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 2, Episode 1 repeated Saturday at 10pm on Yesterday
- Streaming rank this week: 2,078
Episode menu
Series 2, Episode 4 - Who Will Buy?
Further details
Victor has retrieved his old ventriloquist's dummy from storage and begun practicing with it. Unfortunately, the aged prop keeps bursting and spilling sawdust, so, finding it somewhat creepy at the best of times, Margaret banishes it to the downstairs toilet when not in active use.
Margaret goes out to work, and whilst delivering a bouquet of flowers comes across an elderly blind man, living alone in a less salubrious part of town, and without contact from his Australia-living son or grandchildren on his seventieth birthday. She attempts to lift the gent's spirits and pretends his son has in fact written to him, before making her excuses and departing.
She returns home to find Victor entertaining Patrick and Pippa - but neither Meldrew has any idea where they've seen the couple before! It has grown late so, as good hosts, Victor enthusiastically encourages them to stay and use their bed. It's only at this point Margaret realises who they are - their new next-door neighbours who went on an extended holiday the day they moved in!
Later that week, talked into performing a short ventriloquist routine at a local fundraising show by Nick, Victor is giving his best on stage when dreadful news reaches them - the old blind man, someone Nick regularly helped, has been found murdered, his flat robbed and ransacked. When Pippa learns of this, her mind goes into overdrive.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 25th October 1990
- Time
- 9:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
Date | Time | Channel |
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Monday 26th September 2011 | 4:40pm | Gold |
Monday 30th January 2012 | 6:00pm | Gold |
Tuesday 31st January 2012 | 2:00pm | Gold |
Friday 13th April 2012 | 1:00pm | Gold |
Friday 13th April 2012 | 7:00pm | Gold |
Sunday 15th April 2012 | 7:40pm | Gold |
Monday 16th April 2012 | 3:00pm | Gold |
Monday 13th August 2012 | 1:40pm | Gold |
Monday 13th August 2012 | 8:20pm | Gold |
Saturday 22nd September 2012 | 11:20am | Gold |
Thursday 17th January 2013 | 9:40pm | Gold |
Friday 18th January 2013 | 1:00am | Gold |
Wednesday 24th April 2013 | 4:20pm | Gold |
Thursday 25th April 2013 | 10:20am | Gold |
Friday 13th September 2013 | 5:40pm | Gold |
Saturday 14th September 2013 | 10:00am | Gold |
Monday 2nd December 2013 | 5:40pm | Drama |
Saturday 11th January 2014 | 5:40pm | Drama |
Sunday 12th January 2014 | 1:50pm | Drama |
Friday 21st March 2014 | 10:20am | Gold |
Friday 21st March 2014 | 4:50pm | Gold |
Saturday 7th June 2014 | 5:20pm | Drama |
Sunday 8th June 2014 | 4:40pm | Drama |
Friday 27th June 2014 | 9:40pm | Yesterday |
Saturday 28th June 2014 | 7:40pm | Yesterday |
Monday 18th August 2014 | 4:00pm | Gold |
Tuesday 19th August 2014 | 11:00am | Gold |
Monday 3rd November 2014 | 11:20am | Gold |
Monday 3rd November 2014 | 6:00pm | Gold |
Monday 23rd February 2015 | 8:20pm | Gold |
Saturday 1st August 2015 | 4:00pm | Drama |
Wednesday 16th September 2015 | 7:30am | Gold |
Wednesday 16th September 2015 | 2:00pm | Gold |
Saturday 27th February 2016 | 5:00pm | Gold |
Sunday 28th February 2016 | 10:55am | Gold |
Monday 6th June 2016 | 1:00pm | Gold |
Monday 6th June 2016 | 7:40pm | Gold |
Monday 15th August 2016 | 10:55am | Gold |
Monday 15th August 2016 | 4:55pm | Gold |
Thursday 17th November 2016 | 10:40pm | Yesterday |
Friday 18th November 2016 | 8:40pm | Yesterday |
Saturday 28th January 2017 | 5:00pm | Drama |
Tuesday 25th April 2017 | 9:40pm | Yesterday |
Wednesday 26th April 2017 | 4:20pm | Yesterday |
Friday 16th June 2017 | 8:40am | Gold |
Friday 16th June 2017 | 2:30pm | Gold |
Sunday 25th June 2017 | 8:00am | Gold |
Tuesday 4th July 2017 | 8:40am | Gold |
Tuesday 4th July 2017 | 3:10pm | Gold |
Monday 15th January 2018 | 6:00pm | Drama |
Tuesday 20th March 2018 | 12:20am | Yesterday |
Tuesday 20th March 2018 | 10:20pm | Yesterday |
Wednesday 20th June 2018 | 12:20am | Yesterday |
Wednesday 20th June 2018 | 10:20pm | Yesterday |
Monday 2nd July 2018 | 11:20am | Gold |
Monday 2nd July 2018 | 3:20pm | Gold |
Tuesday 10th July 2018 | 12:50pm | Gold |
Wednesday 11th July 2018 | 10:55am | Gold |
Sunday 19th August 2018 | 8:00am | Gold |
Tuesday 16th February 2021 | 11:00pm | Yesterday |
Wednesday 17th February 2021 | 9:00pm | Yesterday |
Saturday 29th May 2021 | 8:40pm | Yesterday |
Sunday 29th August 2021 | 10:20pm | Yesterday |
Saturday 2nd October 2021 | 1:00pm | Drama |
Sunday 24th October 2021 | 9:00pm | Yesterday |
Tuesday 7th December 2021 | 8:30pm | BBC4 |
Saturday 12th February 2022 | 2:00pm | Drama |
Saturday 26th February 2022 | 8:00pm | Yesterday |
Saturday 14th May 2022 | 11:20pm | Yesterday |
Saturday 11th June 2022 | 7:30am | Drama |
Saturday 11th June 2022 | 4:00pm | Drama |
Tuesday 26th July 2022 | 7:00am | Drama |
Tuesday 26th July 2022 | 6:00pm | Drama |
Saturday 3rd September 2022 | 10:40pm | Yesterday |
Sunday 30th October 2022 | 6:40pm | Drama |
Sunday 9th April 2023 | 8:00pm | Yesterday |
Saturday 20th May 2023 | 10:00pm | Yesterday |
Saturday 2nd September 2023 | 11:20pm | Yesterday |
Saturday 16th December 2023 | 10:00pm | Yesterday |
Saturday 24th February 2024 | 10:00pm | Yesterday |
Cast & crew
Richard Wilson | Victor Meldrew |
Annette Crosbie | Margaret Meldrew |
Owen Brenman | Nick Swainey |
Angus Deayton | Patrick Trench |
Janine Duvitski | Pippa Trench |
William Vanderpuye | Toy Salesman |
Patricia Greene | Jill Archer |
Jimmy Jewel | Albert Warris |
David Renwick | Writer |
Susan Belbin | Director |
Susan Belbin | Producer |
Chris Wadsworth | Editor |
John Dunstan | Editor |
John Asbridge | Production Designer |
Richard Winter | Costume Designer |
Jean Steward | Make-up Designer |
Chris Kempton | Lighting Designer |
Eric Idle | Composer |
Ed Welch | Composer |
Pete Wane | Graphics |