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One Foot in the Grave is a British television sitcom [ 1] written by David Renwick. There were six series (each consisting of six half-hour episodes) and seven Christmas specials over a period of ten years from early 1990 to late 2000. The first five series were broadcast between January 1990 and January 1995.
Safety coffin. Taberger's Safety Coffin employed a bell as a signaling device, for anybody buried alive. A safety coffin or security coffin is a coffin fitted with a mechanism to prevent premature burial or allow the occupant to signal that they have been buried alive. A large number of designs for safety coffins were patented during the 18th ...
Victor Meldrew. Victor Meldrew is a fictional character in the BBC One sitcom One Foot in the Grave, created by David Renwick and portrayed by Richard Wilson. The character epitomised the archetypal grumpy old man. Meldrew is a foil for the bothersome aspects of children, cars, animals, power cuts and next-door neighbours.
Premature burial, also known as live burial, burial alive, or vivisepulture, means to be buried while still alive. Animals or humans may be buried alive accidentally on the mistaken assumption that they are dead, or intentionally as a form of torture, murder, or execution. It may also occur with the consent of the victim as a part of a stunt ...
It is available to stream on both BBC iPlayer and BritBox . During the course of the programme, 42 episodes of One Foot in the Grave aired, including seven specials over six series, between 4 January 1990 and 20 November 2000. In addition, there were also two short specials (under ten minutes in length) for Comic Relief, one of which featured ...
A husband has been sentenced to life in prison after he buried his wife alive in a shallow, hand-dug grave while they were in the midst of bitter divorce proceedings.
The tomb itself measures 6 foot (1.8 m) long and stands 4 foot (1.2 m) high. It consisted of a long narrow plastered block with an arched roof, having a pointed cross section. The tomb is not in line with the walls of the courtyard, which have a bearing of 202°, nor is it in the middle of the enclosure, being nearest to the west wall.
The funeral car was large. The lower base was fourteen feet [4.2 m] long and seven feet [2.1 m] wide, and eight feet [2.4 m] from the ground. The upper base, upon which the coffin rested, was eleven feet [3.4 m] long and five feet [1.5 m] below the top of the canopy. The canopy was surmounted by a gilt eagle, covered with crape.