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Life
continues to throw more slings and arrows at Victor as he
and Margaret move to a new house. Next door, the cheerful
but terminally boring Nick Swainey seems intent on disturbing
Victor's peaceful retirement, while on the other side Patrick
and Pippa's lives are made a misery from the moment they first
meet the Meldrews...
Series
2 of
One Foot in the Grave produces
yet more nightmares for the Meldrews. The series gets off
to a nightmare start as Victor and Margaret return from holiday
to find that their house has been demolished. This means that
their surroundings change for this series as they move into
their new home.
An
opportunity for a great running gag is wasted as the Meldrews
are not entirely sure of the sanity of their new neighbour,
Nick Swainey (who appeared in series
one). Does his mother really live in the house?
In the first episode Victor and Margaret begin to wonder if
she is real - they've never seen her and yet Nick keeps claiming
she's standing at her bedroom window. Sadly they spoil the
fact that she does exist by having Margaret go around in the
first episode to help her, but then in a later episode Victor
looks worried about Nick's sanity when he again claims his
mother is at the bedroom window and Victor can't see her.
Another
neat gag is wound around the introduction of Pippa and Patrick.
The Meldrew's don't recognise them when they turn up on their
doorstep with their luggage, and they spend hours entertaining
them before they realise who they are.
The
Christmas Special has one of the funniest moments, as Victor
takes delivery of several hundred garden gnomes and has to
stash them around the house until the company that accidentally
sent too many comes to collect them. This episode also sees
Patrick and Pippa's father appear. He is going through a crisis
of faith. Until recently he was a vicar, but when a young
mother and her son lose their husband/dad in a horrific car
accident, he begins to wonder whether God exists.
Sadly
there are no extras (unless you count the Christmas Special
- which seems to be listed as a special feature) - but then
when you pay £16 for two discs you probably shouldn't
expect any.
Another
excellent series.
Darren
Rea
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