Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: BBC Warner
• VHS Release Date: July 19, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00004WG9F
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #418,700 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best comedy series ever made., August 24, 2000

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G.Spider - See all my reviews

This review is from: One Foot in the Grave - Who Will Buy [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Three episodes of the award-worthy series featuring the ultimate grumpy old man, these are a good example of what makes the series so unmissable. Victor Meldrew, at first glance, comes across as the kind of person you would go out of your way to avoid, but in fact he is quite a sympathetic character - plagued by bad luck, constantly harassed by difficult and often rather odd people, often feeling he is the only sane person in the world (something we all feel at some time or another). What makes the series stand out from the usual sit-com is their serious undertones. In fact I'd go so far as to suggest this is a drama series which just happens to contain comedy. There is plenty of humour and hilarity, but also moments of sensitivity (Victor's wife having to pretend to an elderly blind man that junk-mail is actually a letter from his family rather than risk him realizing they've forgotten all about him, Victor and his wife sadly wondering how their son might have turned out were he alive today). There are even moments of thought-provoking philosophical musing (nothing exists because the future hasn't happened yet, the past has already happened and as soon as the present happens it's over).

One of the very best creations of recent years, Victor Meldrew will surely join Basil Fawlty and Del Trotter as comedy's household names.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A British Comedy Classic, June 15, 2000

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[e-mail] (Bedfordshire, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: One Foot in the Grave: Who Will Buy? [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video "Who Will Buy?" includes three episodes from series 2 of the series. The review above this says the series was short-lived, but that is untrue. A sixth series is planned for 2001 and in Britain, all 36 episodes can be bought on video. Try AMAZON.CO.UK if you want them!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the greatest shows to ever come out of Great Britain!, August 5, 1999

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[e-mail] (Norwood, Ont., Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: One Foot in the Grave: Who Will Buy? [VHS] (VHS Tape)

One Foot in the Grave is a series to be viewed and enjoyed by its loyal followers, over and over again! Although the series was sadly short-lived, here on videocassette, one can always enjoy its magnificent humour, wit and British charm! Most certainly, I give this wonderful British series five very enthusiastic stars, not to mention two very eager thumbs up!