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One Foot in the Grave - Season 1 Episode 06: The Return of the Speckled Band
Victor Meldrew is a retiree who attracts bad luck. If he's not driving his long suffering wife Margaret crazy with his constant moaning, he's fighting with neighbours.
1953, Australia
January 8, 1915 in South Shields, Tyne & Wear, England, UK
1939 in Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK
1973 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
1924, Cape Town, South Africa
1931 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK
21 June 1950, Forfar, Angus, Scotland, UK
17 January 1932, Hendon, London, England, UK
January 11, 1959 in Ambrizete, Angola, Portugal [now Angola]
1959 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England, UK
1934, Hackney, London, England, UK
1936, Leeds, England, UK
30 September 1947, St. Neots, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
16 January 1954, Tywyn, Merionethshire, North Wales, UK
20 October 1943, Preston, Lancashire, England, UK
February 14, 2021
The Return of the Speckled Band dovetails with the opening episode of the series in suggesting Victor is trapped in an existential spiral he can never quite escape.