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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 he

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    One Foot in the Grave Season 5 Episode 4 - Rearranging the Dust
    7.4/10(172 votes)

    #1 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. One Foot in the Grave Season 1 Episode 1 - Alive and Buried
    7.5/10(260 votes)

    #2 - Alive and Buried

    S1:E1

    Victor Meldrew, 60 years old, is at last retiring from the rigors of his security guard job at Watson-Mycroft. Replaced by a talking machine, Victor soon discovers that retirement will give him just as many reasons to be grumpy.

    Director:Susan Belbin
    Writer:David Renwick

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  3. One Foot in the Grave Season 1 Episode 2 - The Big Sleep
    7.6/10(227 votes)

    #3 - 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 bullet?

    Director:Susan Belbin
    Writer:David Renwick

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  4. One Foot in the Grave Season 1 Episode 3 - The Valley of Fear
    7.7/10(218 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. One Foot in the Grave Season 1 Episode 5 - The Eternal Quadrangle
    7.7/10(206 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. One Foot in the Grave Season 6 Episode 1 - The Executioner's Song
    7.7/10(155 votes)

    #6 - 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
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. One Foot in the Grave Season 6 Episode 4 - Threatening Weather
    7.7/10(157 votes)

    #7 - 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. He has the misfortune to have a light fitting drop right onto his privates, a cigarette stubbed out on his cap and a mysterious pain that leads him to think that he had been shot during the siege. Things are made worse by the arrival of the incontinent, fat and irritating elderly neighbour, Mr. Smedley.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. One Foot in the Grave Season 1 Episode 4 - I'll Retire to Bedlam
    7.8/10(209 votes)

    #8 - 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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  9. One Foot in the Grave Season 1 Episode 6 - The Return of the Speckled Band
    7.8/10(196 votes)

    #9 - The Return of the Speckled Band

    S1:E6

    Following a food poisoning incident and 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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  10. One Foot in the Grave Season 2 Episode 2 - We Have Put Her Living in the Tomb
    7.8/10(183 votes)

    #10 - We Have Put Her Living in the Tomb

    S2:E2

    The Meldrews are given the responsibility of looking after their goddaughter's tortoise.

    Director:Susan Belbin
    Writer:David Renwick

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  11. One Foot in the Grave Season 2 Episode 3 - Dramatic Fever
    7.8/10(201 votes)

    #11 - Dramatic Fever

    S2:E3

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

    Director:Susan Belbin
    Writer:David Renwick

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  12. One Foot in the Grave Season 2 Episode 4 - Who Will Buy?
    7.8/10(197 votes)

    #12 - 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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  13. One Foot in the Grave Season 2 Episode 6 - Timeless Time
    7.8/10(190 votes)

    #13 - 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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  14. One Foot in the Grave Season 6 Episode 2 - Tales of Terror
    7.8/10(152 votes)

    #14 - Tales of Terror

    S6:E2

    In Mr. Swainey's production of 'Nosferatu: The Vampire', the actor who was supposed to play the vampire doesn't show up so Nick asks Victor to take the part. He does. Later, blood is found in Victor's digestive system during a test. After fearing the worst, the doctors discover that the blood was from an under-cooked black pudding that was earlier given to Victor by Mrs Warboys! While on their way to visit the dreaded Ronnie and Mildred, the Meldrews are shocked to discover that Mildred has killed herself while playing a game of 'Happy Families' - they are even more shocked to discover that her body is still hanging outside the house!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. One Foot in the Grave Season 3 Episode 3 - The Broken Reflection
    7.9/10(183 votes)

    #15 - The Broken Reflection

    S3:E3

    Alfred, Victor's accident prone brother, is making his first visit from New Zealand for 25 years. Victor is not looking forward to his stay, preferring to act as a neighbourhood vigilante.

    Director:Susan Belbin
    Writer:David Renwick

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  16. One Foot in the Grave Season 2 Episode 1 - In Luton Airport No-One Can Hear You Scream
    8.0/10(203 votes)

    #16 - 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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  17. One Foot in the Grave Season 3 Episode 2 - Dreamland
    8.0/10(184 votes)

    #17 - 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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  18. One Foot in the Grave Season 4 Episode 5 - The Trial
    8.0/10(204 votes)

    #18 - The Trial

    S4:E5

    Victor has been selected for jury service. He hasn't been required in court yet, but he is on call so he is stuck in the house all day and must somehow beat his boredom.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. One Foot in the Grave Season 3 Episode 1 - Monday Morning Will Be Fine
    8.1/10(185 votes)

    #19 - 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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  20. One Foot in the Grave Season 3 Episode 5 - Beware the Trickster on the Roof
    8.1/10(179 votes)

    #20 - Beware the Trickster on the Roof

    S3:E5

    Mr Swainey has brought Victor a present back from his holiday - an unlucky charm. Victor thinks that Mrs Stebbings' TV aerial is laughing at him and his resulting misfortune. Meanwhile, Patrick and Pippa are having problems trying to sell their house.

    Director:Susan Belbin
    Writer:David Renwick

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  21. One Foot in the Grave Season 4 Episode 2 - Descent into the Maelstrom
    8.1/10(171 votes)

    #21 - Descent into the Maelstrom

    S4:E2

    Margaret falls ill to nervous exhaustion that has been building up over the past 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
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. One Foot in the Grave Season 5 Episode 2 - Only a Story
    8.1/10(155 votes)

    #22 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. One Foot in the Grave Season 5 Episode 5 - Hole in the Sky
    8.1/10(168 votes)

    #23 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. One Foot in the Grave Season 5 Episode 6 - The Exterminating Angel
    8.1/10(167 votes)

    #24 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. One Foot in the Grave Season 6 Episode 3 - The Futility of the Fly
    8.1/10(169 votes)

    #25 - The Futility of the Fly

    S6:E3

    Margaret regrets hiring an attractive cleaner to help around the house. Meanwhile, Mrs Warboys has a couple of nasty frights.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Rearranging the Dust" is the worst rated episode of "One Foot in the Grave". It scored 7.4/10 based on 172 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/15/1995. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Alive and Buried".