosophical moment about the nature of time.