At the Bayview Retirement Village, the elderly are expected to grow old gracefully, enjoying their final years in peace, quiet and comfort, but certainly not if Tom and Diana have anything to do with. These two eccentrics refuse to put up with the appalling food and condescending staff. Not to mention, Tom lands in jail after a driving lesson goes awry and decides to go bungee jumping following Diana's rejection of his marriage proposal.

It's not as though retirement has given Victor Meldrew more leisure time. He just has more opportunity to complain bitterly, to let inconsequential matters get to him, to drive his wife up the wall, and to look up new illnesses in the medical dictionary.