One Foot In The Grave

Margaret goes missing after suffering a nightmare and Victor has an interesting encounter with a chimpanzee at the local fete.

Victor returns from a disastrous shopping trip in a very bad mood, because one of his shoes which has had put in to be repaired has been lost; but not all is lost if one is to look on the bright side: at least he was offered a half-price deal! For some reason this makes him angry rather than happy... He's then upset to have lost a game of Scrabble against Nick (even though he drew 7 Es). He goes to buy a pair of black shoes but discovers that they're still on the feet of the man who dies in them!

Shortly after this, Margaret goes missing without any explanation, and Victor and Jean spend a great deal of time worrying about her and looking for her. A long while later, Margaret returns by surprise when Victor finds her in bed, and she then explains to Victor that she went for a spontaneous break for a time of inner healing. After that brief reflective moment in the episode, the next day Victor goes to a garden fete run by Nick, where one of the P.G. Tips chimpanzees quickly leaps onto Victor because she finds him very attractive, it seems!