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Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV

TV·1985–1987·2 seasons, 13 episodes·BBC Two·Comedy·30m·Created by Victoria Wood

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Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV is a British sketch comedy series created by and starring comedian Victoria Wood with Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston, Susie Blake and Patricia Routledge. The show broadcast on BBC Two between 1985 and 1987, and included sketches that became famous in the United Kingdom; these included one-offs like Two Soups and regular features such as Acorn Antiques, as well as musical performances by Wood including her most well-known number, The Ballad of Barry and Freda.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV S02E07Christmas SpecialS02E07 · 7.0Anthropologist Kerry Askham gave chimpanzee Chester a typewriter and lots of paper. After three years he came up with an idea for a jeans commercial, a sonnet and a Victoria Wood Special. Sadly, after this programme was made, Chester contracted an infection and is now working for Channel 4.

Cast

Victoria WoodVictoria WoodJulie WaltersJulie WaltersDuncan PrestonDuncan PrestonCelia ImrieCelia ImriePatricia RoutledgePatricia RoutledgeSusie BlakeSusie Blake

Episodes by season

Season016Episodes1985Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV S01E01Episode 1January 11, 1985—'Chipper' Patel arrived from New Delhi in 1962 with an artificial leg and five pounds in his pocket. He now controls a multi-million pound v
  2. S01E02Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV S01E02Episode 2January 18, 1985—Two years ago a woman from a North Lancashire village forgot to stoke her solid fuel boiler. An award-winning camera crew follow her determi
  3. S01E03Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV S01E03Episode 3January 25, 1985—Would Jane Austen have used a food processor ? Did Mendelssohn have a mole in the same place as Anita Harris ? Where can you buy stair rods
  4. S01E04Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV S01E04Episode 4February 1, 1985—No 18: 'The Incredible Journey'. Before a paper clip reaches your stationery tray, it will have undergone over 800 separate manufacturing pr
  5. S01E05Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV S01E05Episode 5February 8, 1985—It's February. It's drizzling. Charlie Coleridge is divorced, unemployed and homeless. He has enough painkillers to leave a heartless and un
  6. S01E06Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV S01E06Episode 6February 15, 1985—The last in the present series. 47: 'Managing without Opera'. It's the third week of the experiment. How are Hannah and Gavin coping ? Why i

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season027Episodes1986–87Aired 7.0Season avg
  1. S02E01Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV S02E01Episode 1November 10, 1986—When a popular racing commentator is found in a deep coma, there are only two explanations. Either a deadly rival has slipped an undetectabl
  2. S02E02Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV S02E02Episode 2November 17, 1986—Will men ever get pregnant ? And if they do, will they opt for shoulder-tie dungarees, or play safe with Peter Pan collar-type loose smocks
  3. S02E03Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV S02E03Episode 3November 24, 1986—Written in the 1920s, this gently humorous and moving account of a Cumbrian childhood lay undiscovered in a biscuit tin for over 60 years. T
  4. S02E04Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV S02E04Episode 4December 1, 1986—Only 130 years ago, Charles Dickens was a prolific novelist, a devoted father and an energetic long-distance walker. Now he's dead. Angela B
  5. S02E05Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV S02E05Episode 5December 8, 1986—Comedy series about three divorcees who share a one-room apartment on the Upper East Side. One has a lisp, one has an accordion, and one has
  6. S02E06Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV S02E06Episode 6December 15, 1986—"Have it your way, Waseem, but if disposable saris don't catch on, count me out!"
  7. S02E07Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV S02E07Christmas SpecialDecember 18, 1987 7.0Anthropologist Kerry Askham gave chimpanzee Chester a typewriter and lots of paper. After three years he came up with an idea for a jeans co

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