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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

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    One Foot in the Grave Season 1 Episode 2 - The Big Sleep
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    #1 - The Big Sleep

    S1:E2

    As retirement throws more problems for Victor Meldrew's retirement, including a next-door neighbour's noisy party, a disturbing and puzzling rash and an atheist funeral, has Victor bitten the bullett?

    Director:Susan Belbin
    Writer:David Renwick

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  2. One Foot in the Grave Season 1 Episode 3 - The Valley of Fear
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    #2 - The Valley of Fear

    S1:E3

    After being mugged whilst photographing badgers, and having his house sprayed with the phrase 'The Man Who Lives Here Is A Turd', Victor decides to hold a crime prevention meeting.

    Director:Susan Belbin
    Writer:David Renwick

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  3. One Foot in the Grave Season 1 Episode 4 - I'll Retire to Bedlam
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    #3 - I'll Retire to Bedlam

    S1:E4

    After being stuck in the shed for over three hours, then forced to spend an entire day with his eyes closed after a visit to the optometrist, Victor cannot bear the trials of babysitting.

    Director:Susan Belbin
    Writer:David Renwick

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  4. One Foot in the Grave Season 1 Episode 5 - The Eternal Quadrangle
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    #4 - The Eternal Quadrangle

    S1:E5

    Although Margaret is glad that Victor finally has a hobby to occupy his time, she is less pleased to discover that it involves painting nudes.

    Director:Susan Belbin
    Writer:David Renwick

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  5. One Foot in the Grave Season 1 Episode 6 - The Return of the Speckled Band
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    #5 - The Return of the Speckled Band

    S1:E6

    Following a food poisoning incident, problems with the electricity man, the Meldrews embark on a well deserved holiday, however this is only the start of their problems?

    Director:Susan Belbin
    Writer:David Renwick

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  6. One Foot in the Grave Season 2 Episode 1 - In Luton Airport No One Can Hear You Scream
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    #6 - In Luton Airport No One Can Hear You Scream

    S2:E1

    When Victor and Margaret return from their holiday, they discover that their luggage has been sent to the other side of the world, and that their house has been burned down.

    Director:Susan Belbin
    Writer:David Renwick

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  7. One Foot in the Grave Season 2 Episode 2 - We Have Put Her Living in the Tomb
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    #7 - We Have Put Her Living in the Tomb

    S2:E2

    The Meldrews are given the responsability of looking after their god-daughter's tortoise.

    Director:Susan Belbin
    Writer:David Renwick

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  8. One Foot in the Grave Season 2 Episode 3 - Dramatic Fever
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    #8 - Dramatic Fever

    S2:E3

    Victor discovers a new talent - writing comedy. However, his views of comedy are somewhat different from everyone elses, and he finds himself without support.

    Director:Susan Belbin
    Writer:David Renwick

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  9. One Foot in the Grave Season 2 Episode 4 - Who Will Buy?
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    #9 - Who Will Buy?

    S2:E4

    While Pippa believes that Victor may have murdered an elderly blind man, Victor uses a benefit concert to re-introduce his ventriloquist act.

    Director:Susan Belbin
    Writer:David Renwick

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  10. One Foot in the Grave Season 3 Episode 1 - Monday Morning Will Be Fine
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    #10 - Monday Morning Will Be Fine

    S3:E1

    After a burglary Victor decides not to replace his television set in order to give him and Margaret more opportunity to get out of the house. However, a trip to the pub results in a disconcerting experience with an old friend.

    Director:Susan Belbin
    Writer:David Renwick

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  11. One Foot in the Grave Season 4 Episode 2 - Descent into the Maelstrom
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    #11 - Descent into the Maelstrom

    S4:E2

    Margaret falls ills to nervous exhaustion that has been building up over the last 34 years. She has little chance for peace and quiet in which to recuperate, especially with Victor's problems with gorilla suits and the waste disposal system. She is however cheered by a visit from an old friend.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. One Foot in the Grave Season 4 Episode 3 - Hearts of Darkness
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    #12 - Hearts of Darkness

    S4:E3

    During a trip to the countryside with Mrs Warboys and Mr Swainey, the Meldrews manage to get lost. Victor leaves the others to try to find help.

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  13. One Foot in the Grave Season 4 Episode 4 - Warm Champagne
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    #13 - Warm Champagne

    S4:E4

    Victor returns from holiday with sunburnt feet. His mood doesn't improve, thanks to rows with the neighbours and the addition of a streetlamp to his bedroom furniture. This gives Margaret a dilemma when she is contacted by Ben, a pleasant man who she met on holiday.

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  14. One Foot in the Grave Season 5 Episode 1 - The Man Who Blew Away
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    #14 - The Man Who Blew Away

    S5:E1

    Patrick is preparing for an important meeting with some Japanese businessmen. Next door, Victor's stolen car has been recovered, but he isn't very happy about it. Then the Meldrews are visited by Mr Foskett - a man who they met on holiday 17 years previously.

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  15. One Foot in the Grave Season 5 Episode 2 - Only a Story
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    #15 - Only a Story

    S5:E2

    Mrs Warboys is staying with the Meldrews following the flooding of her house and is starting to irritate Margaret. However, Victor is a lot calmer than usual thanks to the reflexology treatment that he has started receiving.

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  16. One Foot in the Grave Season 5 Episode 3 - The Affair of the Hollow Lady
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    #16 - The Affair of the Hollow Lady

    S5:E3

    Victor thinks that the woman in the greengrocers fancies him. Meanwhile, Mrs Warboys has won a wax model of herself and the Meldrews are having problems with their door locks.

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  17. One Foot in the Grave Season 5 Episode 4 - Rearranging the Dust
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    #17 - Rearranging the Dust

    S5:E4

    When Victor and Margaret visit their solicitors in order to make a will they discover precisely why a waiting room is so-called.

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  18. One Foot in the Grave Season 5 Episode 5 - Hole in the Sky
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    #18 - Hole in the Sky

    S5:E5

    Patrick is looking forward to his trip to stay with Pippa's brother after an embarrassing visit to an Armenian restaurant in order to attempt to make up with Victor. Meanwhile, the Meldrews are employing a pair of very strange workmen and Margaret is getting jealous of a marionette.

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  19. One Foot in the Grave Season 5 Episode 6 - The Exterminating Angel
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    #19 - The Exterminating Angel

    S5:E6

    Romance is in the air for Mr. Swainey when he finally invites Tania the nurse out for a date. Victor takes a new job as a chauffeur but rapidly wipes out his employer's beloved fleet.

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  20. One Foot in the Grave Season 6 Episode 5 - The Dawn of Man
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    #20 - The Dawn of Man

    S6:E5

    Victor's new fishing hobby leads to an unfortunate encounter with a fly-tipper. Meanwhile, a visit from Patrick's gay twin brother leaves Pippa feeling mentally and physically exhausted, especially when Patrick sits on a cork.

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  21. One Foot in the Grave Season 6 Episode 1 - The Executioner's Song
    1.0/10(2 votes)

    #21 - The Executioner's Song

    S6:E1

    Victor has a new job as a window-cleaner. Meanwhile, Patrick's plans for a quiet birthday are ruined after an unfortunate misunderstanding involving a modern art painting and Pippa finds herself in an adulterous affair.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. One Foot in the Grave Season 2 Episode 6 - Timeless Time
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Timeless Time

    S2:E6

    A variety of bizarre factors, including a dead hedgehog, keep Victor awake. And if Victor's awake, Margaret isn't going to get much sleep either.

    Director:Susan Belbin
    Writer:David Renwick

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  23. One Foot in the Grave Season 3 Episode 6 - The Worst Horror of All
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #23 - The Worst Horror of All

    S3:E6

    Even a shed falling on him cannot upset Victor when he finally gets a new job. However, before starting work he must first contend with some unwanted visitors and a trip to the BBC organised by Mrs Warboys.

    Director:Susan Belbin
    Writer:David Renwick

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  24. One Foot in the Grave Season 6 Episode 4 - Threatening Weather
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Threatening Weather

    S6:E4

    During a power cut, Victor realises that he had been right through the middle of an area affected by a siege as it happened. Making the power cut worse, it occurs on a hot Summer night. Victor had the misfortune to have a light fitting drop right on to his privates, a cigarette stubbed out on his cap and a mysterious pain that leads him to think that he had been shot as he passed the siege that morning. Things were made worse by the arrival of the incontinent, fat and irritating elderly neighbour, Mr. Smedley.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. One Foot in the Grave Season 3 Episode 2 - Dreamland
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Dreamland

    S3:E2

    Margaret is having a recurring dream about murdering someone who looks like Victor. However, it's Margaret who is starting to irritate Victor. That is, until she disappears.

    Director:Susan Belbin
    Writer:David Renwick

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Big Sleep" is the worst rated episode of "One Foot in the Grave". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Susan Belbin and written by David Renwick, it aired on 1/11/1990. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Valley of Fear".