As I get older, I appreciate this programme more and more. I really sympathise with Victor - the world has literally gone mad!!

@peterclarke7240

Жыл бұрын

Oh god... You really don't get the joke, do you? The clue is in the theme tune. He's stuck. That's not a good way to be. He's a joke, a dinosaur, he can't adapt.

@leoparkes7536

Жыл бұрын

@@peterclarke7240 Is that the joke though? 🤔 Hey as long as we’re laughing I guess David Renwick has done his job.

@DoctorVision

Жыл бұрын

@@peterclarke7240 As Richard Wilson himself has said, the series is about the foot that isn't in the grave, not the one that is.

@PGHEngineer

Жыл бұрын

My kids must be having trouble adapting too. They're even more alarmed than I am about our increasingly crazy world.

@MattF340

Жыл бұрын

@@peterclarke7240 That's literally *not* the joke, as alluded to in the final last episode montage.

Arguably the funniest sitcom BBC ever made.Dark humour but so brilliantly portrayed.Victor was a legend

What a gem of show this was...brilliantly scripted - mainstream, but slyly (and hilariously) subversive - and of course, memorably.. perfectly performed.... the saddest thing about current/modern UK television is the demise of comedy..particularly the sitcom - which has all but vanished as a popular genre....One Foot In The Grave shows how it should be done..and stands as one of the greats of all time

The fact Richard played the character so deadpan makes the bloopers even more special

Two of my favourite scenes are when the plant was put in the downstairs toilet pan, and when Victor was sitting in his armchair when the phone rang and he answered a puppy 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂.

@simonhodgetts6530

Жыл бұрын

I like the waiting room episode - pure genius!

@GillyNewell

Жыл бұрын

My two favourite series too 😂

@bobblebardsley

Жыл бұрын

"4-2-9-1?" 😂😂

I love this show, so much. Absolutely adore it. Have the whole series on DVD. Have watched it over & over. The two main leads/actors were wonderful. So good. So believable as a married couple. Sad to hear the actress who played Mrs Warboys has passed away. She played the part so well. May she RIP. ♥️

Absolutely brilliantly writen and acted by them both. X I still laugh to this day.

@Tinker1950

Жыл бұрын

That's a bloody long time to be laughing.

@leoparkes7536

Жыл бұрын

No-one can do justice to a comedic script quite like a classically trained dramatic actor - both Richard and Annette played it straight down the line and were hilarious with it.

Loved this back in the 90s. I think it's one of the best British sitcoms ever, but it's not repeated much at all these days. 30 years ago it was a big show, and everyone knew the catchphrase. But now if you said 'I don't BELIEVE it' to most people under 35 I bet they wouldn't get the reference. Sad how good shows just fade to the distance in time.

best sitcom ever still watch these daily

They dont make them like this anymore.

@eamonfire

Жыл бұрын

Proper comedy.

@ianmason2964

Жыл бұрын

Nostalgia is not what it was

@michaelteale6386

Жыл бұрын

@@ianmason2964 Agree there mate

@matthewrogers9750

Жыл бұрын

I don't believe it!

I just love the actress Annette Crosbie, she was so long suffering and so stoical about it.

@barnaclefelching4079

Жыл бұрын

She was always my favourite as a child, her energy is so genuine and pure, a truly beautiful soul

One of my all time favourite tv shows. Well written with outstanding acting

What a brilliant show this was. I must have watched it all 20 times over by now, and I still laugh and still love it.

@AlphonseWeebay

7 ай бұрын

The 90’s were just…. Better I guess

My favourite sitcom. So brilliantly written and acted.

I love the way they all kind of stay in character.

I don’t think I’ve laughed as much to anything else. Tonic for the soul 😂

@DoctorVision

Жыл бұрын

If you liked this, you should check out The Royle Family outtakes on my channel, they're hysterical.

One of my all time favourite comedy series! Still laughing out loud at this out takes!😂😂😂

To think, back when this aired, I thought that these 2 were old. Fast forward some 30 years later, and I find that Richard Wilson was only in his mid fifties when this was filmed.

@DoctorVision

Жыл бұрын

Yes and that was the reason why he nearly didn't take on the role at all. Fortunately he changed his mind.

@2760ade

Жыл бұрын

And I'm guessing you are about the same age now, as am I. How did that happen?😮😮.....I don't believe it!!

@sylviekins

Жыл бұрын

@@DoctorVision He is a treasure❤❤❤

I watch these again and again, they are as funny as the first time, just like other greats like Fawlty and Steptoe.

@yvonnehayton6753

Жыл бұрын

And Blackadder

@sylviekins

Жыл бұрын

The eggs for the unwell Mrs Warboys❤❤❤

Great series

Up there with fawlty towers as the best sit com ever brilliant

When the hook fell off the door or he tripped over the boxes I was waiting for, "I don't believe it!"

@DoctorBrodski

Жыл бұрын

I thought of Catweazle's catchphrase, "Nothing works!"

I'm so glad they had so much fun filming this program because it's one of the greatest ever. And it's been largely forgotten now.

''I don't believe it'' Victor Meldrew laughs.

Absolutely superb comedy, brilliantly written and acted, just the best ever! Sadly they will never ever produce comedy like that today, real people, real characters a testament to better times gone in this crazy mixed up country that's gone to the wall,We need to be reminded of what comedy was like👍👌🙂, well done!

We lost laughter on TV we need it back the comedy was fab in our days loads of it bless them all what we had I loved it.

I just love this show.... so Iconic and apparently a remake is in the works......

@DoctorVision

Жыл бұрын

Well I certainly hope not. How can you remake a masterpiece? However, a prequel I would accept.

@andeeharry

Жыл бұрын

@@DoctorVision I wondered this too...but apparently it is called One Foot in the Grave and Counting. It will be here by the Summer . It will be modernised and Victor will be grumpier than ever.

@DoctorVision

Жыл бұрын

@@andeeharry Well they did publish a book called that about a year ago so it could be that you're thinking of.

I think my favourite was 'One Foot in the Algarve', which rendered me incapable for the whole of the Xmas special 😅

@Roger.Coleman1949

Жыл бұрын

I agree, when they had taken the wrong suitcases abroad was a rediculous situation that happened to my family years before OFITG.Opening them in a French hotel , my father had taken a suitcase of assorted nostalgic childhood toys !.

@halcyon289

Жыл бұрын

The coastguards calling out ..."MRS WARBOYS .......MRS WARBOYS " in a Portuguese accent - just hilarious . And don't get me started on Peter Cooks' performance :)

A masterclass by all concerned.

A brilliant series and sadly missed 😂

Thank god for this channel, has the best selection of comedy and doctor who content in all of youtube

@DoctorVision

Жыл бұрын

Why thank you! 🤗

The first time I saw One Foot was late on sunday evening, I couldn't sleep or find anything on network TV but I did see the listing for this coupled with Waiting For God. My first thought was that these 2 shows were a religious " sign-off " to the weekend, I had absolutely no idea that Waiting and One Foot were sitcoms. Yes, the writing and acting is 1st rate and still holds up today in my view. Favorite scene or episode? Impossible to choose. The first episode I saw was: In Luton Airport No One Can Hear You Scream, probably the very best intro to the series. Eventually managed to see the "final" episode too, I cried and laughed as the series finished on an absolutely perfect note. And yes, for several years I thought I was a cranky old man like Victor, but I have managed to outgrow that feeling.

So good!

Loved it I'm 49 now but this was the best

Very Good... Thankyou ❤️

Mrs warboys getting the wrong crisps in the traffic jam , classic , in fact theres too many to mention

I brought this boxset a while ago, Fantastic

I still watch these when they are available to be but these are so funny watching now when they forget there scenes wrong and I like the tune of the show too 😂

Brilliant loved one foot in the grave

Such a great show

The interesting thing about outtakes is getting to see how a famous scene would have been done subtly different by the actors.

One of the best shows ever made

That was one of the funniest series I ever saw and I appreciate it more now i'm his age lol

Hi! I’ve got to say it my favourite scene was when Meldrew argued and argued with the garage door man and thought he’d won the battle came home and confidently pressed the remote open button and the kitchen door raised up “I just don’t believe it”

@DoctorVision

6 ай бұрын

That was actually Patrick his next door neighbour as part of his gradual evolution into Victor.

What in the name of BLOODY HELL is this about?

Outtakes are way better a few decades after the show.

Oh man, why were these never included on the DVDs? These were so funny😅

Cool video

always loved seeing Annette Crosby wearing overalls.

I remember when I was little as soon as this finished it was bed time 😂

@DoctorVision

Жыл бұрын

Well I'm pretty sure it was on quite late so you were a lucky child 😂

My father, also called Victor, was Mr Meldew to a T! At certain situations we would say he was, "Doing a Victor".

Both Anette Crosby and Richard Wilson were Scottish, and had to adopt accents for their roles in this show.

@MrDannyDetail

Жыл бұрын

I thought the accent they had in the show was a Scottish one? And in fact I didn't think Annette did have a Scottish accent in real life.

I really do miss the 90s for all these programs heck the 70/80s stuff as well. The BBC had so many greats but now doesn't have anything

Both Margaret and Victor were both in their 50s/60s when OFITG was aired

Wow never seen these, is this an extra on the DVD?

@DoctorVision

Жыл бұрын

No these were shown on Auntie's Bloomers back in the '90s I think and were repeated between programmes on digital channels, which is where the original user captured them from I believe.

Annette Crosbies daughter plays Pauline in Benidorm and everytime she speaks I hear a twang of Margaret Meldrew 😂

Proper comedy

I forgot Angus Deyton was in that wonder if that was before or after what happened on have I got news for you

@DoctorVision

Жыл бұрын

One Foot and HIGNFY started in the same year 1990 and Angus Deayton got booted off the show in 2002 I think which was a couple of years after One Foot ended.

im watching now on iplayer i feel sorry for vivtor

scaleextrix track: the writer was being a tease.

Always nice to see Galadriel falling apart laughing.

It was a rather NUTTY show...a favourite of mine.

I wouldn't mind being like Victor when I'm older I'm approaching 50

I hadn't realised that was Georgina Hale until now.

@halcyon289

Жыл бұрын

Georgina Hale ; talk about x factor.

Should have been prime minister I don’t believe it this comedy is Just like real life

@peterclarke7240

Жыл бұрын

Somebody doesn't get the joke... 😂

@thewomble1509

Жыл бұрын

@@peterclarke7240 Yes,, YOU. Shut up.

Who’s he comparing the car park attendant to when he asks if he’s married to a woman named Mavis? I can only guess Corrie’s Derek Wilton. A better comparison would be Frank Spencer- but his wife’s called Betty.

Back when British television was watchable & had meaning. They don't make shows like this anymore. A good old British classic will never be forgotten despite these woke lefties best interests. I can so relate to Victor Meldrew. Bloody love that man. I often get called Victor Meldrew I take that as a compliment

@dans2267

Жыл бұрын

Lol "woke lefties". Most of the people I know who appreciate the show would probably be labelled as such by you, you've genuinely got no idea have you

@CaptainBollocks....

Ай бұрын

Woke lefties write all the comedy. Richard Wilson is g@y and is part of the "woke lefties" you seem to dislike. Funny that you take being called Victor Meldrew as a compliment, because it is people like you that we laugh at 😂

😅😅😅😅😅

funny as f....k

Unmitigated classic - when humour was humour, & not some politcally correct agenda....I miss such entertainment....

Typical BBC, make a series about a man who was a security guard and a woman who worked in a bakery, both with upper class accents living in a large house in an affluent area!

@martinputt6421

Жыл бұрын

Margaret worked in a flower shop and neither her or Victor are upper class.

@robertpehatcher968

Жыл бұрын

Margaret worked in a florist

@donnyrover1

Жыл бұрын

Scottish , not particularly upper class

@MrDannyDetail

Жыл бұрын

Victor and Margaret had also remained childless (due to their son Stuart dying as a baby), neither smoked and they barely drank alcohol, and both had probably been working for around 30 years at the time series 1 was set in, probably amassing reasonably good savings, in an era was housing was rather more affordable than it is today, so they would have got on the property ladder without too much difficulty.

@Picnicl

Жыл бұрын

It's not a particularly affluent area nor a particularly large house (maybe by your standards it is?). It's clearly just typical Southern suburbia. It's the same kind of world as Terry and June. A place where respectable people try to live relatively orderly lives. Before people splurged their money on expensive items, eating out, and the like, it was possible to afford a decent house.

i dont believe it only 4 mins