Episode 21: The Pit and the Pendulum

Victor decides that Patrick's cherry tree is the cause of his garden being dry and enlists a Neanderthal gardener to cultivate the stray roots. Victor doesn't approve of the gardener's womanising ways and when he catches him with a young girl, he's furious. The girl, however, turns out to be his son and Victor suffers an unusual fate at the hands of the gardener. Patrick, meanwhile, adopts a daschund puppy, and Margaret is devastated to learn that her mother has died, undiscovered for five days.

Cast
Victor Meldrew - Richard Wilson

Margaret Meldrew - Annette Crosbie

Patrick Trench - Angus Deayton

Pippa Trench - Janine Duvitski

Guest Cast

Kazani - Daniel Peacock

Susan - Sarah Bolden

Katharine Page - Voice of Margaret's Mother