The WORST episodes of One Foot in the Grave
Every episode of One Foot in the Grave ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of One Foot in the Grave!
Victor Meldrew, a man who, put simply, is annoyed by every one of life's 'challenges'!, has never been renowned for his patience and tolerance. When he's forced to take early retirement, he suddenly has plenty of time on his hands to rage against the petty annoyances of life and the people in it. His long-suffering wife Margaret just has to grin and bear it as her husband constantly moans and battles his way through his retirement years. Other regular characters are his neighbours, Patrick Trench and his wife Pippa, 'Family' friend Mrs Warboys and Nick Swainey, another neighbour.
#1 - Timeless Time
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/15/1990
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.
#2 - Things Aren't Simple Anymore
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/20/2000
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.
#3 - Who Will Buy?
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/1990
While Pippa believes that Victor may have murdered an elderly blind man, Victor uses a benefit concert to re-introduce his ventriloquist act.
#4 - The Return of the Speckled Band
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/8/1990
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?
#5 - Alive and Buried
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/1990
Victor Meldrew, 60 years old, is at last retiring from the rigours 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.
#6 - Beware the Trickster on the Roof
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/1/1992
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.
#7 - Threatening Weather
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/6/2000
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.
#8 - The Big Sleep
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/11/1990
Victor's cousin Geoffrey, who had also just taken early retirement at 60, dies. The Meldrews' local keep-fit class takes a deadly turn. More problems for Victor Meldrew's retirement include a next-door neighbour's noisy party, a disturbing and puzzling rash and an atheist funeral.
#9 - In Luton Airport No-One Can Hear You Scream
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/1990
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.
#10 - Hole in the Sky
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/22/1995
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.
#11 - The Affair of the Hollow Lady
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/8/1995
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.
#12 - Secret of the Seven Sorcerers
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/7/1993
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.
#13 - The Trial
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/28/1993
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.
#14 - The Beast in the Cage
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/23/1992
The Meldrews and Mrs Warboys get stuck in Bank Holiday traffic.
#15 - The Broken Reflection
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/16/1992
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.
#16 - Monday Morning Will Be Fine
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/2/1992
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.
#17 - The Worst Horror of All
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/8/1992
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.
#18 - Descent into the Maelstrom
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/7/1993
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.
#19 - Dreamland
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/9/1992
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.
#20 - Love and Death
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/8/1990
When the Meldrews visit some friends on the South Coast, Victor is given a surprise.
#21 - The Dawn of Man
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/13/2000
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.
#22 - The Futility of the Fly
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/30/2000
Margaret regrets hiring an attractive cleaner to help around the house. Meanwhile, Mrs Warboys has a couple of nasty frights.
#23 - The Exterminating Angel
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/29/1995
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.
#24 - Hearts of Darkness
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/14/1993
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.
#25 - The Eternal Quadrangle
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/1/1990
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.