Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: January 4, 1990
Seasons: 6
Episodes: 36
Networks: BBC One
Genres: Comedy

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One Foot in the Grave(1990)
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Who would have thought retirement could be so chaotic?

TMDB Rating: 7.6 (83 votes)

Overview

One Foot in the Grave is a BBC television sitcom series The series features the exploits of Victor Meldrew and his long-suffering wife, Margaret. The programmes invariably deal with Meldrew's battle against the problems he creates for himself. Living in a typical household in an unnamed English suburb, Victor takes involuntary early retirement. His various efforts to keep himself busy, while encountering various misfortunes and misunderstandings are the themes of the sitcom. The series was largely filmed on location in Walkford, near New Milton in Hampshire, although several clues show that the series may have been set in Hampshire – possibly Winchester. Despite its traditional production, the series supplants its domestic sitcom setting with elements of black humour and surrealism.

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Series 1

6 episodes • 1990Avg: 10.0Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Alive and Buried	Jan 4, 1990	10.0
2	The Big Sleep	Jan 11, 1990	0.0
3	The Valley of Fear	Jan 18, 1990	0.0
4	I'll Retire to Bedlam	Jan 25, 1990	0.0
5	The Eternal Quadrangle	Feb 1, 1990	0.0
6	The Return of the Speckled Band	Feb 8, 1990	0.0

Series 2

6 episodes • 1990Avg: 7.5

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	In Luton Airport No One Can Hear You Scream	Oct 4, 1990	0.0
2	We Have Put Her Living in the Tomb	Oct 11, 1990	0.0
3	Dramatic Fever	Oct 18, 1990	0.0
4	Who Will Buy?	Oct 25, 1990	0.0
5	Love & Death	Nov 11, 1990	9.0
6	Timeless Time	Nov 15, 1990	6.0

Series 3

6 episodes • 1992Avg: 7.8

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Monday Morning Will Be Fine	Feb 2, 1992	0.0
2	Dreamland	Feb 9, 1992	8.0
3	The Broken Reflection	Feb 16, 1992	8.0
4	The Beast in the Cage	Feb 23, 1992	8.0
5	Beware the Trickster on the Roof	Mar 1, 1992	8.0
6	The Worst Horror of All	Mar 8, 1992	7.0

Series 4

6 episodes • 1993Avg: 8.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Pit and the Pendulum	Jan 31, 1993	8.0
2	Descent into the Maelstrom	Jan 31, 1993	0.0
3	Hearts of Darkness	Feb 14, 1993	0.0
4	Warm Champagne	Feb 21, 1993	0.0
5	The Trial	Feb 28, 1993	8.0
6	Secret of the Seven Sorcerers	Mar 7, 1993	8.0

Series 5

6 episodes • 1994

#	Episode	Air Date
1	The Man Who Blew Away	Dec 25, 1994
2	Only a Story	Jan 1, 1995
3	The Affair of the Hollow Lady	Jan 8, 1995
4	Rearranging the Dust	Jan 15, 1995
5	Hole in the Sky	Jan 22, 1995
6	The Exterminating Angel	Jan 29, 1995

Series 6

6 episodes • 2000Avg: 6.6

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Executioner's Song	Oct 16, 2000	1.0
2	Tales of Terror	Oct 23, 2000	8.0
3	The Futility of the Fly	Oct 30, 2000	8.0
4	Threatening Weather	Nov 6, 2000	7.0
5	The Dawn of Man	Nov 13, 2000	0.0
6	Things Aren't Simple Any More	Nov 20, 2000	9.0

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