Actor Richard Wilson has told how Victor Meldrew was killed off when he grew tired of playing an angry old man and of people yelling “I don’t believe it!” at him in the street.
The Bafta-winning sitcom One Foot in the Grave was a huge hit in the 1990s, with audiences of 18 million at its peak.
Written by David Renwick, it ran for 10 years and the cast and crew have now revealed the secrets of the show in a new TV documentary.