Season 3
Who would have thought retirement could be so chaotic?
Synopsis
One Foot in the Grave (1990), Season 3 is the BBC sitcom you can watch online on iFILM — six 1992 episodes following forced retiree Victor Meldrew and his patient wife Margaret through one self-made disaster after another.
The suburban routine keeps cracking. After a burglary Victor refuses, out of pure stubbornness, to replace the stolen television, deciding real life should keep them busy instead. Margaret starts having a recurring dream about killing a man who looks a lot like her husband, then briefly vanishes for real. Victor's accident-prone brother turns up from New Zealand after twenty-five years away. There's a bank-holiday traffic jam that traps the lot of them, an unlucky charm, a neighbour's TV aerial Victor swears is mocking him, and a new job he has to survive to actually start. The trouble is always partly his own doing.
Writer David Renwick lets a tiny domestic snag swell into the absurd, and Richard Wilson's withering "I don't believe it!" became a national catchphrase. Season three runs sharper and meaner than the first two. Stream One Foot in the Grave Season 3 online on iFILM.
6 episodes
S3·E1Monday Morning Will Be Fine
After a burglary Victor decides not to replace his television set in order to give him and Margaret more opportunity to get out of the house. However, a trip to the pub results in a disconcerting experience with an old friend.
S3·E2Dreamland
Margaret is having a recurring dream about murdering someone who looks like Victor. However, it's Margaret who is starting to irritate Victor. That is, until she disappears.
S3·E3The Broken Reflection
Alfred, Victor's accident prone brother, is making his first visit from New Zealand for 25 years. Victor is not looking forward to his stay, preferring to act as a neighbourhood vigilante.
S3·E4The Beast in the Cage
The Meldrews and Mrs Warboys get stuck in Bank Holiday traffic.
S3·E5Beware the Trickster on the Roof
Mr Swainey has brought Victor a present back from his holiday - an unlucky charm. Victor thinks that Mrs Stebbings' TV aerial is laughing at him and his resulting misfortune. Meanwhile, Patrick and Pippa are having problems trying to sell their house.
S3·E6The Worst Horror of All
Even a shed falling on him cannot upset Victor when he finally gets a new job. However, before starting work he must first contend with some unwanted visitors and a trip to the BBC organised by Mrs Warboys.
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