One Foot in the Grave (1990–2000)

Victor Meldrew is a retiree with an attitude who seems to attract bad luck. If he's not driving his long suffering wife Margaret crazy with his constant moaning, he's fighting with his neighbours.
- Written by Rob Hartill

In this classic bitter-sweet sitcom from award winning writer David Renwick, Richard Wilson plays the short tempered Victor Meldrew, a man who doesn't suffer fools gladly and to his misery frequently encounters them as well as a bad case of misfortune. His long suffering wife Margrat played by Annette Crosbie struggles to cope with her husbands rants against the world and the bad luck that befalls them. The hilarity that ensures his also underpinned by a poignant and often darker edge little seen in most sitcoms.
- Written by Robert McElwaine

retiree: 〈米〉退職者

sitcom: 連続ホームコメディ、

rant:大言壮語、暴言を吐くこと

befall: 〔災害などが〕襲い掛かる、～に起こる、降りかかる

hilarity: 楽しい気分

underpin: 〔主張などを〕支持する、根拠を与える、実証する

poignant:〔精神的に〕心が痛む、痛恨の,〔感情的に〕心を打つ、感動的な

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