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Graham Linehan; Arthur Mathews (2000). Father Ted: The Complete Scripts. London: Boxtree. p.298. ISBN 0-7522-7235-7. Despite Margaret's frequent exasperation with her husband's antics, the series shows the couple have a deep affection for one another. Mrs Warboys has a wax model of herself made as the prize in a competition. She dislikes it, so she throws it away. The programme received a number of prestigious awards. In 1992, it won a BAFTA as Best Comedy (Programme or Series). During its ten-year run, the series was nominated a further six times. Richard Wilson also won Best Light Entertainment Performance in 1992 and 1994 and Annette Crosbie was nominated for the same award in 1994. Margaret collapses from nervous exhaustion which has been building up for the past 35 years. After a few days in Victor's care, she decides returning to work would be less stressful. Mrs Warboys visits, bringing Andrea Temple ( Helen Lederer), whom Margaret knew as a child, and her baby, who has a mysterious fondness for garden gnomes. Victor uncovers the disturbing truth about her but decides not to tell Margaret.

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. One Foot in the Grave: Series 1-6 (hmv Exclusive)". hmv.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2023 . Retrieved 3 July 2023. Mr Swainey is attracted to his mother's nurse. Margaret encourages him to ask Tania out, but after he makes plans for a date, Margaret tells him that she saw Tania with another man.The show used Bournemouth to film some exterior sequences because of its favourable climate, easy access to London and economical benefits relative to filming in the capital. After the first series was filmed, the house—near Pokesdown, Bournemouth—which had been used for the Meldrews' house in location sequences, changed hands and the new owners demanded nearly triple the usage fees that the previous owners had asked for. Rather than agree to this, the production team decided to find a new house and the first episode of the second series was rewritten to have the Meldrews' house destroyed in a fire (this was filmed on waste ground in Northcote Road, Springbourne). This also gave the opportunity for a new interior set to be designed, as Belbin had been unhappy with the original set designed for the series, which she felt was too restrictive to shoot in. [15] a b Series Producer Graham Mitchell; Director Julie Newing (12 January 2007). "One Foot in the Grave". Comedy Connections. BBC. Victor is mugged whilst taking a photograph, tries to scrub insulting graffiti off the outside of his house and finds a dead stray cat in the freezer and dumps it in a skip. This summer-set episode was filmed in winter near Luton — when, ironically, real cars were driving past the Meldrews during filming. [2] This episode is set in real time in the Meldrews' car. 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.

Ronnie and Mildred ( Gordon Peters and Barbara Ashcroft) – Ronnie and Mildred were a constantly cheerful, but incredibly boring, couple who provided yet another annoyance to the Meldrews, who dreaded any upcoming visits to them; Victor once said that he had hoped they were both dead. In "The Worst Horror of All", when the couple attempted a surprise visit, the Meldrews hid in their house to give the impression they were away on holiday and then took the phone off the hook for several days afterwards, though these efforts to avoid them were in vain. They are referenced a number of times in the series for giving the Meldrews bizarre and always unwanted presents that are seldom opened, usually involving a garish photograph of themselves. In the final series, however it was clear that their cheerfulness was a façade and, in a particularly dark scene, Mildred hanged herself "during a game of Happy Families". The shot of Mildred's feet dangling outside the window is usually cut from pre-watershed screenings. Victor and Margaret are unable to sleep. During the night Victor has to deal with car alarms, almost opens last year's Christmas present from Ronnie and Mildred and gets his foot caught in a decomposing hedgehog. 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.

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One Foot in the Grave: Season 6". dvdtalk.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2023 . Retrieved 3 July 2023. Margaret is pleased when Victor takes up painting — until she discovers that he has been painting a nude model named Doreen ( Gillian Barge) and driving her home afterwards. Rather unfairly, Margaret insists that Victor is having an affair despite what he says. 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 puts a pint of beer on his forehead whilst lying down, not realising that Margaret has repaired it using superglue.

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] A young female window cleaner accuses Victor of flashing her when, through his bathroom window, she sees him naked and drying his genitals with a flannel. The Meldrews return from their holiday to find that their baggage has been sent to the other side of the world. Their house has also been demolished after it was badly damaged by fire. Six months later, they move into a new house and hold a housewarming party.In the waiting room of their solicitor's office, where Victor is to draw up his will, he and Margaret muse about their life, and Victor assaults a dog owner with a cake. Margaret reminds Victor that it was 37 years ago to the day that they first had sex together. She tells him that it happened at an engagement party and that she thought he was someone else. He tells her that she was his first choice of partner. In 2004, One Foot in the Grave came tenth in a BBC poll to find " Britain's Best Sitcom" with 31,410 votes. [23] The programme also came 80th in the British Film Institute's 100 Greatest British Television Programmes. [4] Award list Harold Wharton ( John Barrard), a friend of Margaret's wrongly, believes that she wants to have sex with him and gets into bed ready for her in the Meldrews' house. 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.

Victor hires attractive young cleaner Katy ( Katy Carmichael) to help around the house and inadvertently gets Mrs Warboys tattooed. Meanwhile, a large plastic fly is delivered and something strange is going on at the local takeaway. 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. The series was occasionally the subject of controversy for some of its darker story elements, but nevertheless received a number of awards, including the 1992 BAFTA for Best Comedy. The programme came 80th in the British Film Institute's 100 Greatest British Television Programmes. [4] Four episodes were remade for BBC Radio 2. [5] The series inspired a novel, published in 1992, featuring the most memorable moments from the first two series and the first Christmas special. This episode is set entirely in the Meldrews' bedroom and features the only mention of their late son, Stuart.

The Museum of Broadcast Communications - Encyclopedia of Television - One Foot in the Grave". Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Två bittra seniorer - 30 år efter Mumlan"[Two bitter seniors - 30 years after Mumlan]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 2 January 2001 . Retrieved 2 May 2019. In a coffee shop, Mrs Warboys tells the story of how Margaret went missing following a series of haunting dreams in which she murders someone who looks exactly like Victor.