List of One Foot in the Grave episodes

One Foot in the Grave is a British sitcom, created and written by David Renwick and produced by the BBC, broadcast on BBC One throughout its run. The series features the exploits of Victor Meldrew, played by Richard Wilson, and his wife Margaret Meldrew, played by Annette Crosbie, in their battle against the trials of modern life. Supporting cast includes Doreen Mantle as Jean Warboys, Angus Deayton as Patrick Trench, Janine Duvitski as Pippa Trench and Owen Brenman as Nick Swainey.

The series is regularly repeated on subscription channel Gold and has also been screened on Drama. While the programme has always been shown after the 9pm watershed on the BBC, other channels have sometimes broadcast it in earlier slots, with minor edits. It is available to stream on both BBC iPlayer and BritBox.

In addition, there were also two short specials (under ten minutes in length) for Comic Relief, one of which featured Richard Wilson (Victor Meldrew) alone, though it included at one point the voice of Paul Merton. The Comic Relief special in 2001 was set after Victor's death. Though Richard Wilson appeared, Margaret did not interact with Victor's ghost, being unaware of his presence, although she briefly complains about "cold air" beside her.

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".

Other media

Comic Relief special (1993–2001)

Title	Directed by	Written by	Original airdate	Duration

Clip shows

Title	Original airdate	Duration
One Foot in the Grave Selection Box	9 July 1997	35 minutes.
A clip show in which famous fans of the show choose their favourite moments. This was one of a series of similar clip shows covering various BBC sitcoms and was subsequently released on VHS exclusively through Marks and Spencer. It is not available on DVD.
I Don't Believe It!: The One Foot in the Grave Story	20 November 2000	45 minutes.
A clip show presented by Angus Deayton featuring interviews with the people involved with the show, including Richard Wilson, Annette Crosbie, David Renwick, Eric Idle, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Susie Blake, Owen Brenman, Janine Duvitski, Doreen Mantle and Paul Merton. It was originally broadcast immediately before the final episode and was subsequently released as a standalone VHS and included on both the VHS and DVD issues of Series 6.
Britain's Best Sitcom: One Foot in the Grave	14 February 2004	60 minutes.
Rowland Rivron presents the case for One Foot in the Grave being voted Britain's Best Sitcom. Extracts of this programme are included on the Series 1 DVD.
Comedy Connections: One Foot in the Grave	12 January 2007	30 minutes.
Documentary including interviews with David Renwick and cast and crew members.

Radio series (1995)

A series of remakes originally broadcast on BBC Radio 2, with Richard Wilson, Annette Crosbie, Owen Brenman and Doreen Mantle reprising their TV roles. Its original run coincided with the broadcast of TV series 5. All episodes are 30 minutes long and produced by Diane Messias. They were subsequently issued on audio cassette, CD, Maroon Vinyl and audio download.

#	Title	Original airdate	Notes
1	"Alive and Buried"	21 January 1995	Remake of series 1, episode 1
2	"Timeless Time"	28 January 1995	Remake of series 2, episode 6
3	"In Luton Airport No-One Can Hear You Scream"	4 February 1995	Remake of series 2, episode 1
4	"The Beast in the Cage"	11 February 1995	Remake of series 3, episode 4

References

General

• Richard Webber, "The Complete One Foot in the Grave", Orion Books, 2006

Specific

External links

• One Foot in the Grave at British Comedy Guide
• Template:Last wordOne Foot in the Grave at IMDb