The One Foot In The Grave - Series 1-6 - Complete (Box Set) (DVD)

...me Victor when I'm on the phone complaining again. One thing I can't complain about is this great box set. Comprising of the full series 1-6 and the Christmas specials plus a couple of special features titled, "Britain's Best Sitcom" and "The story of One Foot in the Grave", there's certainly plenty of viewing. 12 discs in the set with 6 episodes per disc running for 30 min approx. The Christmas specials are roughly 60 to 90 min in length and are ...
...& Annette Crosbie respectively as The embittered and grumpy Victor Meldrew and his long-suffering and surprisingly patient wife Margaret. The series follows Victor & Margaret through Victor's recent early retirement as a security guard replaced by his modern equivalent, an electronic security system. Or by, "A box" as Victor so eloquently puts it. We are taken through Victor's subsequent days on end trying to amuse himself and find things to do ...

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Review of The One Foot In The Grave - Series 1-6 - Complete (Box Set) (DVD)

...Brenman. One foot in the grave began in 1990 and ran for 6 series, producing 35 episodes, (with 7 Christmas specials and a comic relief episode). The show mainly revolved around O.A.P. Victor Meldrew, (played superbly by Richard Wilson) and his views through life. The series starts with Victor being replaced at work by a machine thus forcing early retirement for him. We then follow the exploits of the forever complaining Victor, with his continuous ...
...husband no matter what. The laughter continues through the entire series, there are the disputes and misunderstanding with the next door neighbours Patrick Trench, (played by Angus Deayton) and his wife Pippa, (played by Janine Duvitski). The hilarious scenarios in which Angus often catches Victor in are side splittingly funny. And with the over friendly charity worker Nick Swainey, (played by Owen Brenman) living as the neighbour on the other side ...

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Review of The One Foot In The Grave - Series 1-6 - Complete (Box Set) (DVD)

...do love one foot in the grave some of the things that happen just make me laugh so much, it recently started showing on UKTV and it's one of my must see programmes i try to make time for it whenever but i had no idea that there was a box set-guess what i'm buying for christmas. my favorite episode is either the worst horror of all or the broken reflection both from series 3. I reccomend this to anyone who needs a good laugh or anyone who just likes ...

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Review of The One Foot In The Grave - Series 1-6 - Complete (Box Set) (DVD)