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
- Series 3, Episode 1 repeated Sunday at 8pm on U&Yesterday
Streaming rank this week: 307
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Victor Meldrew's foil and frenemy was perhaps the most tedious and annoying character ever seen on British TV. And she will be sorely missed
Alexander Larman, The Telegraph, 10th August 2023I'll never throw out my DVD player - the woke police can't delete my box sets
These days there seem to be vanishingly few comedies that can be enjoyed by all the family. So recently, in desperation, I tried showing my son some of my favourite comedies from when I was young, instead.
Michael Deacon, The Telegraph, 8th June 2023Vinyl release of One Foot radio adaptations
The four BBC Radio 2 adaptations of One Foot In The Grave, aired in 1995, are to be released as a bright burgundy-coloured vinyl set this summer.
British Comedy Guide, 1st June 2023The 25 funniest Christmas comedy TV specials of all time
The comedy special is as much a part of British Christmas as a family row and mountains of sprouts. This year, comedy shows from Motherland and The Detectorists to Mrs Brown's Boys and Ghosts are returning with festive specials to round off 2022. To celebrate, we countdown the greatest 25 Christmas comedy specials of all time.
Tom Fordy, The Telegraph, 23rd December 2022BBC Four to repeat comedy classics
To link in with the celebrations of 100 years of the BBC, from Saturday 22nd October BBC Four will begin broadcasting classic episodes of sitcoms and sketch shows.
British Comedy Guide, 14th October 2022One Foot special gets deluxe HD screening
The popular One Foot Christmas special, One Foot In The Algarve, is to be screened from a new HD transfer in aid of Children in Need.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd October 2022David Renwick wrote stage versions of One Foot In The Grave & Jonathan Creek
David Renwick has revealed that he came up with scripts for theatre versions of the popular BBC shows after the success of the musical of classic Beeb sitcom Only Fools And Horses in 2019. But both projects are now on hold after David withdrew from them during the pandemic over disagreements about staging.
Rod McPhee, The Sun, 5th September 2022Where are the new classic sitcoms?
When The One Show recently ran a poll to find the best-loved BBC shows ever, half of the top programmes were sitcoms - but none was launched within the last 15 years. So where are the future classics?
Ian Youngs, BBC, 14th May 2022OFITG latest show to be hit with woke warning
The episode - titled Love And Death - sees Victor (Richard Wilson) and wife Margaret (Annette Crosbie) go on holiday to Bournemouth. They are told by two guests that there are midgets in the bathroom, but thinking they said midges, Victor bursts in there with bug spray. Instead Victor - whose catchphrase is "I don't believe it", finds two half-naked dwarves, who are part of a theatre show. It is offensive to use the word midget in reference to people with dwarfism.
Fay Leyfield, The Sun, 14th July 2021