One Foot in the Grave (1990)

Comedy · Drama

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 creates for himself. Living in a typical household in an unnamed English suburb, Victor takes involuntary early retirement. His various efforts to keep himself busy, while encountering various misfortunes and misunderstandings are the themes of the sitcom. The series was largely filmed on location in Walkford, near New Milton in Hampshire, although several clues show that the series may have been set in Hampshire – possibly Winchester. Despite its traditional production, the series supplants its domestic sitcom setting with elements of black humour and surrealism.

IMDb rating: 7.9 (8,028 votes)
Seasons: 6
Streaming (US): Britbox Apple TV Channel
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1990)

7.65 avg 6 episodes 7.5 → 7.8 29 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Alive and Buried	7.5	253
2	The Big Sleep	7.5	222
3	The Valley of Fear	7.7	212
4	I'll Retire to Bedlam	7.8	204
5	The Eternal Quadrangle	7.6	201
6	The Return of the Speckled Band	7.8	189

Season 2 (1990)

7.88 avg 6 episodes 7.9 → 7.7 29 min avg

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	In Luton Airport No-One Can Hear You Scream	7.9	197
2	We Have Put Her Living in the Tomb	7.8	178
3	Dramatic Fever	7.8	196
4	Who Will Buy?	7.8	193
5	Love and Death	8.3	208
6	Timeless Time	7.7	183

Season 3 (1992)

8.08 avg 6 episodes 8.0 → 8.4 30 min avg

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Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Monday Morning Will Be Fine	8.0	179
2	Dreamland	8.0	177
3	The Broken Reflection	7.9	176
4	The Beast in the Cage	8.2	208
5	Beware the Trickster on the Roof	8.0	172
6	The Worst Horror of All	8.4	180

Season 4 (1993)

8.32 avg 6 episodes 8.3 → 8.3 29 min avg

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Pit and the Pendulum	8.3	191
2	Descent Into the Maelstrom	8.1	166
3	Hearts of Darkness	9.0	272
4	Warm Champagne	8.3	179
5	The Trial	7.9	200
6	Secret of the Seven Sorcerers	8.3	170

Season 5 (1994)

8.00 avg 6 episodes 8.3 → 8.1 31 min avg

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Man Who Blew Away	8.3	176
2	Only a Story	8.1	149
3	The Affair of the Hollow Lady	8.1	159
4	Rearranging the Dust	7.4	166
5	Hole in the Sky	8.0	163
6	The Exterminating Angel	8.1	164

Season 6 (2000)

8.08 avg 6 episodes 7.8 → 8.7 34 min avg

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Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Executioner's Song	7.8	149
2	Tales of Terror	7.8	145
3	The Futility of the Fly	8.1	161
4	Threatening Weather	7.7	150
5	The Dawn of Man	8.4	153
6	Things Aren't Simple Any More	8.7	236

One Foot in the Grave (1990)

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