One Foot In The Grave. Image shows from L to R: Margaret Meldrew (Annette Crosbie), Victor Meldrew (Richard Wilson). Copyright: BBC
One Foot In The Grave

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 6, Episode 1 - The Executioner's Song

An artistic dispute with the Meldrews threatens to scupper Patrick's plans for a quiet birthday. Meanwhile, Pippa has an affair and Victor gets some worrying medical test results.

Further details

Patrick has checked into laughter therapy but the therapist doesn't believe his full testimony of horror. Back at Victor's, a massive 50" television has been delivered by mistake, resulting in noise complaints owing to its similarly large and powerful audio system.

Meanwhile Patrick's dog has lost its voice after having seen Victor naked, and Pippa is feeling stressed because she's looking for a suitable birthday present for him. Margaret invites the pair to join them at a local Chinese restaurant for a meal, but Patrick refuses out of a mix of fear and resentment, leaving Victor alone to discover the secrets of 'The Shaghai Express'.

Attempting to help Pippa, Victor thinks he's found modern-art lover Patrick the perfect birthday present from the home of a local artist whose windows he cleans, but the gesture looks set to go down poorly; and clients for his cleaning round are cancelling in alarming numbers.

Broadcast details

Date
Monday 16th October 2000
Time
9pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Sunday 24th July 2011 8:10am Gold
Thursday 4th August 2011 11:20am Gold
Thursday 4th August 2011 4:40pm Gold
Monday 24th October 2011 10:00am Gold
Monday 24th October 2011 4:35pm Gold
Saturday 28th January 2012 11:20am Gold
Wednesday 29th February 2012 12:40pm Gold
Wednesday 29th February 2012 6:40pm Gold
Monday 14th May 2012 1:00pm Gold
Monday 14th May 2012 7:00pm Gold
Sunday 24th June 2012 10:15am Gold
Tuesday 10th July 2012 9:00pm Gold
Wednesday 11th July 2012 12:30am Gold
Wednesday 12th September 2012 12:15pm Gold
Wednesday 12th September 2012 6:20pm Gold
Wednesday 12th June 2013 3:50pm Gold
Thursday 13th June 2013 10:35am Gold
Monday 11th November 2013 5:15pm Gold
Tuesday 12th November 2013 11:15am Gold
Wednesday 18th December 2013 5:40pm Drama
Saturday 22nd March 2014 11:30am Gold
Saturday 22nd March 2014 5:40pm Drama
Sunday 23rd March 2014 9:15am Gold
Sunday 23rd March 2014 5:00pm Drama
Saturday 10th May 2014 4:15pm Gold
Sunday 11th May 2014 1:10pm Gold
Friday 22nd August 2014 10:20pm Yesterday
Saturday 23rd August 2014 8:20pm Yesterday
Friday 14th November 2014 11:20am Gold
Friday 14th November 2014 5:30pm Gold
Saturday 28th March 2015 1:20pm Gold
Saturday 28th March 2015 8:20pm Gold
Monday 11th May 2015 7:00pm Gold
Tuesday 12th May 2015 1:20pm Gold
Saturday 19th September 2015 5:20pm Drama
Thursday 22nd October 2015 2:00pm Gold
Thursday 2nd June 2016 2:10am Gold
Wednesday 8th June 2016 1:40pm Gold
Thursday 9th June 2016 12:20pm Gold
Thursday 15th December 2016 10:40pm Yesterday
Friday 16th December 2016 8:40pm Yesterday
Monday 13th February 2017 10:00am Gold
Saturday 25th February 2017 6:20pm Drama
Friday 10th March 2017 8:00am Gold
Thursday 22nd June 2017 9:40pm Yesterday
Tuesday 3rd October 2017 10:40pm Yesterday
Wednesday 4th October 2017 10:40am Yesterday
Tuesday 6th April 2021 11:00pm Yesterday
Wednesday 7th April 2021 9:00pm Yesterday
Saturday 17th July 2021 8:55pm Yesterday
Saturday 13th November 2021 2:15pm Drama
Sunday 5th December 2021 9:05pm Yesterday
Saturday 15th January 2022 9:15pm Yesterday
Saturday 26th March 2022 3:15pm Drama

Cast & crew

Cast
Richard Wilson Victor Meldrew
Annette Crosbie Margaret Meldrew
Angus Deayton Patrick Trench
Janine Duvitski Pippa Trench
Guest cast
Hassani Shapi Rajeev Jamal
Cliff Kelly Roger
John Harding Warren
David Renwick Derek Pangloss
Auriol Smith Mrs. Fairley
John Hales Workman
Rae Baker Sally
Stephen Bateman Mr. Jefferson
Lorraine Kelly Self
Writing team
David Renwick Writer
Production team
Christine Gernon Director
Jonathan Paul Llewellyn (as Jonathan P. Llewellyn) Producer
Mark Lawrence Editor
Linda Conoboy Production Designer
Jacky Levy Costume Designer
Geoff Harrison Director of Photography
Vanessa White Make-up Designer
Chris Kempton (as Christopher Kempton) Lighting Designer
Eric Idle Composer
Ed Welch Composer
Pam Maddox Costume Designer
Rebecca Walker Make-up Designer
Will Charles Lighting Designer
Katie Thompstone 1st Assistant Director

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