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Deliciously black One Foot in the Grave, written by David
Renwick, sought to turn the traditional cosy sitcom genre on its head somewhat,
outwardly all is sitcom safe; Victor and his long suffering wife Margaret (the excellent Annette
Crosbie) live at suburban outpost 19 Riverbank,
the kind of home George and Mildred might have aspired to 25 years before but surrealism is never too far away and whilst most of the episodes
centre around the latest slight or misfortune to befall Victor there is always that feeling of something under the surface that could spill out at any
given moment.
This set contains all 6 episodes from the 1991 third season as well as the 1991 Christmas Special and whilst the show belongs to Wilson he is more
than ably supported by Crosbie who plays things aboslutely straight as his wife, also very good are next door neighbours Patrick and Pippa Trench
(played by Angus Deayton and Janine
Duvitski) who look on in often stunned disbelief at the antics of Victor.
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