„One Foot in the Grave“ ist eine Sitcom-Serie der BBC. Sie schildert die Erlebnisse von Victor Meldrew und seiner leidgeprüften Ehefrau Margaret.
Originaltitel
One Foot in the Grave
Produktionsland
Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland
Originalsprache
Englisch
Regie
Susan Belbin, Christine Gernon, Sydney Lotterby
FSK
12
Untertitel
Nein
Besetzung
Richard Wilson, Annette Crosbie, Owen Brenman, Roger Hammond, Michael Robbins, Diana Coupland, John Rutland, Janine Duvitski, Angus Deayton, Doreen Mantle, Ricjard Wilson Angus Deayton Annette Crosby Janine Duvitski
Episoden-Guide
1. Staffel 1 (12 Episoden)
Sitcom über den mürrischen Rentner Victor Meldrew (gespielt von Richard Wilson), dessen Griesgrämigkeit ihn immer wieder in komische Situationen bringt.
01
Episode 1
Victor Meldrew, 60 years old, is at last retiring from the rigors of his security guard job at Watson-Mycroft. Replaced by a talking machine, Victor soon discovers that retirement will give him just as many reasons to be grumpy.
02
Episode 2
As retirement throws more problems for Victor Meldrew's retirement, including a next-door neighbour's noisy party, a disturbing and puzzling rash and an atheist funeral, has Victor bitten the bullett?
03
Episode 3
After being mugged whilst photographing badgers, and having his house sprayed with the phrase 'The Man Who Lives Here Is A Turd', Victor decides to hold a crime prevention meeting.
04
Episode 4
After being stuck in the shed for over three hours, then forced to spend an entire day with his eyes closed after a visit to the optometrist, Victor cannot bear the trials of babysitting.
05
Episode 5
Although Margaret is glad that Victor finally has a hobby to occupy his time, she is less pleased to discover that it involves painting nudes.
06
Episode 6
Following a food poisoning incident, problems with the electricity man, the Meldrews embark on a well deserved holiday, however this is only the start of their problems?
07
Galko, Otako, and Ojou are at the water park. Otako hands Galko a razor believing that her armpit hair is shaggy because she forgot to shave them. Galko angrily says she never lets them get shaggy and shows them her smooth armpits.
08
Charao, Supoo, and Otao discuss who in their class has the biggest boobs. Seeing Galko’s boobs sitting on the desk, Charao says he has no doubt it’s Galko. However, Supoo comments that Nikuko has large boobs too. Their discussion gets heated...
09
Otako greets Galko when she enters the classroom, but Galko doesn’t open her mouth and responds by gesture. Galko finally opens her mouth when Otako asks why she’s not talking. She explains that she’s concerned about her double teeth because the main character in the movie was too.
10
The boys are forced to run during P.E. Once they’re done, it’s the girl’s turn. The boys decide running is awesome when they see Galko running with her boobs swaying around. Then, the teacher instructs them to run again.
11
Otao is in the nurse’s office due to anemia. Feeling better, he tries to go back to class but decides to take a detour to the deserted hallway. While walking in the quiet hallway, he discovers wet towels on the floor...
12
It was in April when cherry blossoms bloomed. Most of the cliques in the class have been established. Otako passes papers behind her when she notices Galko sleeping on her desk. Otako’s first impression of Galko was ”she must be a really dumb gyaru...”
2. Staffel 2 (8 Episoden)
01
Episode 1
When Victor and Margaret return from their holiday, they discover that their luggage has been sent to the other side of the world, and that their house has been burned down.
02
Episode 2
The Meldrews are given the responsability of looking after their god-daughter's tortoise.
03
Episode 3
Victor discovers a new talent - writing comedy. However, his views of comedy are somewhat different from everyone elses, and he finds himself without support.
04
Episode 4
While Pippa believes that Victor may have murdered an elderly blind man, Victor uses a benefit concert to re-introduce his ventriloquist act.
05
Episode 5
When the Meldrews visit some friends on the South Coast, Victor is given a surprise.
06
Episode 6
A variety of bizarre factors, including a dead hedgehog, keep Victor awake. And if Victor's awake, Margaret isn't going to get much sleep either.
07
Episode 7
08
Episode 8
Victors Kleinkrieg mit Patrick wird nun per Haftnotiz ausgetragen. Victor findet heraus, dass der Pferdemist für seinen Schrebergarten radioaktiv ist, und Pippa verkündet, dass sie schwanger ist.
3. Staffel 3 (6 Episoden)
01
Episode 1
After a burglary Victor decides not to replace his television set in order to give him and Margaret more opportunity to get out of the house. However, a trip to the pub results in a disconcerting experience with an old friend.
02
Episode 2
Margaret is having a recurring dream about murdering someone who looks like Victor. However, it's Margaret who is starting to irritate Victor. That is, until she disappears.
03
Episode 3
Alfred, Victor's accident prone brother, is making his first visit from New Zealand for 25 years. Victor is not looking forward to his stay, preferring to act as a neighbourhood vigilante.
04
Episode 4
The Meldrews and Mrs Warboys get stuck in Bank Holiday traffic.
05
Episode 5
Mr Swainey has brought Victor a present back from his holiday - an unlucky charm. Victor thinks that Mrs Stebbings's tv aerial is laughing at him and his resulting misfortune. Meanwhile, Patrick and Pippa are having problems trying to sell their house.
06
Episode 6
Even a shed falling on him cannot upset Victor when he finally gets a new job. However, before starting work he must first contend with some unwanted visitors and a trip to the BBC organised by Mrs Warboys.
4. Staffel 4 (8 Episoden)
01
Episode 1
Victor is employing a workman in the garden, although he never seems to do any work. On the other side of the fence, Patrick has acquired a pet daschund called Denzil.
02
Episode 2
Margaret falls ills to nervous exhaustion that has been building up over the last 34 years. She has little chance for peace and quiet in which to recuperate, especially with Victor's problems with gorilla suits and the waste disposal system. She is however cheered by a visit from an old friend.
03
Episode 3
During a trip to the countryside with Mrs Warboys and Mr Swainey, the Meldrews manage to get lost. Victor leaves the others to try to find help.
04
Episode 4
Victor returns from holiday with sunburnt feet. His mood doesn't improve, thanks to rows with the neighbours and the addition of a streetlamp to his bedroom furniture. This gives Margaret a dilemma when she is contacted by Ben, a pleasant man who she met on holiday.
05
Episode 5
Victor has been selected for jury service. He hasn't been required in court yet, but he is on call so he is stuck in the house all day and must somehow beat his boredom.
06
Episode 6
Victor is preparing for a meeting of his magician's club. He now has a job as a lollipop man, but is being bothered by hoax calls from the fire brigade. Patrick and Pippa are due to visit the Meldrews' for a reconciliation meal, but Patrick isn't looking forward to the experience.
07
Episode 7
Für die Meldrews und Mrs. Warboys wird der Urlaub in Portugal zur Hölle. Nach einer Verwicklung mit der Polizei landen sie endlich in ihrer schrecklichen Villa. Dort findet Mrs. Warboys die Liebe bei ihrem portugiesischen Brieffreund Alfonso, während Esel Victor auf Schritt und Tritt folgen. Zudem ist ein Paparazzo der Gruppe auf den Fersen, um lukrative Fotos zu ergattern, und ein Boxer versucht, seine innere Wut zu finden – was ihm dank Victors Missgeschicken auch bald gelingt.
08
Episode 8
5. Staffel 5 (10 Episoden)
01
Episode 1
Mrs Warboys is staying with the Meldrews following the flooding of her house and is starting to irritate Margaret. However, Victor is a lot calmer than usual thanks to the reflexology treatment that he has started receiving.
02
Episode 2
Victor thinks that the woman in the greengrocers fancies him. Meanwhile, Mrs Warboys has won a wax model of herself and the Meldrews are having problems with their door locks.
03
Episode 3
When Victor and Margaret visit their solicitors in order to make a will they discover precisely why a waiting room is so-called.
04
Episode 4
Patrick is looking forward to his trip to stay with Pippa's brother after an embarrassing visit to an Armenian restaurant in order to attempt to make up with Victor. Meanwhile, the Meldrews are employing a pair of very strange workmen and Margaret is getting jealous of a marionette.
05
Episode 5
Romance is in the air for Mr. Swainey when he finally invites Tania the nurse out for a date. Victor takes a new job as a chauffeur but rapidly wipes out his employer's beloved fleet.
06
Episode 6
Bei Mr. Swainey liegt Liebe in der Luft, als er die Krankenschwester Tania endlich zu einem Date einlädt. Victor nimmt einen neuen Job als Chauffeur an, schrottet aber in kürzester Zeit den geliebten Fuhrpark seines Arbeitgebers.
07
Episode 7
Ein Mann, den die Meldrews in ihrem Schuppen finden, entpuppt sich als Drogendealer. Victor nimmt einen Job als Gärtner bei Patricks neuer Chefin, Fenella Fortune, an und muss mit einem hochwirksamen Unkrautvernichter umgehen. Unterdessen behauptet Mr. Swaineys Mutter, sie werde jede Nacht von Außerirdischen entführt.
08
Episode 8
Die Meldrews bemühen sich um ein gutes Verhältnis zu ihren sympathischen neuen Nachbarn Derek und Betty McVitie und fahren gemeinsam in den Urlaub. Victor kauft einen Wohnwagen, in dem es spukt, und entführt dabei versehentlich die Mutter eines indischen Millionärs.
09
Episode 9
Die Meldrews geben sich Mühe, mit ihren netten neuen Nachbarn Derek und Betty McVitie auszukommen, und die beiden Paare fahren zusammen in den Urlaub. Victor kauft einen Wohnwagen, in dem es spukt, und entführt versehentlich die Mutter eines indischen Millionärs.
99
Episode 99
6. Staffel 6 (7 Episoden)
01
Episode 1
Victor has a new job as a window-cleaner. Meanwhile, Patrick's plans for a quiet birthday are ruined after an unfortunate misunderstanding involving a modern art painting and Pippa finds herself in an adulterous affair.
02
Episode 2
In Mr. Swainey's production of 'Nosferatu The vampire', the actor who was supposed to play the vampire doesn't show up so Nick asks Victor to take the part. He did. Later, blood was found in Victor's digestive system during a test - after fearing the worst, the doctors discover that the blood was from an undercooked black pudding that was earlier given to Victor by Mrs. Warboys! later that week, whie on their way to visit the dreaded Ronnie and Mildred once more, Victor and Margaret are shocked to discover that Mildred has killed herself while playing a game of 'Happy Families' - they are even more shocked to discover that her body is still hanging outside the house!
03
Episode 3
Margaret regrets hiring an attractive cleaner to help around the house. Meanwhile, Mrs Warboys has a couple of nasty frights.
04
Episode 4
During a power cut, Victor realises that he had been right through the middle of an area affected by a siege as it happened. Making the power cut worse, it occurs on a hot Summer night. Victor had the misfortune to have a light fitting drop right on to his privates, a cigarette stubbed out on his cap and a mysterious pain that leads him to think that he had been shot as he passed the siege that morning. Things were made worse by the arrival of the incontinent, fat and irritating elderly neighbour, Mr. Smedley.
05
Episode 5
Victor's new fishing hobby leads to an unfortunate encounter with a fly-tipper. Meanwhile, a visit from Patrick's gay twin brother leaves Pippa feeling mentally and physically exhausted, especially when Patrick sits on a cork.
06
Episode 6
In the very last episode of 'One Foot in the Grave', Victor's decision to attend a school reunion unwittingly delivers him into the hands of fate. Margaret deals with the aftermath with the help of her new friend, Glynis.
07
Episode 7
Extras (10 Episoden)
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Episode 1
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Episode 2
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Episode 3
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Episode 4
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Episode 5
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Episode 6
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Episode 7
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Episode 8
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Episode 9
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Episode 10
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