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  • Highlights of the 1996 One Foot in the Grave Christmas Special: a man living in the shed, an awkward dinner party, a disaster with a lawnmower and alien abduction... just some of the unfortunate events in the hapless life of our favourite curmudgeon, Victor Meldrew (Richard Wilson).
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Komentáře • 112

  • @elihouse1994
    @elihouse1994 Před 10 měsíci +15

    Rest in Peace, Doreen Mantle. She was wonderful as Mrs Warboys.

  • @Nomoredrama2000
    @Nomoredrama2000 Před rokem +33

    I will never get tired of this show, what truly unique sitcom.

  • @chriswade9871
    @chriswade9871 Před rokem +22

    " Get your bloody nose out of that bread bin "
    Genuinely the most underrated comedy ever made

  • @sarahope4952
    @sarahope4952 Před 2 lety +99

    Victor saved my life ....when I was very ill I just kept watching One Foot and he brought me back .THANKYOU ! As they say...laughter is the best medicine ! The car and mattress in his skip 🤣🤣🤣 genius 🥳 Thankyou Mr. Renwick and all cast and crew ...especially Richard W. 🥰

    • @franciscopuig212
      @franciscopuig212 Před 2 lety

      ¹.
      John Sullivan was inspired by news stories about couple who had bought their own

    • @spellbound4383
      @spellbound4383 Před rokem +1

      It sure is . I loved this back in the 90’s just found it again 💕🤣

    • @stephenguppy7882
      @stephenguppy7882 Před 4 měsíci

      My favourite sitcom ever. I am glad Victor worked his magic for you.

  • @Terminal-Man
    @Terminal-Man Před 2 lety +24

    I have to say that One Foot in The Grave was and is my favorite British Comedy.

  • @TheLucreziia
    @TheLucreziia Před 10 měsíci +5

    As a young man I loved this show and now after all these years I am a Victor Meldrew😂😆

  • @thebritishbushman8389
    @thebritishbushman8389 Před rokem +12

    Ray Winstone. Brilliant. That whole ep was genius.

  • @viorelpiscanu9425
    @viorelpiscanu9425 Před 8 měsíci +2

    I am in live with British comedies 😂❤😅 greetings from Bucarest ROMANIA 🍀☀️🌹🍀🤞

  • @Hateious
    @Hateious Před 10 měsíci +4

    Used to watch one foot in the grave with my dad. Victor is a legend lol 😂

  • @johnkelly7757
    @johnkelly7757 Před 2 lety +20

    One of the best series post 80's.

  • @lindastanley229
    @lindastanley229 Před 2 lety +7

    I cant hear that song without picturing victor on that ride on mower

  • @jamsams
    @jamsams Před 10 měsíci +2

    I cried in the episode when Victor died.....he was like everyone's miserable Grandad. Such a classic show.

  • @Doctor180185
    @Doctor180185 Před rokem +8

    David Renwick doesn't get quite as much recognition as other comedy writers unfortunately.

  • @infonut
    @infonut Před 2 lety +24

    For the life of me I can not fathom why this show has not received the accolades it deserves. I place it in my top 5 favorite TV series and I'm 58yrs old. I've always said the British will always kick our ass at comedy.

    • @TheHungryPigeon
      @TheHungryPigeon Před rokem +2

      It was on TV every day for 20 years in the UK

    • @DodderingOldMan
      @DodderingOldMan Před rokem +2

      It commonly ranks amongst the best British sitcoms of all time, and was massively popular when it was broadcast.

    • @waynewoodward674
      @waynewoodward674 Před rokem +1

      Where u from, if America US, has some good comedies, Married with Children being my fav us comedy, Seinfeld, Friends, Family guy, Big Bang Theory, Fraser, Mash etc etc

  • @baljitsingh8394
    @baljitsingh8394 Před 7 měsíci +2

    One foot in the grave My all time favorite comedy show great show 👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

  • @SpeccyMan
    @SpeccyMan Před 2 lety +8

    "or 3 for 150" 🤣🤣🤣

  • @lmm2103
    @lmm2103 Před 2 lety +9

    I have such a crush on Mr. Swainey. He's so ridiculously adorable

  • @sheilagravely5621
    @sheilagravely5621 Před 3 lety +14

    I just got to the lawnmower part. Dont know when I've laughed so much.😂😂😂

  • @jgilds7947
    @jgilds7947 Před rokem +6

    One of my all time favourite shows…😂😂😂

  • @JJfromPhilly67
    @JJfromPhilly67 Před 3 lety +40

    I don't believe it!
    One Foot in the Grave was awesome. My favorite is when Victor, while looking to get help for Margaret, Jean Warboys, and the neighbor, stumbles across a retirement home where the residents are being abused by the staff. Victor takes things in hand and helps the residents get revenge.

    • @howardkerr8174
      @howardkerr8174 Před 3 lety +1

      This is an episode (there were 2 or 3) that the BBC almost didn't allow on the air. The depiction of care at old age homes, while maybe realistic, was considered to be...unhelpful?

    • @Horsley-Green
      @Horsley-Green Před 3 lety

      @@howardkerr8174 what others did they almost not allow to be shown? To be honest, I’m surprised that they agreed to make the show at all, given how dark it was.

    • @geoff7393
      @geoff7393 Před 3 lety

      Heart of darkness I think the episode is called I have them all including Christmas specials on dvd

    • @geoff7393
      @geoff7393 Před 3 lety +1

      There were a few complaints about the amount of animals they killed like roasting tortoises etc lol some people hey no animals were harmed

    • @geoff7393
      @geoff7393 Před 3 lety +2

      In that episode woman that was locked in the cupboard played Margaret mother's voice when she died and had left voice mail on answering machine

  • @geoff7393
    @geoff7393 Před 3 lety +21

    This is still my all time fave comedy

  • @marysepradet6162
    @marysepradet6162 Před rokem +2

    je me rappelle qu'ils mettaient ces épisodes tous les matins à la télé, pour apprendre l'Anglais sans douleur !

  • @franceskronenwett3539
    @franceskronenwett3539 Před 3 lety +23

    Just love this series which I unfortunately missed after leaving the UK in 1982. However my sister sent me some DVDS of the series which I thoroughly enjoyed. Love the Meldrews' pretty little house.

  • @saltspringrailway3683
    @saltspringrailway3683 Před rokem +7

    True story as told by Richard. He was in an open top car in a traffic jam and losing patience. Someone called out "Calm down Victor!"

  • @bsrlpar
    @bsrlpar Před 13 dny +1

    Great Actors. Great show.

  • @nadiablack4797
    @nadiablack4797 Před 2 lety +12

    I met him at an event I was marshalling years ago, he is very handsome in the flesh, beautifully dressed and very sweet and kind I fell completely in love with him.

    • @noka1979
      @noka1979 Před 2 lety +3

      As long as you don't say "I don't believe it" 😅

    • @Ndlanding
      @Ndlanding Před 2 lety

      Typical comment from a Russian spy.

    • @nadiablack4797
      @nadiablack4797 Před 2 lety

      @@Ndlanding what???

  • @3gor73
    @3gor73 Před 3 lety +17

    Love the scene Later on with the reader digest junk mail. Victor meldrew Margaret meldrew and the man in the shed. One of the best comedy’s ever made victor meldrew was awesome. Nippy he doesn’t look very nippy from where I’m standing. Absolutely wet myself laughing at the scene when victor mows the carpet stoned out of his mind, the look on Patrick face is priceless

    • @geoff7393
      @geoff7393 Před 3 lety +1

      It was a credit card not readers digest lol the readers digest thing was another episode where Patrick sent them a dead rat.

    • @donnn-ow4rj
      @donnn-ow4rj Před 2 lety +1

      He was not stoned, he was high on cocaine lol stoned is when you smoke weed

  • @user-hm8xi5zt5c
    @user-hm8xi5zt5c Před 2 lety +4

    I'm 29 years old.
    This comedy is brillant.
    I understand now old people.
    Let's go brandon PS
    Respect to Canadian truckers.

  • @robynfindley7623
    @robynfindley7623 Před rokem +2

    Favorite show combination of Comedy and drama and that show in the last show in the series.very well written difficult to watch about what happened to victor

  • @marysepradet6162
    @marysepradet6162 Před rokem +1

    j'ai tous les DVD de cette série, tiens, je vais les ressortir ce soir ! extraordinaire !

  • @wisteela
    @wisteela Před rokem +1

    Classic stuff. Also, attention to detail like a double adaptor on top of the single socket in his shed, and then there's the number plate with 666 on it in the other shed.

  • @samholden4171
    @samholden4171 Před 3 lety +12

    My late mum looked like Margaret.

  • @noka1979
    @noka1979 Před 2 lety +6

    "there's a man living in our shed"

  • @gailpage9524
    @gailpage9524 Před rokem +2

    Loved this program ❤❤

  • @williamwharton9562
    @williamwharton9562 Před 3 lety +8

    The other two look like gloria Hunniford😂🤣😅🤣😂😅🤣😂😅🤣😂

    • @sarahope4952
      @sarahope4952 Před 2 lety +2

      Ha ha...he's always having a pop at Gloria Hunniford....anyone remember the one when they're going on holiday and he sprays insect repellant at the t.v. screen to get rid of her ?!! 😂🤣🤣

  • @acqua61
    @acqua61 Před 3 lety +5

    Buon giorno a voi! Bravi tutti voi! 😂😂😂😂😂Good! Grazie!

  • @lyntaylor4131
    @lyntaylor4131 Před 2 lety +2

    🤣🤣🤣🤣 so funny, thanks so much for sharing

  • @ml8182
    @ml8182 Před 10 měsíci

    My favourite British comedy

  • @howardkerr8174
    @howardkerr8174 Před 3 lety +8

    I try to get people interested in this terrific show but friends have never heard of it/seen it.
    When this was first shown on my local PBS in the early 90s it was paired with Waiting For God, and was scheduled late on a sunday night. I thought from the titles that both programs were typical, boring, religious themed " yawners ". Then one night when I couldn't sleep I turned them on.
    I thought that I had seen nearly the whole series, but obviously have not as this is all new to me.
    My favorite episode? Difficult to chose, all were brilliant. As a car lover, I guess I would say Avenging Angel is my favorite.
    The folks involved with this series...you are all tops in your field.

    • @infonut
      @infonut Před 2 lety

      This is just what happened to me also.

  • @sheilagravely5621
    @sheilagravely5621 Před 3 lety +6

    Hahahaha, wonderful. My first time seeing this one, I love it! Thanks so much.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏👏👏😆

  • @sarahope4952
    @sarahope4952 Před 2 lety +6

    One more thing ! Have just read some posts about animals in the programme...I saw Richard Wilson in an interview and he said he always dreaded reading the script in case there were animals involved because he knew there would be more complaints !!! They didn't actually freeze a cat !!!

    • @noka1979
      @noka1979 Před 2 lety +3

      Or burn a tortoise 🤣

    • @rnw2739
      @rnw2739 Před 2 lety +2

      Of course, most of the viewing public are mongs.

  • @87654321j
    @87654321j Před 2 lety +3

    I'm proud to say I'm 33 but already just like Victor 😊 luckily I don't suffer travel sickness though

  • @erikahogan2234
    @erikahogan2234 Před 2 lety

    Love this aswell so cool 😎 going along time now the old ones are the best

  • @anthonymaughan6103
    @anthonymaughan6103 Před 2 lety +3

    Magic 🇬🇧 British 🇬🇧 Top 🇬🇧 Comedy 🇬🇧 @ 🇬🇧 It's 🇬🇧 Best 🇬🇧 !!!!

  • @Colsoloact-po9wv
    @Colsoloact-po9wv Před 3 lety +3

    Shame half the scenes are missing......great episode! Fave one is the one where Victor is a chauffeur! 😂

  • @davidchiles5331
    @davidchiles5331 Před 11 měsíci

    Briliant humour and so different

  • @georginabmacias8287
    @georginabmacias8287 Před rokem +1

    Can't stop laughing 🤣!

  • @martinrooms3084
    @martinrooms3084 Před rokem

    Superb

  • @asc.445
    @asc.445 Před rokem +3

    I 1st watched this in 1991, then it was "Have I Got News for You" on a Friday evening, very happy times. Where has the time gone and why is the BBC now so shite?

  • @vallee3140
    @vallee3140 Před 2 lety +2

    Can anyone remember the one where they had tickets for not sure where to , think it was either The Theatre or the Airport???? but they arrived a day early .

    • @stinameaner
      @stinameaner Před rokem +3

      I think it's - 'We Have Put Her Living In The Tomb' Series 2, Episode 2.
      And they were given tickets to Ler Miserables but they arrived a year early 🤣

    • @vallee3140
      @vallee3140 Před rokem +1

      @@stinameaner thanks that sounds like it, hope somebody reacts to it

    • @ml8182
      @ml8182 Před 9 měsíci

      Yep

  • @wokingjames
    @wokingjames Před 9 měsíci +1

    When the BBC licence fee was worth paying

  • @Danny_Boel
    @Danny_Boel Před rokem +2

    I don't care what anybody thinks, Annete Crosby is an absolute babe 😍😍

  • @Lee-nh5bb
    @Lee-nh5bb Před 3 lety +3

    @ 17:30.. is that the actress who played Dawn in The Office?

  • @dotdoughty5504
    @dotdoughty5504 Před 2 lety

    So funny. Even if I have. Seen. Them all. Before.

  • @EmmaLindaEmmason-ng1dv

    And Bobby Albert and Billy 😅

  • @martinpensom5103
    @martinpensom5103 Před rokem

    I have every episode on Dvd

  • @rontwentyone
    @rontwentyone Před 3 měsíci +1

    Seriously!? You say the best bits and have scenes relating to the dog Mrs Warboys wants to give Victor but leave out the actual moment when Mrs Warboys brings Nippy around and Victor sees it was a stuffed dog all along!
    I don't believe it!

  • @user-ez7dn9mg9u
    @user-ez7dn9mg9u Před 8 měsíci

    Hilarious

  • @zaulzalker3161
    @zaulzalker3161 Před rokem

    to dennis and margerit i love u

  • @jamescrowley8637
    @jamescrowley8637 Před 28 dny

    Three for a hundred and fifty

  • @EmmaLindaEmmason-ng1dv

    😢😢❤🎉

  • @amyclarke41
    @amyclarke41 Před 2 lety

    ok

  • @chrissilvester5663
    @chrissilvester5663 Před rokem +3

    One of Britain's best all time classic sitcoms. They don't make shows like this anymore it wouldn't be aired anyway due to wokeness of today's society. Victor Meldrew one of my fave characters. I often get called Victor Meldrew due to my constant moaning lmao

  • @deborahwatson5159
    @deborahwatson5159 Před 2 lety

    I Don't Believe it!!!!

  • @Keepingitrespectfulmostly.

    17:27 I am all for country gals if they look like her.

  • @patrickstenning6133
    @patrickstenning6133 Před 3 lety +4

    Just too many annoying adverts

    • @maxthefingerblastedberry8731
      @maxthefingerblastedberry8731 Před 3 lety +1

      Either get adblock or if on the app just skip to the end and restart. They go away then

    • @lyntaylor4131
      @lyntaylor4131 Před 2 lety +1

      That sounds like something Victor would say 🤣🤣🤣

    • @arista.g
      @arista.g Před 2 lety +1

      @@lyntaylor4131 I don't believe it ! 😆

  • @sixer6er
    @sixer6er Před rokem

    Aw . Back when comedy wasn’t funny. Good times

  • @user-on3yq3yx4d
    @user-on3yq3yx4d Před 2 lety +2

    What is it with these FUCKING ADVERTS YOU TUBE

    • @James_Doyle83
      @James_Doyle83 Před 9 měsíci

      So youtube and youtubers get their money that's why youtube is free apart from CZcams premium you have to pay for youtube without adverts it has to be paid and run some how

  • @johnoneill4483
    @johnoneill4483 Před 2 lety

    There are best bits?

    • @SpeccyMan
      @SpeccyMan Před 2 lety +3

      There certainly are but only for people with a sense of humour. An anal retentive might struggle to find them.

    • @johnoneill4483
      @johnoneill4483 Před 2 lety

      @@SpeccyMan , not just anal retentives, but simple minds with no sophistication would find them hilarious!

  • @stephanblack4558
    @stephanblack4558 Před 7 měsíci

    Good TV show but Never trust the BBC.