One Foot in the Grave: Season 5

Bald , bad-tempered and bolshie, Victor Meldrew might be old and pensioned off, but he is not prepared to take insults, sloppiness or stupidity lying down. His favourite phrase, "I don't believe it!" greets every new catastrophe and, being Victor, the smallest thing can assume epic proportions.

Episode 1 - The Man Who Blew Away - The Meldrew household plays host to a suicidal stranger from the past, who they know only because they stayed in the same guest house 17 years ago. Someone has been tampering with Victor's Christmas Crackers, and the Meldrews are decidedly unhappy when their stolen car is finally returned.

Episode 2 - Only A Story - Mrs.Warboys comes to stay with the Meldrews while her flat dries out after a flood.Victor suffers a most unpleasant kitchen accident, tries a bit of so-called reflexology, and has a run-in with a chimney sweep.

Episode 3 - The Affair Of The Hollow Lady - Everyone is stunned when Mrs.Warboys has a wax model of herself made as the prize from a competition. Millicent the local greengrocer takes a fancy to Victor and attempts to claim him from Margaret.

Episode 4 - Rearranging The Dust - The Meldrews suffer a long wait in their solicitor's waiting room.Victor observes the strange habits of the other visitors, fidgets impatiently, and finally attacks a dog with a cake. Margaret remembers the first time they kissed.

Episode 5 - Hole In The Sky - Margaret and Pippa once more attempt to get Victor and Patrick to bury the hatchet but the result is no less of a disaster than usual.Victor restores a Dutch girl marionette and experiments with some deadly seafood cookery.

Episode 6 - The Exterminating Angel - Romance is in the air for Mr. Swainee when he finally invites Tania the nurse out for a date.Victor takes a job as a chauffeur but rapidly wipes out his employers beloved fleet through a series of Victor-esque mishaps.

Written by David Renwick
Directed by Christine Gernon
Produced by Jonathan P Llewellyn
Theme Music by Eric Idle

"He's a hero for our age of spite - cantankerous, dystopian, gloomy. A middleaged Alf Garnett.... Samuel Beckett for the masses." Guardian

"Every so often a television character leaps right out of the screen and into the hearts and minds of the public ." Observer

"Victor Meldrew embodies the sort of rage that makes you think God created the world just to spite you."  Independent

"Eye-wateringly, nose-runningly funny."  News of the World

"David Renwick is nothing short of a genius... He has transformed the cosy suburban sitcom into something with the surrealism of NF Simpson,the bleakness of Samuel Beckett and the intricacy of a Feydeau farce."  Daily Mail