One Foot in the Grave (TV Series)

Beware the Trickster on the Roof (1992)

Richard Wilson: Victor Meldrew

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Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Victor Meldrew : [singing]  People who need people are the luckiest people in the world.

  [doorbell rings] 

  Victor Meldrew : Yut-sun dah dah dah dah dah-di.

  [opens door] 

  Woman at Door : Good morning!

  Victor Meldrew : Good-bye.

  [closes door] 

• Margaret Meldrew : Dustmen still haven't been. I take it you were finished with those Sunday supplements.

  Victor Meldrew : Yes, I think so, yes; I think I've ingested all the fascinating details in a day in the life of Acker Bilk. And 'A Room of My Own' by Ken Russell. Wouldn't have thought there was much to say about a padded cell.

• [last lines] 

  Nick Swainey : Makes you wonder. Must be someone up there looking after us. Do you reckon, Mr Meldrew?

  Victor Meldrew : Yes.

  [sees Patrick storming towards him] 

  Victor Meldrew : Well, some of us.

• Margaret Meldrew : Well? Any joy?

  Victor Meldrew : I think it's safe to say I've had a very good day, all told. In the morning, I turned some water into wine, and then I healed a few lepers, and after lunch, I popped over and parted the waters of the Red Sea.

  Margaret Meldrew : Did the man come about the roof?

  Victor Meldrew : No, but you can't expect miracles.