Beebfun - One Foot in the Grave Desktop Theme

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a tribute site to some of the best in BBC comedies, captured here in the form of Windows95 Desktop Themes for you to download and enjoy on your PC. This page is my tribute to the ever popular One Foot in the Grave starring Richard Wilson as Victor Meldrew and Annette Crosbie as his long suffering wife Margaret.

After 26 years of loyal service, Victor is retired from his job as a security guard for Watson-Mycroft. He's replaced by a box and a recorded message ("it does everything you used to do... except complain about the air conditioning!")

With enforced retirement as the prize for such loyal service, Victor becomes even more grumpier with the world at large and Margaret finds life full of new challenges, not least of which is Victor himself. Set in the fictitious village of Walkford, near Shaftsbury, Dorset, the sitcom series (there have been five series to date, the last episode aired in 1995) centers on Victor Meldrew, his neighbours and misadventures.

The series has popularised a few memorable phrases in modern English, notably Victor's I don't Believe it often used to express his inability to comprehend the current situation!! The series also features a tortoise in the opening credits which has come to symbolise the show and Victor Meldrew - somewhat slow and set in his ways. Victor in typical pose at a nagging problem....

Since it's launch on British Television in January 1990, it has been a popular show with the British public. There have been a total of five 6-part series running from 1990 to the final show in 1995. The BBC also featured the popular couple in six Christmas Specials (feature length episodes shown over the Christmas Period) in 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995 and 1996. The 1993 Christmas Special featured Victor and Margaret Meldrew attempting a holiday in Portugal - One Foot in the Algarve!!

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Here are few links to one or two worthwhile sites I have found on the WWW that you can visit to find out more about this hit TV comedy.

Get UK Videos

Click to go to Blackstar.co.uk

Get US Videos

Click to go to Amazon.com

Get the Books

Click to go to Amazon.co.uk

Get the Audio Book

Click to go to Amazon.co.uk

The fourth Desktop Theme to be featured at this website is based on the ever popular hit TV Comedy One Foot in the Grave - you can download this here. It has recently (March 1998) been upgraded to version 2.0; the startup/shutdown screens have been improved and one or two icons changed. If you do not have a copy of Microsoft Plus! help is at hand in the form of Desktop Themes, a shareware desktop theme manager published by Jonathan Potter at Left Side Software. To get your copy of this excellent shareware theme manager click on

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The following thumbnails will give you an idea of the screens used in this theme.

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If having loaded the theme you think it could be improved or has bugs, then please E-Mail me with your suggestions. If you think this theme is a blinking good desktop theme, it may help newcomer’s to this web page if you tell them what you think and