One Foot In The Grave
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1990 - 2000
- 42 episodes (6 series)
The grumpy complainer and accident prone Victor Meldrew takes early retirement and finds he has far too much time on his hands. His long suffering wife and neighbours just have to grin and bear it. Stars Richard Wilson, Annette Crosbie, Doreen Mantle, Owen Brenman, Angus Deayton and Janine Duvitski
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Series 4, Episode 3 - Hearts Of Darkness
Further details
Victor, Margaret, Nick and Jean go for a day out in the countryside. Typically, Victor's hot-tempered nature gets him into multiple spats before they've even arrived at their destination. After a brief stroll they hire a boat and take a gentle trip down the river, but as a mist descends and they stray too far from their point of origin, the quartet become hopelessly lost - and then lose both oars to boot!
After a joyless game of Trivial Pursuit (Mrs Warboys knows every question and answer off by heart), they finally manage to reach dry land, but find themselves equally lost as a thunderstorm sets in. Taking shelter in a builder's van they come across, seemingly crashed in the storm and abandoned by its driver, Victor and Jean are soon weighed down - quite literally - by a bag of cement.
Eventually night sets in and Victor, exasperated enough to have gone on a rescue expedition on his own, stumbles across a large country manor, now being run as a retirement and nursing home for the elderly. After calling for help, a chance encounter sees him realise that the residents are being badly mistreated by the staff - and he knows just how to achieve justice...
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 14th February 1993
- Time
- 8:55pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Richard Wilson | Victor Meldrew |
Annette Crosbie | Margaret Meldrew |
Doreen Mantle | Mrs Warboys |
Owen Brenman | Nick Swainey |
Bill Gavin | Mr. Gorshin |
Arabella Weir | Sonia |
Janet Henfrey | Miss Lander |
Melody Brown | Rachel |
Nick Scott | Martin |
Katharine Page | Mrs. Endicott |
Marcia Myrie | Official |
Seymour Matthews | Official |
David Renwick | Writer |
Susan Belbin | Director |
Susan Belbin | Producer |
Mike Houghton | Editor |
Nick Somerville | Production Designer |
Richard Winter | Costume Designer |
Jean Steward | Make-up Designer |
Eric Idle | Composer |
Ed Welch | Composer |
John Rhodes | Director of Photography |
Nick Wood | 1st Assistant Director |