One Foot in the Grave (TV Series)

The Beast in the Cage (1992)

Annette Crosbie: Margaret Meldrew

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Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Victor Meldrew : Oh, God Al-mighty!

  Margaret Meldrew : Want a sucky sweet?

  Victor Meldrew : Sucky sweet! I'll be sucking on that exhaust pipe in a minute, much more of this.

• Victor Meldrew : [complaining on being stuck for a long time in a traffic jam]  I wish I was dead!

  Margaret Meldrew : I wish you were dead. Then we might get some peace.

• Victor Meldrew : [turns off radio]  God, bloody Derek Jameson. Rather listen to the back end of a horse, thank you very much.

  Margaret Meldrew : [doing crossword]  What's another name for the dung-beetle?

  Victor Meldrew : Gyles Brandreth. Another one I can't stand for love nor money.