One Foot in the Grave: Season 2

BAFTA® Awards
1992 - Best Comedy
1992 - Best Light Entertainment Performance - Richard Wilson

The BAFTA® award-winning series about the growing pains of growing old is finally on DVD! Life continues to throw more slings and arrows at Victor as he and Margaret move to a new house. Next door, the cheerful but terminally boring Nick Swainey seems intent on disturbing Victor's peaceful retirement, while on the other side Patrick and Pippa's lives are made a misery from the moment they first meet the Meldrews.

Includes the following episodes:
In Luton Airport—No One Can Hear You Scream
We Have Put Her Living In The Tomb
Dramatic Fever
Who Will Buy?
Love and Death
Timeless Time

BAFTA Awards:
Best Comedy 1992
Richard Wilson - Best Light Entertainment Performance 1992

LUTON AIRPORT, NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM - Victor and Margaret return from holiday to find that their baggage has been sent to the other side of the world and their house has been demolished following a terrible fire. They attempt to cheer themselves up by holding a house warming party.

WE HAVE PUT HER LIVING IN THE TOMB - The Meldrews begin the task of decorating the new house, and are entrusted with the responsibility of tortoise sitting for Margaret's goddaughter. Disaster is lurking amongst the grass cuttings.

DRAMATIC FEVER - Victor writes a hilarious script for a new comedy series. Unfortunately no-one else finds it funny. Margaret also catches the dramatic fever and takes up acting.

WHO WILL BUY? - Victor fends off a toy dinosaur salesman. Meanwhile, Pippa suspects that Victor is responsible for the murder of an elderly blind man. A benefit concert gives Victor the chance to resurrect Cuthbert the dummy and air his ventriloquist skills.

LOVE AND DEATH - The Meldrews take a weekend visit to see Vince and April in their boarding house on the south coast. Vince presents Victor with a most unusual and unwelcome gift.

TIMELESS TIME - As Victor is unable to sleep, he kindly ensures that Margaret also gets no peace. Things get so desperate that Victor contemplates opening Ronnie and Mildred's Christmas present from last year - but no, he's not quite that desperate.

Seen through Victor Meldrew's eyes, a kind gesture can become just one more indignity in life's rich and bitter pageant: "Someone stood up for me on the bus today...looked at me as if I was some sort of living skeleton dangling from the rail."

One Foot in the Grave is an award-winning, imaginative tale of old age and life's little ironies. It explores the world of sixty-year-old Victor Meldrew, a black-humored anti-hero -- and one of British television's great comic creations.

Deftly portrayed by Richard Wilson, Victor is a moody, temperamental curmudgeon who rails against the passage of time. A difficult character even on his best behavior, he sorely tries the patience of his long-suffering wife, Margaret and their friends.

When Victor is forced into early retirement -- a fate he regards as little better than a death sentence -- the abrupt transition from working man to senior citizen leaves him floundering for a purpose in life. To make matters worse, Margaret continues working, leaving him home all day to fuss and fume over every small incident -- each of which now mushrooms into an epic blow to Victor's self-esteem!

Although Victor's behavior drives Margaret crazy, when all is said and done, both husband and wife realize that simply having each other makes life immeasurably rich and worthwhile.

Cast
Victor Meldrew. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Richard Wilson
Margaret Meldrew. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annette Crosbie
Jean Warboys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Doreen Mantle
Nick Swainey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Owen Brenman
Patrick Trench. . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . .August Deayton
Pippa Trench. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Janine Duvitski
Starkey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .Enn Reitel
Ronnie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gordon Peters
Mrs Jellis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Valerie minifie
Production Credits
Written by. . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . .. . . David Renwick
Directed by. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Susan Belbin, Christine Gernon
Produced by. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Susan Belbin, Jonathan Paul Llewellyn
Cinematography by. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Record