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Waiting For God: Season 1
Starring: Graham Crowden , Stephanie Cole
Directed by: Gareth Gwenlan , Sue Bysh
Produced by: Gareth Gwenlan
Written by: Michael Aitkens
At the Bayview Retirement Village the elderly are expected to grow old gracefully, enjoying their final years in peace, quiet and comfort... but not if Tom and Diana have anything to do with it!
Item Number: 13728
- Format:
- DVD Fullscreen
- Region:
- 1 - More Details
- Run time:
- About 3 1/2 Hours
- Number of Discs:
- 1
- Closed Captions:
- Y
- Special Features:
Cast Biographies
At the Bayview Retirement Village the elderly are expected to grow old gracefully, enjoying their final years in peace, quiet and comfort… but not if Tom (Graham Crowden) and Diana (Stephanie Cole) have anything to do with it! Meet two elderly eccentrics who refuse to put up with the appalling food and condescending staff, in the hilariously cynical BAFTA®-nominated comedy that won Stephanie Cole a British Comedy Award in 1992.
Includes the episodes: Welcome to Bayview, A Trip to Brighton, Cheering Up Tom, The Christening, Fraulein Mueller, The Psychiatrist, The Helicopter
Includes the episodes: Welcome to Bayview, A Trip to Brighton, Cheering Up Tom, The Christening, Fraulein Mueller, The Psychiatrist, The Helicopter
Welcome to Bayview - Tom is a reluctant new member of the Bayview Retirement Village. He meets Diana, a sharp-tongued spinster who
lives next door.They strike up an uneasy alliance hinting at hilarious events to come.
A Trip to Brighton - Diana commandeers her niece's Porsche for a trip to Brighton and brings Tom along for company. By the time their journey ends, the police have been alerted about two renegade senior citizens on the loose in a sports car.
Cheering Up Tom - Diana has discovered that Tom has taken to his bed where he protests that he is dying. Diana might not be the best to cheer up her friend. She admits to having last been happy herself in 1955.
The Christening - Diana has a secret illness that Tom is afraid it may put her residential status in jeopardy. He conjures up an outrageous plan to blackmail the management of Bayview.Tom and Diana also disrupt the christening of Tom's greatnephew.
Fraulein Mueller - The arrival of a new matron creates a great rift between Tom and Diana.The matron promptly gets rid of flower beds, removes the piano from the dining room and plots to have Diana voted out of the retirement home.
The Psychiatrist - The Bayview management attempt to remove Tom and Diana by having them certified.The psychiatrist passes them both as mentally sound even though Tom announces that he is Sir Edmund Hillary and has just conquered Everest.
The Helicopter - Diana relives her past as a photo journalist with a bit of aerial photography from a helicopter.Tom has accompanied her but is not too keen on the event. "Up here is far to close to God."
A Trip to Brighton - Diana commandeers her niece's Porsche for a trip to Brighton and brings Tom along for company. By the time their journey ends, the police have been alerted about two renegade senior citizens on the loose in a sports car.
Cheering Up Tom - Diana has discovered that Tom has taken to his bed where he protests that he is dying. Diana might not be the best to cheer up her friend. She admits to having last been happy herself in 1955.
The Christening - Diana has a secret illness that Tom is afraid it may put her residential status in jeopardy. He conjures up an outrageous plan to blackmail the management of Bayview.Tom and Diana also disrupt the christening of Tom's greatnephew.
Fraulein Mueller - The arrival of a new matron creates a great rift between Tom and Diana.The matron promptly gets rid of flower beds, removes the piano from the dining room and plots to have Diana voted out of the retirement home.
The Psychiatrist - The Bayview management attempt to remove Tom and Diana by having them certified.The psychiatrist passes them both as mentally sound even though Tom announces that he is Sir Edmund Hillary and has just conquered Everest.
The Helicopter - Diana relives her past as a photo journalist with a bit of aerial photography from a helicopter.Tom has accompanied her but is not too keen on the event. "Up here is far to close to God."
| Diana Trent | --- | Stephanie Cole |
| Tom Ballard | --- | Graham Crowden |
| Harvey Bains | --- | Daniel Hill |
| Jane Edwards | --- | Janine Duvitski |
| Geoffrey Ballard | --- | Andrew Tourell |
| Marion Ballard | --- | Sandra Payne |
| Basil Makepeace | --- | Michael Bilton |
| Jenny | --- | Dawn Hope |
Written by Michael Aitkens
Directed by Gareth Gwenlan, Sue Bysh
Produced by Gareth Gwenlan
British Comedy Awards®
1992 – Best TV Comedy Actress – Stephanie Cole
1992 – Best TV Comedy Actress – Stephanie Cole
I sometimes wonder if Dame Stephanie has
been rushing things a bit. She began her acting career at age
17, playing a 90-year-old woman. And she was only 48 when
she starred as the seventy-something Diana Trent.
