User Reviews

The hottest day of the year, and there's a power cut, resulting in a relaxed Margaret and worked up Victor.

It is quite different, for starters we don't get the usual opening credits, instead it's straight into the episode.

We had several single and double handed episodes during the show's great history, and as always, it's very, very good. The premise is fun, lots of great gags, but the performances from Wilson and Crosbie are amazing, what an amazing pair of actors.

It's a little less surreal then the previous episode, but it's suitably batty, Mr Smedley providing a degree of humour. I find it hard to believe this dates all the way back to 2000, it looks fresh and up to date, and the humour is as relevant now as it was back then. As always we get the little bit of sadness which balances the humour so well. Nothing even comes close nowadays. 8/10

Doing a full sixth series meant reviving the customary 'trapped in one place during real time' story usually reserved for the fourth or fifth episode. This time, the Meldrews are quite literally in the dark, with no electric lights and no power fans to cool them on a boiling summer's day.

Falling lampshades, ludicrous newspaper articles, caps that may have rather more than a cigarette burn in them and a horrendous scented candle are just some of the absurdities endured by Victor and Margaret during the opening 25 minutes inside the house, to say nothing of what Victor discovers in his car outside.

But these episodes are more famous for their bittersweet conclusions than others and this is no exception, an elderly neighbour concerned about the health of his wife leading to some painful memories being stirred for Margaret.

A much more satisfying conclusion to the self-contained episodes than 'Rearranging The Dust' would have been.

Great episode, but ruined by the fat shaming. I've never understood why fat jokes are considered funny.