One Foot in the Grave - The Pit And The Pendulum (Part 1)

[941geminigirl]

anyone know the episode where victor puts a spider out the window and says 'well what are you waiting for a parachute?' lmao its so funny but i dunno the name :/

[GameMusicCompilation]

@941geminigirl

the trial.

[941geminigirl]

@GameMusicCompilation thanks :)

[meerahweeks]

. it brought tears to my eyes to watch this again. i own all of the one foot in the grave episodes and keeping up apperances, mind your language, faulty towers,sorry,an't half hot mum,norman wisdom,the plank , last of the summer wine, and many more. (if you have not seen all see them)I had it valued and it was at 15,000 over! i still love JACKASS and those things but i do think that anything compares to the loud laughs you can get out of old comedy. 100 thumbs up and will post more on youtube.

[modig52]

@meerahweeks I'm the same - I have a huge collection of british comedy tv series I watch mostly on my own as I don't think my husband 'get's it' as I do....One Foot In The Grave - Victor Meldrew and his Wife, are brilliant! I have the complete collection and watch it often as they are my all time favourites. It's good to know I'm not alone loving iconic british comedy.

[nath909]

What about the foot fetish porn parody, One Foot in the Gash.

[Scottles293]

mental mickey

[rickrolltide]

So glad for BBC comedy on youtube! Haven't watched TV in a while! lol Who needs it? lol Red Dwarf, Waiting for God, Steptoe and Son, Ripping Yarns, The Young Ones, so many more! Brilliant!!

[Kevinasp]

It is no coincidence that since the advent of Reality TV, with Big Brother, Wife Swap, Get me out of here, and the rise of the "Celebrity" culture in general, that we no longer see sitcoms such as this, Only Fools and Horses and Fawlty Towers on TV anymore.

[girlytubegirl]

its JANE =)

[tomkkkkk]

Lets seeee..

Father Ted

one foot in the grave

The office

Big train

People like us

they are part of my collection THUS FAR I LOVE BBC COMEDY! Americans.... just.... cant.....nail what bbc delivers. The american office is one example that was just SHITE!

[KungfuCow5]

@tomkkkkk Father Ted wasn't BBC, it was Channel 4. Plus, Ireland claims that one. (Big Train was written by Linehan and Matthews as well)

[chatteyj]

american comedies hmmm, well friends yeah that was good and cheers too, but don't talk to us about seinfeild thats just not funny. British comedy has tanked in recent years but we have many classics and comedy moment greats.

[MrDeaneast2009]

I AM TRYING GET THE ONE WERE HE SHOUTING IN THE CAR BLOKE 2 GIRLS THAT MAKES ME LAUGHE ALL THEM DO

[John27346]

@MrDeaneast2009 The Beast in the Cage. Series 3.

I've seen it recently.

[SuspiciousPenguinNG]

One of the best programmes ever.

[onestupidman]

1:35 LMAO @ "Hello, Margaret..."

(rofl) skypicon...

[MJNSEIFER]

Dunno if anyone's mentioned this; but both this episode and the one after it have Edgar Allen Poe titles...

[silversnooze]

He throws away those fish with such panache!

[SluzBag1993]

I really wish I was born in the 70's then I would have been able to enjoy the great comedy shows of the 70's and 80's as they were being screened. Porridge, Only Fools and Horses, Rising Damp, Love Thy Neighbour, In Sickness and in Health, Open All Hours & One Foot In The Grave (From the 90's but none the less). Unfortunately due to political correctness we will never be able to appreciate shows like these again. However people upload them on Youtube and I salute you. Long live British comedy!

[BooNube]

Every BBC sitcom on YouTube seems to have people dredging up the tired old "Americans can't write comedy" routine in the comments.

Can't we just all enjoy this on it's own merits without having to put something else down?

[onestupidman]

@BooNube Yer--Archie Bunker could and MASH put this to shame...All Good Though

[morningglorify]

I desperately miss this sardonic British comedy...

[jzm3bsj]

@morningglorify

Me too! Why don't they repeat this rather than crap like "dad's army" all the time!!

[putty1994]

SHUT UP KNOB!

[UKPatriotsFan]

@jzm3bsj Dads Army is still funny!Organized Chaos from Manerings platoon! :)

[roundgrandma]

I'm with you. I watched BBC-America religiously in the 90's when living in TX and never got "Dad's Army". It felt like its generation had come to a full stop just before the better stuff came along, like AB-FAB, Vicar of Dibley, The Dinner Ladies, Yes Chef and Ballykissangel. I was absolutely HOOKED on "Eastenders" but it evolved past me after I left. Oh well. Love British humor!

[121Swaleskid]

thanks for much for uploading this :D

[LeoFernando1980]

Danny Peacock is great as the gardener. He was in loads of the Comic Strip films too and I think he may have been in Only Fools and Horses.

[briky71]

he was the singer in that band ,mad vince or something.he was also in comic strippresents!

[vinwoo84]

Yeah, he was Mental Mickey - he was very sensitive about his reputation - "I ain't never been to Rampton!!! I've been to Broadmoor a couple of times, but I ain't never been to Rampton!!!"

[vinwoo84]

"1,2,3,4! Listen here, stop me if you've heard it, A million kids done nothing to deserve it, Don't complain about the noise, Boys will be boys - will be boys!" What a song!

[Isthisthelongestname]

@vinwoo84

LOLOL Cover your ears - its Mental Mickey!

[Isthisthelongestname]

@LeoFernando1980

He was in the 1979 film Quadrophina aswell with Phil Danials, Toya Wilcox and Leslie Ash lol, its on here I think....awesome film.

[TheNaomiengland]

I love the fact VM and his neighbor hates one another

[TheNaomiengland]

Pipper is really sexy why hasn't she been a centerfold for Playboy is beyond me

[Isthisthelongestname]

@TheNaomiengland

Are you being sacastic?, its hard to tell on here sometimes lol.

[TheNaomiengland]

@Isthisthelongestname I can't remember what I said run by agian

[Isthisthelongestname]

@TheNaomiengland

Oh lol - you said you'd give pippa one on 'ere haha!

[slowd1982]

that tiny dog is sooooo cute!!

[pointyhairedbush]

hey pockypurse, is this 'angus' the same angus in ac dc? and is that eric idle singing?

[rajscreedon69]

yes it is eric idle. angus is angus deaton of have i got news for you fame

[pockypurse]

Angus + dachshund = adorable.

[Jacko686]

Alrite love queen!

[therealtimshady1983]

victor is a legend

[TheNaomiengland]

the garden man was in a british clasic film called Party Party 1983

[azto19]

somehow i always forget about angus deayton being in this show.

[jpp144]

i forgot about Ang from Abigails Party being in this too!

[Anzonetta]

Classic, this man has me in tears of laughter every time.

[prayfertrey]

Undiscovered classic. Devastatingly funny.

[bus140808]

the outside house shots are in Walkford near New Milton if anybody is from that area?

[Ellipsis14]

hmmm i love this show it hard to say what teh very best is most ppl would say only fools and horses but i dont xD

[darkskies666x666]

what about fawlty towers?

[Ellipsis14]

fawlty towers is a classic :) xD i think there was a programme on the best 50 characters of all time and basil was number 1 xD yh fawlty towers is classic john clesse was funny in Monty python as well xD

[cheapy2006]

the workman in the back garden was the bloke who sneaked his girlfriend into fawlty towers. fawlty described him as an "APE!" as i recall.

[ThreeWordsFirstWord]

yeah, yeah ur right. I do  not know why ur comment is negative!?!?! You have good attention to detial. The APE guy was MR Johnson!

[cheapy2006]

"come out mother Johnson"

lol

[TheNaomiengland]

allright love queen ha ah

[Isthisthelongestname]

@cheapy2006

Its not him mate thats a different actor called Nicky Henson. 

[xGallonsOfTheStuffx]

thanks for uploading

[greenyxi]

:) I liked Gimme Gimme Gimme. So many lulz, I had. This is great too, of course, but that nearly killed me with the homophoebic and "you are ugly" jokes.

[lordoftherings666]

Victor Meldrew is the spitting image(both looks and personality) of my grandad probably why i love this program so much!

[Emmawemma200]

I love these old comedies there just what you need when your feeling a bit down :)

[lovelyangel2244]

OMG patric sounds so like john clease in 6:40 and 6:47

[thomeiza1]

I often felt he was a bit too Cleese-like also.

[lovelyangel2244]

i always liked john cleese he is the best no 1 can beet him so maybe its good theres only 1

[redjam40]

American Comedy versus Uk comedy. Its very hard to choose. How can anyone not like "Bilko"(Usa)? How can anyone not like "Steptoe and Son"(Uk).

So many people loved Fraiser in the Usa amd yet so many people in the Uk loved Blackadder.

I just loved this series. The reason why was probably the closiet series that was near a normal Uk life style that was ever written. Victor Meldrew is the grumpy old neighbour that all of us many of in his or her life time has met. Thats why its so good.

[rebeccaspears]

There is no competition between 'one foot in the grave' and the comedies that the USA produces. 'Friends' is only half descent, but will never come close to the genius of 'Only fools and horses'

[redjam40]

Have you watch "Bilko"? Now that is truly brilliant. I know it was set in the 1950's etc. But Comedy is comedy.

I agree with you on the score with One foot in the grave. Personally I think that "Blackadder and "Once foot in the grave" were probably the greatest ever situation comedy shows ever to come from the Uk.

But Bilko was just as good. Very good. And I'm sure there have been others that I just can't think of at the moment.

[jlaurson]

I don't get how "Only fools and horses" is all that funny. (Or, how it was voted funniest British SitCom, for that matter.)

My list would be: Yes Minister, Fawlty Towers, The Office, Blackadder, Extras

[klarinetta]

My list would be as of today would be: Little Britain(don't know if it counts as sitcom but The League of Gentlemen were on the top 100 list so it must count),Keeping up appearances,Bottom,Absolutely fabulous and Allo Allo

[Isthisthelongestname]

OFAH is awesome mate, the jokes arnt hard to get.... - love it - agree with your list except "yes mnister"....hidious, too 80's centric, i mean it needs explaining sometimes and im pretty in all that.

[cruelcomments]

i think brithish comedy is a little bit funnier some american shows are good but america won't take the mic out of their own country and it makes them miss out on a lot

[thomeiza1]

I think Curb Your Enthusiasm has a great sense

of irony and self deprecation which makes it as good as some of the UK classics. Otherwise they are so hard to compare.

[barryboy06]

the garden is mental mickey off only fools and horses isnt it ?

[numberonebeatlesfan9]

yea thats him

[lovelyangel2244]

yeah it is never liked that only fools and horses episode though

[austenbosten]

I always see American comedy as something for the peasents, and British comedy as more sophisticated, like more for the nobles

[SPAG22]

Wow Margeret's mum must be about 116 years old.

[stixsquared]

my great grandfather was a part of this band

[dafarreller]

what a show!

[georgielund07]

I really loved this TV-series that I saw on BBC Prime, since I live in Sweden.

[UKPatriotsFan]

I like the way they both ignore each other walking past :)

[SuitedSwordsman]

actually i dont like Seinfeld either.

[LonesomeCard]

'i can't believe it'

[BeatleFanVD]

great! thanks for posting!

hope you can post others!

thanks again !

[mdhoppe]

Lots of Americans like british comedy. Its the most popular programming on public television (PBS) and we do have a BBC channel. Truthfully I don't like most American comedy, I'm the only person in my country who didn't like Seinfeld and never watched an episode of Friends.

[Hagar7]

No, you're not the only American who didn't like Seinfeld. It was just one long and not particularly funny "in" joke.

[coolcherry07]

you see, im brithish and i love 'everybody loves raymond and friends... its kinda wierd that lol.

[Ebeagle23]

No you're the second person in the country that didn't like seinfeld and didn't watch friends...

[dafarreller]

i dont like seinfeld

[Zidrien]

You just can't beat British comedy

[MissRnR]

here here!!

[MikefromMadrid]

@Zidrien

what about jewish comedy

[stiggpots]

Trouble is, American comedy is made up of one liners. British comedy is made up of several lines, put together, commonly called a sentence. The Americans fined this to be over complicated and tiresome, as it means having to listen more carefully.

[darthlleyr]

exactly, like everybody loves raymond, that is like who can make the best insult to each other, one says soemhting, then the audience laughs and applauses, and then the same with the next line. A British sitcom is like this, one program with one sentence.

[dalcon555]

commonly called a paragraph, one liners are sentences

[natchblonde]

I also see British comedy as emphasizing the situation first, then secondly what is said by the characters during that situation. Truly putting the "situation" in the sitcom. Last of Summer Wine comes to mind as a great example.

[Superplex1001]

I love English and American Comedy! I think Friends and One Foot in the Grave and Scrubs and Only Fools and Horses are all hilarious.

[MJNSEIFER]

@Superplex1001 Best coment on here - I really don't see why people have to choose between British Comedy and American Comedy. They are exactly the same really, if they're funny that's all that matters.

[Superplex1001]

Definetely, some Episodes of American Comedies come across as being more Simple though. Doesn't mean The Fresh Prince is any less enjoyable just because anyone can understand it.

[diego750]

@stiggpots that's a gross generalisation. Ever seen Seinfeld? Frasier? This idea that US comedies are somehow inferior to ours is a load of old twaddle.

[AmericanVideoGames]

Everybody Loves Raymond isn't a too highly regarded show in America. A lot of people like it, but it cannot compete with Seinfeld or Married... With Children, both of which I think are the two best sitcoms ever made. Although Married... With Children has its one liners, it's actually one of the few shows that pulls it off completely successful, you cannot deny the energy the live audience had back then. However, I do like British comedy, as Red Dwarf is one of my favorite shows as well.

[flyingvigil]

This is a very british comedy, and everyone has her/his right to like or to not like this. Just because you don´t like it, doesn´t mean it´s a crap. Humor is very related to the situation and environtment of one´s life.

[draculapw]

to be honest i dont understand american comedy! most if it isnt funny.

[cramham]

a fuckeing men to that

[davidhaythornthwaite]

@draculapw how right u are there

[draculapw]

to be honest i dont understand american comedy! most if it isnt funny.

[CarrieAnneMoss4life]

"Clapped out..run down..to old the same...ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE" has to be my favourite EVER Comedy...and FRIENDS of course!

[sofman7]

Friends is shite

[CarrieAnneMoss4life]

No it isn't lol!

[bikegirl1983]

yes it is..its very shite! ifact it smells like shite...wow audio preview rules

[bobcat1966]

Thanks for posting...luv this show

[gypsymoonshine]

Alright Love Queen.. how funny is that??

[0VvPkvVO]

Thanks for putting these on! I LOVE this show but here in Chicago, Illinois they don't run the reruns! Since tvlinks is gone Im going through withdrawals!

[boiledegg171]

I dont mean to be patronising but i didnt think americans got english humor. All the americans iv met have just stared blankly at shows like fawlty towers and one foot etc while iv been laughing my head off. haha

[Twigs47]

I'm english and even I don't find Fawlty Towers funny

[barpypardlo]

Sad person

[Twigs47]

Nore do I like The Office, Some Mother's Do Ave Em or Catherine Tate. They just aren't my sense of humour. I have a friend who can't stand Are You Being Served.. each to their own!

[kiarowe]

well then u must b very boring

[meldrew78]

I'm American and I love british comedy, Keeping Up Appearances, One foot in the grave, Father Ted, etc, are some of my favorite shows. I think the reason british comedy is not so popular here is because it is very rarely ever seen on tv in America. But anyway yes we do like english shows, there just aren't a lot of people here who have probably ever seen them. Monty Python has a huge following in America by the way, it is possibly the best known british humor here.

[manbabies]

eh excuse me but i'm Irish and father ted is an irish comedy

[draculapw]

oh so thats why its crap

[draculapw]

oh so thats why its crap

[lukeyboy05]

is it not made by the BBC?

[stanivarger]

gotta agree with u

[YKW2]

This is a common confusion. Father Ted is written by two Irishmen, and features an Irish community, but was originally pitched to Channel 4 in the UK rather than Irish TV.

And it's great, as is this :)

[KapernicusI]

Yeah but its the still the British Isles and we're all the same with very similar cultures etc.

[natchblonde]

I concur. I was raised from childhood watching britcoms (and drama programs), so I'm also used to it, and understand it because I'm familiar with it. But of course I was raised in an Anglophile family, so there you are. My sister-in-law, however, didn't get exposed to it until she joined our family. Now she's mad about British shows!

[pungooer]

Absolutely love this show, unfortunatley in Australia they never run the repeats, so I have only ever seen a few shows.

[ROKACROC]

if u dont find this funny then u need to check your pulse as u maybe dead.funny with capital H..ilarious

[SPAG22]

If Margeret's mum was 18 when she gave birth she'd only need to be in her 80s.

[rizzla66]

Only bus brits can produce comedy as pucker as this! Thanks please post more althou this is my fav episode of all.  Thanks again x

[jh94]

strange that margarets mum is still alive when margarets in her 70's

[ceedm6]

Actually she's only in her late fifties/early sixties. She'd be in her seventies now though.

[jh94]

still her mum must be in her 100's in this show

[SPAG22]

Why is that strange? The Queen was 76 when her mother died.

[starkie1203]

brilliant. thanks so much for putting this up, please upload more episodes. you are a star!!

[robinrhysjones]

Waw, more more more plz

Luv

Gwyn Mei

[darthlleyr]

yes, i will eventually