Editing One Foot in the Grave (section)

==Controversies==
A number of complaints were made during the series' run for its depiction of animal deaths. For example, in the episode "The Valley of Fear", a dead cat is found in the Meldrews' freezer; in another, a [[tortoise]] is roasted in a brazier. However, this was later cited as a positive feature of the programme's daring scripts in ''Britain's Best Sitcom'' by its advocate [[Rowland Rivron]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sitcom/advocate_onefoot.shtml | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502221619/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sitcom/advocate_onefoot.shtml | archive-date=2 May 2014 | title=BBC - Programmes categorised as Comedy }}</ref> The programme was censored, however, for a scene in the episode "Hearts of Darkness" in which an elderly resident is abused in an old people's home and, following complaints, the scene was slightly cut when the episode was repeated.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.museum.tv/eotv/onefootint.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116074447/http://www.museum.tv/eotv/onefootint.htm | archive-date=16 November 2018 | title=The Museum of Broadcast Communications - Encyclopedia of Television - One Foot in the Grave | access-date=2 May 2019 | url-status=dead }}</ref> In the DVD commentary for the episode, David Renwick stated his continued opposition to the cuts.<ref>''One Foot in the Grave'' Series 4 DVD Commentary</ref> Another controversial scene in the episode "Tales of Terror" saw the Meldrews visit Ronnie and Mildred on the understanding that Mildred had gone upstairs during a game of [[Happy Families]] and not returned; Ronnie then shows her feet hanging outside of the window, revealing that she has ended her life by suicide. The [[Broadcasting Standards Commission]] received complaints about this scene.<ref name=connections>{{cite episode|title=One Foot in the Grave|series=[[Comedy Connections]]|credits=Series Producer Graham Mitchell; Director Julie Newing|network=BBC|air-date=12 January 2007}}</ref>

When the final episode, "[[Things Aren't Simple Any More]]" originally aired on 20 November 2000 at 9pm, it coincided with the broadcast of the [[Judith Keppel|first jackpot winner]] in the British version of ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (British game show)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]'', which had been filmed the Sunday before the broadcast. [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] was accused of [[Counterprogramming (television)|engineering this in order to damage the final episode's expected high ratings]], but was later cleared by the [[Independent Television Commission]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Millionaire? cleared of ratings 'fix'|work=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1118212.stm|date=15 January 2001|access-date=2 May 2019}}</ref>