One Foot In the Grave

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.

Details

Status

Ended

First aired

January 4, 1990

Last aired

November 20, 2000

Episodes

36

Network

BBC One

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United Kingdom

Production

BBC

Creator

David Renwick

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt0098882