Saturday 3 March 2012

Phil's Top 14 Comedy Series - Part Eleven

4. One Foot In The Grave

Following the exploits of serial grump Victor Meldrew after he is forced into early retirement from his security job after being replaced by a machine, One Foot In The Grave was a surreal, but hilarious, comedy that never shy-ed away from dark humour or poignant human observation in its quest to bring laughs to the table.

Remaining funny even into its six series - arguably my favourite - the characters were all well-fleshed out and delivered in such a dead-pan way by all the cast. Who could forget the singing mechanics, dead cats in the freezer, milk vans knocking lamp posts into bedrooms and cop porn, not to mention the exceptionally downbeat and touching death of the main character.

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