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One Foot in the Grave was a popular BBC television situation comedy series, or " Britcom", written by David Renwick. It came tenth in a recent BBC poll to find ' Britain's Best Sitcom'.
The series featured the exploits of Victor Meldrew, an irascible pensioner with attitude, played by actor Richard Wilson. His catchphrase was, "I don't believe it!" (occasionally rendered as "I do not believe it!") His long-suffering wife Margaret was played by Annette Crosbie. The other most consistent supporting character was a family friend, Jean Warboys, played by Doreen Mantle. Other regular characters were next door neighbour Patrick Trench, played by Angus Deayton, (who invariably discovered Victor in an inexplicably bizarre or uncompromising situation) his wife Pippa played by Janine Duvitski and overly cheery charity worker Nick Swainey, played by Owen Brenman.
The show ran for six series, plus specials, over a ten year period, from 1990 to 2000This page is about the year 2000. See 2000 AD for the UK comic book, Number 2000 for other uses. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar), and also the International Year for a Culture of Peace''. Events Y2K passes without the seri. Four episodes were remade for BBC Radio 4Radio stations 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It is broadcast on 92 95 MHz FM and 198 kHz longwave; and via DAB, satel. In the final episode, Victor was killed by hit-and-run. Margaret discovers the culprit, but the ending is ambiguous as to what she does about it.
There was a short postscript to the series in the form of a sketch for Comic ReliefFor a description of the origin of the term comic relief see comic relief The Comic Relief charity organization was founded in the United Kingdom in 1985 in response to famine in Ethiopia. It now raises money for Africa and disadvantaged people in the Uni. Victor and Margaret are visiting a friend in hospital, but he is barely conscious. Victor keeps complaining about the situation, but Margaret doesn't reply. Finally Victor is reminded of the film The Sixth SenseFor the 1970s television series, see The Sixth Sense (TV series). The Sixth Sense ( 1999) is a film that tells the fictional story of a troubled, isolated boy ( Haley Joel Osment) and the child psychologist ( Bruce Willis) who tries to help him. It was wr and a sudden realisation strikes him....he discovers that he is in fact a ghost whom Margaret can neither see nor hear.
This series featured highly innovative scripts and outrageous comedy situations. If anything could go wrong, it not only went wrong but pulled half of the universe down with it (at least in a metaphorical sense).
The theme song was written and sung by Eric IdleMonty Python film Life of Brian Eric Idle (b. March 29, 1943, South Shields, County Durham, England)is a comedian, sketch writer, and actor as well as an author and accomplished guitarist and songwriter. He is perhaps best known as a member of the British, who also appeared in one episode.
Bill CosbyThe Cosby Show Dr. William Henry Cosby, Jr. born July 12, 1937) is an African American actor and comedian. His sitcom, The Cosby Show was very successful, and notable for being one of the first to star a well-to-do middle-class African-American family. starred in the American version of the show, simply titled Cosby which ran from 19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan - 2000This page is about the year 2000. See 2000 AD for the UK comic book, Number 2000 for other uses. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar), and also the International Year for a Culture of Peace''. Events Y2K passes without the seri. David Renwick was listed as an executive producer on the series.In the Father Ted episode "The Mainland" Ted and Dougal encounter Richard Wilson (out of character) and drive him mad by constantly repeating his One Foot in the Grave catchphrase.
Due to the series' popularity, people who constantly complain and are irritated by minor things are often compared to Victor Meldrew by the British media. Renwick disputes this usage however, claiming that Victor's reactions are entirely in proportion to the things that happen to him.
A novel based on some of the storylines was written by Renwick and published in 1992 (BooksEnthsiast.com).
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