One Foot in the Grave - Series 2 (DVD)

One Foot in the Grave is a well-known and well-loved British sitcom written by David Renwick that ran for six series' between the years of 1990 and 2000. In 2004 it was voted as the 10th best British sitcom in a BBC pole, a position I think it well deserves. The series as a whole follows lead character Victor Meldrew as he struggles to find things to fill up his days after he is forced to take early retirement when he is 'replaced by a box'. Victor is a moaner plain and simple. He loves to complain about everything and anything from salesmen, to local yobs and will do quite frequently. Despite it's rather elementary premise the series did cause a bit of ...  Read the complete review

Victor Meldrew (Richard Wilson) and his wife Margaret (Annette Crosby) return to star in the second series of the hit BBC sitcom, One Foot in the Grave. The programme covers a couple getting used to retirement. In the first episode, Victor and Margaret get home from an holiday to discover that their house has been destroyed by a fire and other incidents. Six months later, they move into a new house and try to organise a house-warming party. This doesn't go to plan though when all of the party guests go to the wrong house and have the party there! Probably my favourite part of this series is when Victor and Margaret are away on a holiday in a ...  Read the complete review