One Foot in the Grave considered Les Dawson for the role, until Wilson changed his mind. The programmes invariably deal with Meldrew's battle against the problems he creates for himself. Set in a typical suburb in southern England, Victor takes involuntary early retirement. His various efforts to keep himself busy, while encountering various misfortunes and misunderstandings are the themes of the sitcom. Indoor scenes were filmed at BBC Television Centre with most exterior scenes filmed on Tresillian Way in Walkford on the Dorset/Hampshire border. Despite its traditional production, the series subverts its domestic sitcom setting with elements of black humour and surrealism. The series was
Doreen Lawrence is an image of her son Stephen. It was part of Ofili's Turner Prize exhibition, and now hangs in the Tate Gallery. In 1999, she was portrayed by actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste in the TV docudrama "The Murder of Stephen Lawrence". In 2000, Doreen Lawrence was featured in a double portrait exhibited at the Stephen Lawrence Gallery in Greenwich, London. Lawrence was the guest subject on BBC Radio 4's "Desert Island Discs" on 10 June 2012. Doreen Lawrence Doreen Delceita Lawrence, Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon, OBE ("née" Graham; born 24 October 1952) is a British Jamaican campaigner and the mother of