One Foot in the Grave but was later cleared by the Independent Television Commission. Due to the series' popularity, people who constantly complain and are irritated by minor things are often compared to Victor Meldrew by the British media. Renwick disputes this usage however, claiming that Victor's reactions are entirely in proportion to the things that happen to him. Renwick integrated some of the plots and dialogue from the series into a novel, which was first published by BBC Books in 1992. Renwick also adapted four episodes for BBC Radio 2, which first aired between 21 January 1995 and 11 February 1995. The episodes are
Clive Mantle Heart". In 1991, Mantle played an irate husband whose wife is chatted up by Richie (Rik Mayall) in the first episode of "Bottom", "Smells", and also had a role as a police inspector in an episode of "Drop the Dead Donkey". In 1991–92 he played Dave in Sandi Toksvig's "The Pocket Dream" at the Nottingham Playhouse and Albery Theatre in London. In 1992 he played a minor character as a bald monk in the film "Alien 3", in which he had to shave his head for the role. In applying for the film, Mantle sent off photographs of himself from