One Foot In The Grave - Series 4 (DVD)

One Foot in the Grave is a well-known and well-loved British sitcom written by David Renwick that ran for six series’ between the years of 1990 and 2000. In 2004 it was voted as the 10th best British sitcom in a BBC pole, a position I think it well deserves. The series as a whole follows lead character Victor Meldrew as he struggles to find things to fill up his days after he is forced to take early retirement when he is ‘replaced by a box’. Victor ...
...often than not conveyed is one that all be it slightly exaggerated is a situation that a lot of people find themselves in and in that way everything about the storyline and the characters is brought to life. == The DVD’s == The fourth series of One Foot in the Grave was broadcast between 31/03/1993 and the 26/12/1993 Being only three at the time of first transmission I never saw any of these episodes first time out and have only ever caught the ...

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...ramblings that make this series one of the best. The six episodes from series 4 on this DVD are: The Pit And The Pendulum: Victor has gardening troubles, and blames them on his neighbour. Descent Into The Maelstrom: Despite suffering a breakdown, Margaret is desperate the get away from the moaning Victor. Hearts Of Darkness: Victor attempts to liberate the people of an old folk's home. Warm Champagne: While Margaret is seeing another man, Victor ...
...he is on call for jury service, Victor gets frightfully bored. Secret Of The Seven Sorcerers: Victor's neighbour is wary about visiting the Meldrews' house. As well as the above episodes being on the DVD, the extras are of particular note, especially the 'One Foot In The Algarve' Christmas special from 1993. This is a feature length episode (at 90 mins.) follows the Meldrews as they holiday in Spain with Mrs Warboys. This episode really is a treat ...

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...include monologue only - in one location. There's also sensitive subject matter covered in Hearts of Darkness - I believe some copies are more edited than others to exclude some of the beatings. More relationship turmoil is uncovered as Margaret is tempted by another man. Victor and Patrick butt heads, and Victor manages to provoke anger in a hired gardener. EP1: THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM Victor hires a gardener to get rid of the roots of Patrick's ...
...amusing). CHRISTMAS SPECIAL - ONE FOOT IN THE ALGARVE I think this is the best christmas special, along with Who's Listening. One Foot in the Algarve has so many subplots it's hard to get bored - although it can be difficult to follow as there are so many jumps in plot. Margaret becomes jealous, Mrs Warboys has a love interest, and a papparrazi is trailing them. The darker moments are still very humourous and the episode is lively and fast paced ...

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