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 tomorrow at 10pm on Yesterday
- Streaming rank this week: 2,012
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Series 5 - The Man Who Blew Away
Further details
Victor is reading the erotic classifieds in the local newspaper with a mix of incredulity and hilarity, and for once he has every right to be in a good mood as their rusty old car has been stolen, meaning a handsome payout from the insurance company! Until, that is, the unwelcome news that after three months it has suddenly been found. In Finland.
His mood is soured further by the continued hi-jinks of some local children who keep playing pranks on him. A particular favourite of late has been to leave false limbs outside the house, much to the horror of neighbours who assume the worst!
Patrick is in a much better mood than usual as he prepares to meet with the bosses of a profitable company and offer his services to them with what he believes is a winning business plan ... until he realises he's put on a pair of Mr Meldrew's underpants by mistake.
After failing to sleep almost all night due to a particularly loud, inconsiderate party being held across the road, Margaret and Victor are looking forward to a long Sunday lie-in when the phone rings and they are alarmed to find it's Mr. Foskett, a holiday acquaintance from some seventeen years previously, who has turned up out of the blue and is right outside the house to visit! Begrudgingly and hurriedly getting dressed they invite him and his two boys in, feed them, and endure an endless stream of tedious stories.
Late, preparing to leave, Foskett rings his wife and is broken to discover she's left him. The Meldrews are forced to put him up in their spare bedroom, but a longer than expected soak in the bath turns out to be a suicide attempt - that sees him dangling, stark naked, from the roof - just as Patrick brings his potential business partners home to examine some paperwork in detail...
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 25th December 1994
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 40 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
Date | Time | Channel |
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Friday 10th December 2010 | 8:00pm | Gold |
Saturday 11th December 2010 | 9:05pm | Gold |
Saturday 9th July 2011 | 10:30am | Gold |
Sunday 10th July 2011 | 8:35am | Gold |
Thursday 28th July 2011 | 11:20am | Gold |
Thursday 28th July 2011 | 4:40pm | Gold |
Sunday 29th April 2012 | 8:05pm | Gold |
Monday 30th April 2012 | 3:25pm | Gold |
Sunday 10th June 2012 | 10:10am | Gold |
Tuesday 24th July 2012 | 9:45pm | Gold |
Wednesday 25th July 2012 | 12:00am | Gold |
Thursday 20th December 2012 | 7:00pm | Gold |
Friday 21st December 2012 | 4:40pm | Gold |
Tuesday 25th December 2012 | 6:45am | Gold |
Tuesday 25th December 2012 | 11:25pm | Gold |
Wednesday 26th December 2012 | 12:15am | Gold |
Saturday 9th March 2013 | 7:00am | Gold |
Saturday 9th March 2013 | 1:15pm | Gold |
Wednesday 18th December 2013 | 7:40pm | Gold |
Thursday 19th December 2013 | 3:20pm | Gold |
Saturday 8th March 2014 | 10:35am | Gold |
Sunday 9th March 2014 | 7:40am | Gold |
Friday 11th April 2014 | 10:00am | Gold |
Friday 11th April 2014 | 4:20pm | Gold |
Friday 18th April 2014 | 2:05pm | Gold |
Saturday 19th April 2014 | 11:05am | Gold |
Friday 11th July 2014 | 8:10pm | Gold |
Sunday 14th December 2014 | 10:00pm | Gold |
Monday 15th December 2014 | 8:00pm | Gold |
Sunday 19th April 2015 | 9:30am | Gold |
Sunday 19th April 2015 | 8:20pm | Gold |
Saturday 15th August 2015 | 1:40pm | Gold |
Saturday 12th December 2015 | 7:40pm | Gold |
Tuesday 22nd December 2015 | 1:20pm | Gold |
Monday 28th November 2016 | 11:45am | Gold |
Monday 13th February 2017 | 10:40am | Gold |
Tuesday 21st November 2017 | 10:00pm | Yesterday |
Wednesday 22nd November 2017 | 4:00pm | Yesterday |
Saturday 9th December 2017 | 10:35am | Gold |
Sunday 10th December 2017 | 8:20am | Gold |
Wednesday 27th December 2017 | 5:40pm | Drama |
Saturday 7th July 2018 | 9:55am | Gold |
Sunday 8th July 2018 | 9:05am | Gold |
Sunday 14th October 2018 | 8:15am | Gold |
Monday 15th October 2018 | 2:55am | Gold |
Saturday 3rd November 2018 | 8:30am | Gold |
Sunday 4th November 2018 | 7:30am | Gold |
Monday 24th December 2018 | 7:25pm | Drama |
Saturday 12th October 2019 | 7:00pm | Drama |
Thursday 2nd January 2020 | 7:10pm | Drama |
Saturday 8th August 2020 | 4:00pm | Drama |
Sunday 13th December 2020 | 2:35pm | Drama |
Wednesday 31st March 2021 | 12:20am | Yesterday |
Wednesday 31st March 2021 | 10:20pm | Yesterday |
Saturday 17th July 2021 | 8:00pm | Yesterday |
Sunday 19th December 2021 | 9:00pm | Yesterday |
Monday 17th January 2022 | 3:15am | Drama |
Thursday 20th January 2022 | 3:00am | Drama |
Wednesday 21st December 2022 | 6:50pm | Drama |
Saturday 14th January 2023 | 11:20pm | Yesterday |
Sunday 27th August 2023 | 7:00pm | Drama |
Saturday 7th October 2023 | 11:15pm | Yesterday |
Saturday 27th January 2024 | 11:15pm | Yesterday |
Monday 4th March 2024 | 1:00am | Yesterday |
Saturday 6th April 2024 | 10:40pm | Yesterday |
Cast & crew
Richard Wilson | Victor Meldrew |
Annette Crosbie | Margaret Meldrew |
Angus Deayton | Patrick Trench |
Janine Duvitski | Pippa Trench |
Brian Murphy | Mr. Foskett |
Daniel Smith | Ian Grimwade |
Ryan O'Leary | Neil Grimwade |
David Renwick | Writer |
Susan Belbin | Director |
Susan Belbin | Producer |
Mike Houghton | Editor |
Mark Lawrence | Editor |
Laurence Williams | Production Designer |
Richard Winter | Costume Designer |
Vanessa White | Make-up Designer |
Chris Kempton (as Christopher Kempton) | Lighting Designer |
Eric Idle | Composer |
Ed Welch | Composer |