Victor writes a script for a new sitcom, but nobody else finds it funny. Margaret also catches dramatic fever; she joins an amateur dramatics society and gets invited to local thespian Desiree Gibson (Fleur Chandler)'s Bergerac party. Patterson, Johno (13 December 2013). "10 Dark British Comedy TV Shows That Must Be Seen". WhatCulture.com . Retrieved 30 April 2020. The Meldrew's loft is converted by identical twin builders ( Christopher Ryan), one of whom plays pranks on Margaret in which he pretends to be injured. Before the Meldrews can leave for their holiday in Athens, they must cope with Victor's fear of flying and Mrs Warboys' food poisoning.

Some of the episodes did not feature the regular intro with the tortoise, such as "The Trial", "One Foot in the Algarve", "Rearranging the Dust", "The Wisdom of the Witch", "Starbound", "Endgame" and "Threatening Weather".Wilson dislikes saying his character's catchphrase ("I don't believe it!") and only performs the line for charity events for a small fee. [47] This became a joke in the actor's guest appearance as himself in the Father Ted episode " The Mainland", where Ted annoys him by constantly repeating his catchphrase. The situation was conceived when Father Ted writers Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews sat behind Wilson at a performance of Le Cirque du Soleil at the Royal Albert Hall. They considered how "tasteless and wrong" it would be to lean forward to him every time that an acrobat did a stunt and yell the catchphrase and then they realised that that's exactly what their fictional priests would do. [48] This was also played upon when Wilson made a guest appearance on the comedy TV quiz show Shooting Stars, in which Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer purposefully misquoted his catchphrase by referring to him as "Richard 'I don't believe you' Wilson".

When clearing out their loft in preparation for conversion, Victor discovers and restores a Dutch marionette, which makes Margaret jealous, so she microwaves it. Victor muses about life while in the bath. This scene was originally filmed as part of the episode "The Trial" but was cut as it would have caused the episode to overrun its 30-minute slot, so was instead shown as part of the Comic Relief special. Margaret does not appear, but her voice is heard on an answering machine message. The series also won the Best Television Sitcom in 1992 from the Royal Television Society and the British Comedy Award for Best Sitcom in 1992, 1995 and 2001. Despite Margaret's frequent exasperation with her husband's antics, the series shows the couple have a deep affection for one another.One Foot in the Grave - Season 2 (2-DVD)". oldies.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2023 . Retrieved 3 July 2023.

A Swedish version, En fot i graven ( A Foot in the Grave) was made in 2001. Produced by commercial television channel TV4 and aired on SVT, it starred Gösta Ekman as "Victor Melldrov" and Lena Söderblom as his wife. A total of 12 episodes were broadcast. [77] Victor becomes frustrated when a car containing an old mattress is dumped in the skip outside his house. The following Monday he starts his new job as a hotel doorman, but resigns almost immediately after throwing a snobbish customer's toupee down a drain. An Indian python escapes from a garden centre, and Victor unwittingly carries it into his house. It enters his suitcase and Victor takes it to the airport.A media crew set up outside the Meldrews' house after mistaking Victor for a newspaper editor who printed details about a gay MP's private life.

Arnold van Oostrum (22 November 2006). "Met één been in het graf" (in Dutch). Alles Over Film . Retrieved 2 May 2019. After fending off a visit from Ronnie ( Gordon Peters) and Mildred ( Jean Challis), the Meldrews attend the filming of a BBC sitcom with a confused window cleaner who they believe is Mrs Warboys' cousin Wilfred ( John Rutland). One Foot in the Grave: The Complete Series". dvdtalk.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021 . Retrieved 3 July 2023. A very tall man ( Clive Mantle) reads their electricity meter; when he removes his shoes they are accidentally taken to Oxfam, so Victor gives him a pair of his uncle's very large shoes.Victor wrongly assumes that a man who is sitting in a wheelchair is unable to walk and wheels him around and carries him up flights of stairs, until he stands up and tells Victor that it is his wife's wheelchair. Två bittra seniorer - 30 år efter Mumlan"[Two bitter seniors - 30 years after Mumlan]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 2 January 2001 . Retrieved 2 May 2019. Over the show's history, it featured a number of notable comic actors in one-off roles. These include Susie Blake, John Bird, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Peter Cook, Diana Coupland, Phil Daniels, Edward de Souza, Hannah Gordon, Georgina Hale, Roy Hudd, Jimmy Jewel, Rula Lenska, Stephen Lewis, Paul Merton, Brian Murphy, Christopher Ryan, Jim Sweeney, Barbara Windsor, Joan Sims and Ray Winstone. Two of Angus Deayton's former Radio Active and KYTV co-stars, Geoffrey Perkins and Michael Fenton Stevens were cast, in separate episodes, as respectively the brother and brother-in-law of Deayton's character. A few actors little-known at the time also appeared in one-off roles before going on to greater fame, including Lucy Davis, Joanna Scanlan, Eamonn Walker and Arabella Weir. Cousin Wilfred (John Rutland) – Mrs. Warboys' cousin Wilfred, first appeared in an episode in the third series. In the final series the character returned, but the effects of a stroke had rendered him mute and forced him to "speak" with the aid of an electronic voice generator. His poor typing on the generator led to several misunderstandings, such as asking Victor for a "bra of soup" (as opposed to a "bar of soap") and describing a visit to his "brothel" (as opposed to "brother"). a b Series Producer Graham Mitchell; Director Julie Newing (12 January 2007). "One Foot in the Grave". Comedy Connections. BBC.