One Foot in the Grave

“Who would have thought retirement could be so chaotic?”

• 1990 –2000
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• Ended
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• 12

• Comedy

★ 7.7 TMDB Rating · 92 votes

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. Despite its traditional production, the series supplants its domestic sitcom setting with elements of black humour and surrealism.

Created by

David Renwick

Seasons

6

Episodes

36

Episode length

~30m

First aired

Jan 4, 1990

Networks

BBC One

Original language

English

Origin

United Kingdom