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- One foot in the grave. [videorecording] / by Belbin, Susan.; Crosbie, Annette,1934-; Wilson, Richard,1936 July 9-; BBC Video (Firm)(CARDINAL)270800; Warner Home Video (Firm)(CARDINAL)218485;
Alive and buried (At least Victor will be free to sort out the car, do the shopping, compile The observer's book of crap on your front lawn--) -- The big sleep (Noisy neighbours, an outbreak of Jehovah's Witnesses in the area-- Victor needs to do something positive. Like exercise classes for the elderly?) -- The valley of fear (Victor calls a residents' meeting after an encounter with soccer hooligans. He arms himself with a starting pistol and Mrs. Warboys follows suite, with a hand grenade.) -- I'll retire to bedlam (Victor's been trapped in his garden shed by "killer" bees, stuck in the optician's all day with his eyes shut-- now for the greatest horror: babysitting Iris's children.) -- The eternal quadrangle (Margaret's suspicions that Victor is having an affair with the nude model from his art class seem to be confirmed when she finds an "empty packet" in his coat pocket.) -- The return of the speckled band (Victor's already dreading the holiday flight to Athens, but first he must deal with Mrs. Warboys' food poisoning, the electric meter reading debacle-- and an escaped snake.).Annette Crosbie, Richard Wilson."Forced into taking early retirement, Victor Meldrew optimistically tries to adjust to years of leisure with his wife Margaret. If only events, coincidences, misunderstandings, bureaucratic inefficiencies and sheer bad luck didn't conspire against him."--Container.Rating: Not rated.DVD9, NTSC, region 1, aspect ratio 4:3; Dolby Digital stereo.- Subjects: Television comedies.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Middle-aged men; Retirement;
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- One foot in the grave. by Belbin, Susan,directorproducer.(DLC)no2008111680; Crosbie, Annette,1934-actor.(DLC)no 98076116 ; Wilson, Richard,1936 July 9-actor.(DLC)no 96009635 ; BBC Video (Firm)production company.(DLC)no 96013231 ; Warner Home Video (Firm),distributor.(DLC)no 95005960 ;
disc 1. In Luton Airport no-one can hear you scream (Victor and Margaret return from holiday to find that though their house has been demolished, someone has still managed to post a sample of HP spicy sauce through the letter box.) -- We have put her living in the tomb (The Meldrews are entrusted with the responsibility of tortoise sitting and Victor helpfully informs the Secretary General of the United Nations that he's been using TCP.) -- Dramatic fever (Margaret is joining an amateur dramatics society. Meanwhile, Victor is writing a situation comedy -when he isn't continuing a feud against a litterbug.) -- Who will buy? (Victor fends off a toy dinosaur salesman and resurrects Cuthbert the ventriloquist's dummy-- Meanwhile Pippa thinks he is responsible for the murder of an elderly blind man--) -- Love and death (A weekend with April and Vince, who run a boarding house at a seaside resort, finds Victor getting an unusual present, assaulting some midgets with insect repellent and making seagull noises in a public lavatory.) -- Timeless time (As Victor is unable to sleep, he kindly ensures that Margaret also gets no peace. Things get so desperate that he even contemplates opening Ronnie and Mildred's Christmas present from last year--) --disc 2. Special feature: 1990 Christmas special, "Who's listening."Annette Crosbie, Richard Wilson."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."--Container.Rating: Not rated.DVD9, DVD5, NTSC, region 1, aspect ratio 4:3; Dolby Digital stereo.- Subjects: Situation comedy; Comedy television programs.; Middle-aged men; Retirement; Films for hard of hearing people;
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- One foot in the grave. by Belbin, Susan,directorproducer.(DLC)no2008111680; Wilson, Richard,1936 July 9-(DLC)no 96009635 ; Crosbie, Annette,1934-(DLC)no 98076116 ; Renwick, David,1951-author.(DLC)n 94014093 ; British Broadcasting Corporation,Television Service.production company.(DLC)n 50049886 ; Warner Home Video (Firm),distributor.(DLC)no 95005960 ;
Originally broadcast by BBC1 1991-1992.Richard Wilson plays Victor Meldrew, a maggoty senior citizen who always provokes people into taking extreme action against him. His neighbour wages unofficial war against him, while long-suffering wives look on askance.DVD, region 1, full screen (4:3) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo., NTSC.- Subjects: Films for the hearing impaired.; Comedy; Comedy television programs.; Retirees; Middle aged men; Retirement;
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- One foot in the grave. by Wilson, Richard,1936 July 9-actor.(DLC)no 96009635 ; Crosbie, Annette,1934-actor.(DLC)no 98076116 ; Renwick, David,1951-(DLC)n 94014093 ; Belbin, Susan,directorproducer.(DLC)no2008111680; British Broadcasting Corporation,Television Service.production company.(DLC)n 50049886 ; 2 Entertain Video (Firm)(DLC)no2007141860; Warner Home Video (Firm),distributor.(DLC)no 95005960 ;
Richard Wilson, Annette Crosbie.It's not as though retirement has given Victor Meldrew more leisure time. He just has more opportunity to complain bitterly, to let inconsequential matters get to him, to drive his wife up the wall, and to look up new illnesses in the medical dictionary.DVD, NTSC, Dolby Digital Stereo.- Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Comedy television programs.; Middle-aged men; Retirees; Man-woman relationships; Television series.;
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- One foot in the grave. by Belbin, Susan,directorproducer.(DLC)no2008111680; Renwick, David,1951-author.(DLC)n 94014093 ; Wilson, Richard,1936 July 9-actor.(DLC)no 96009635 ; British Broadcasting Corporation,Television Service.production company.(DLC)n 50049886 ; Warner Home Video (Firm),distributor.(DLC)no 95005960 ;
Produced and directed by Susan Belbin ; written by David Renwick.Richard Wilson, Annette Crosbie.Richard Wilson plays Victor Meldrew, a maggoty senior citizen who always provokes people into taking extreme action against him. His neighbour wages unofficial war against him, while long-suffering wives look on askance.DVD, region 1, full screen (4:3) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo., NTSC.- Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Television programs; Comedy television programs.; Middle-aged men; Retirement;
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- One foot in the grave. by Renwick, David,1951-author.; Belbin, Susan,directorproducer.; Charkham, Esta,directorproducer.; Gernon, Christine,directorproducer.; Wilson, Richard,1936 July 9-actor.; Crosbie, Annette,1934-actor.; BBC Worldwide Ltd,production company.;
Starbound -- Endgame.Starbound : produced and directed by Susan Belbin ; Endgame : produced by Esta Charkham, directed by Christine Gernon.Richard Wilson, Annette Crosbie."In these two feature length episodes Victor reaches fantastic new heights of frustration, despair and exasperation, dragging Margaret and anyone else in the vicinity into the maelstrom with him."--Container.Not rated.DVD9 ; full screen presentation; Dolby digital stereo.- Subjects: Drama.; Television programs for the hearing impaired.; Television series.; Television programs for the hearing impaired.; Television series.; DVD-Video discs.; Videodiscs.; DVDs.; Comedy television programs.; Retirees; Older people; Older people.; Retirees.;
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- Best English short stories. by Gordon, Giles,1940-2003.(CARDINAL)713265; Hughes, David,1930-2005.(CARDINAL)128606;
Introduction / Giles Gordon and David Hughes -- Career move / Martin Amis -- Life and art / John Banville -- Different ways of getting drunk / David Belbin -- West Wirral story / Michael Carson -- Switchback / Ronald Frame -- Bevis / Jane Gardam -- The headscarf / Carlo Gebler -- Look-alikes / Nadine Gordimer -- Nana's dance / Michelle Heinemann -- Farthing House / Susan Hill -- Here come the impersonators / Jonathan Holland -- Maundy / Christopher Hope -- Sisters / Colum McCann -- The Wake House / Bernard MacLaverty -- Endword / David Mackenzie -- A real life / Alice Munro -- Bel / Tony Musgrave -- The guitar and other animals / Geoff Nicholson -- Wilderness / Edna O'Brien -- The gymnasium / Kathy Page -- Stalin, Stalin, and Stalin / Jonathan Treitel -- Two of them / Rose Tremain -- Lost ground / William Trevor -- Fallen by the wayside / Barry Unsworth -- Through a dustbin, darkly / Fay WeldonPublished in England as: Best short stories, 1986-- Subjects: Periodicals.; Short stories, English; English fiction;
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