One Foot In The Grave - Series 6 DVD

Advantages: Best comedy therapy ever
Disadvantages: Will make you cry even if you're not sentimental

Victor Meldrew is one of Britain's best loved sitcom characters, and it's easy to see why. He's funny as hell! Renwick's writing is outstanding throughout the whole run of the show. The writing is so fine, it can be minutes, or merely seconds between tears of laughter and tears of sorrow. I am not easily moved; I have cried countless times upon certain scenes. So you see, it really is that brilliant. The characters are real, they have faults, and ...
...behind and he's the only one to turn up to a work reunion. (NB: MAY MAKE YOU CRY) The episodes can be watched again and again - at 45 minutes a pop each, with self contained storylines, each has many strands of plot to follow. Included on this DVD is "I don't believe it - The Story of One Foot in the Grave" which is worth a look, including interviews which reminisc on the characters of bygone days. There is also an audio commentary on The Exectuioner's ... Read review

Advantages: Vintage Meldrew fun
Disadvantages: NONE

...DVD and slip in a ONe foot in the Grave DVD and are transported into the wacky surreal world of Victor et al and realise that as crap as we feel at the time then poor Victor (and his victims) must be feeling 100 times worse and suddenly we feel so much better! This DVD should be on the NHS as it is much better in my opinion than Prazac for dispelling the blues that life throws at us. BRING HIM BACK PLEASE! The final (fatal) episode with him getting ... Read review