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Episodes: All (42)

Season: 1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6
Year: 1990  |  1991  |  1992  |  1993  |  1994  |  1995  |  1996  |  1997  |  2000

Season 1

Season 1, Episode 1: Alive and Buried

Original Air Date—4 January 1990
Victor Meldrew, a normal man with a normal life. He is suddenly thrown into turmoil when he loses his job after 26 years of service. Trying to relieve the monotony he decides to perform a magic show at the community centre . Things don't quite go according to plan when his car develops a problem and he is arrested for curb crawling.

Season 1, Episode 2: The Big Sleep

Original Air Date—11 January 1990

Season 1, Episode 3: The Valley of Fear

Original Air Date—18 January 1990
Victor still trying to cope with retirement decides to go out photographing badgers, But he is mugged. Victor is shouting about the loud noises from the central heating and the smell from the sideboard. What he dose not realize is there is a frozen cat in the freezer, he's locked a lady in the loft and he's committed an armed robbery.

Season 1, Episode 4: I'll Retire to Bedlam

Original Air Date—25 January 1990

Season 1, Episode 5: The Eternal Quadrangle

Original Air Date—1 February 1990

Season 1, Episode 6: The Return of the Speckled Band

Original Air Date—8 February 1990
Victor and Margaret are looking forward to their holiday in Athens less and less when Mrs Warboys comes to tea. Victor can't get rid of a hat and Mrs Warboys is very ill after having boiled alligator eggs for breakfast. Matters aren't helped when a large snake escapes from the local pet shop.

Season 2

Season 2, Episode 1: In Luton Airport No-One Can Hear You Scream

Original Air Date—4 October 1990

Season 2, Episode 2: We Have Put Her Living in the Tomb

Original Air Date—11 October 1990

Season 2, Episode 3: Dramatic Fever

Original Air Date—18 October 1990

Season 2, Episode 4: Who Will Buy?

Original Air Date—25 October 1990

Season 2, Episode 5: Love and Death

Original Air Date—8 November 1990

Season 2, Episode 6: Timeless Time

Original Air Date—15 November 1990

Season 2, Episode 7: Who's Listening?

Original Air Date—27 December 1990

Season 2, Episode 8: The Man in the Long Black Coat

Original Air Date—30 December 1991

Season 3

Season 3, Episode 1: Monday Morning Will Be Fine

Original Air Date—2 February 1992

Season 3, Episode 2: Dreamland

Original Air Date—9 February 1992

Season 3, Episode 3: The Broken Reflection

Original Air Date—16 February 1992

Season 3, Episode 4: The Beast in the Cage

Original Air Date—23 February 1992

Season 3, Episode 5: Beware the Trickster on the Roof

Original Air Date—1 March 1992

Season 3, Episode 6: The Worst Horror of All

Original Air Date—8 March 1992

Season 4

Season 4, Episode 1: The Pit and the Pendulum

Original Air Date—31 January 1993

Season 4, Episode 2: Descent Into the Maelstrom

Original Air Date—7 February 1993

Season 4, Episode 3: Hearts of Darkness

Original Air Date—14 February 1993
Victor, Margaret, Jean and Nick decide to go for a drive in the country but it does not go according to plan. After losing the route on a boat trip and playing Trivial Pursuit for an hour, Victor has had enough. Eventually they abandon the boat and go in search of the car. When it starts to rain they take shelter in a van. After the rain passes Victor and Jean find their feet are stuck in concrete. After a long walk, Victor gets free and searches for the car. Victor finds a nursing home where the patients are abused. Victor does the the right thing and all the staff are set in concrete.

Season 4, Episode 4: Warm Champagne

Original Air Date—21 February 1993

Season 4, Episode 5: The Trial

Original Air Date—28 February 1993

Season 4, Episode 6: Secret of the Seven Sorcerers

Original Air Date—7 March 1993

Season 4, Episode 7: One Foot in the Algarve

Original Air Date—26 December 1993

Season 5

Season 5, Episode 1: The Man Who Blew Away

Original Air Date—25 December 1994

Season 5, Episode 2: Only a Story

Original Air Date—1 January 1995

Season 5, Episode 3: The Affair of the Hollow Lady

Original Air Date—8 January 1995

Season 5, Episode 4: Rearranging the Dust

Original Air Date—15 January 1995

Season 5, Episode 5: Hole in the Sky

Original Air Date—22 January 1995

Season 5, Episode 6: The Exterminating Angel

Original Air Date—29 January 1995

Season 5, Episode 7: The Wisdom of the Witch

Original Air Date—25 December 1995

Season 5, Episode 8: Starbound

Original Air Date—26 December 1996

Season 5, Episode 9: Endgame

Original Air Date—25 December 1997

Season 6

Season 6, Episode 1: The Executioner's Song

Original Air Date—16 October 2000

Season 6, Episode 2: Tales of Terror

Original Air Date—23 October 2000

Season 6, Episode 3: The Futility of the Fly

Original Air Date—30 October 2000

Season 6, Episode 4: Threatening Weather

Original Air Date—6 November 2000

Season 6, Episode 5: The Dawn of Man

Original Air Date—13 November 2000

Season 6, Episode 6: Things Aren't Simple Anymore

Original Air Date—20 November 2000
Margeret is finding it hard to cope after the death of victor. But what will she do when she is face to face with his killer?

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