‘I don’t

Victor Meldrew’s

One of the nation’s all-time favourites didn’t catch on straight away. Actor Richard Wilson first said his grumpy character Victor Meldrew’s catchphrase, “I don’t believe it!” at an awards ceremony and “no one blinked”.

But, he recalls: “Then it gradually became this huge thing. I began to run out of different ways to say it and the writers started rationing it.” MISERY Victor