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About Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV

Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV is a comedy TV series that premiered on BBC Two on January 11, 1985. It has 2 seasons and 13 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 2 Episode 7 "Christmas Special", aired on December 18, 1987.

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.

  • Comedy

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Episodes

13 episodes · 2 seasons

Series 1

1985 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 41 years ago

Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV Series 1 release dates →
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    6. Episode 6

    Finale

    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 is their sitting room pale green ? Why can't they laugh without showing their gums ? What's on the other side ? Special guest Pete Postlethwaite.

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    5. Episode 5

    It's February. It's drizzling. Charlie Coleridge is divorced, unemployed and homeless. He has enough painkillers to leave a heartless and uncaring world behind. But first - he has to tie his cravat... Fairly amusing (DAILY TELEGRAPH). Featuring Denis Lawson, Maureen Lipman and Zara Nutley.

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    4. Episode 4

    No 18: 'The Incredible Journey'. Before a paper clip reaches your stationery tray, it will have undergone over 800 separate manufacturing processes, none of them interesting.

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    3. Episode 3

    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 ? All these questions and more, ignored in tonight's programme.

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    2. Episode 2

    Two years ago a woman from a North Lancashire village forgot to stoke her solid fuel boiler. An award-winning camera crew follow her determined and often heartbreaking attempts to light it. I loved it. (DAILY MAIL). Special guest Patricia Routledge.

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    1. Episode 1

    '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 vinyl flooring empire. He didn't want to be filmed. So here's a tatty old comedy programme with some women in it. Starring Victoria Wood with Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston and Susie Blake.

Series 2

1986 · 7 episodes · Last episode: 38 years ago

Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV Series 2 release dates →
  1. Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV S2 E7 still E7

    7. Christmas Special

    Finale

    Anthropologist 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.

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    6. Episode 6

    "Have it your way, Waseem, but if disposable saris don't catch on, count me out!"

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    5. Episode 5

    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 an affair with the script editor and most of the one-liners.

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    4. Episode 4

    Only 130 years ago, Charles Dickens was a prolific novelist, a devoted father and an energetic long-distance walker. Now he's dead. Angela Barlow pops on an anorak and finds out what went wrong.

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    3. Episode 3

    Written in the 1920s, this gently humorous and moving account of a Cumbrian childhood lay undiscovered in a biscuit tin for over 60 years. Then, unfortunately, someone found it.

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    2. Episode 2

    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 ? Whatever they decide, there's bound to be a documentary about it. And possibly a tea towel.

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    1. Episode 1

    When a popular racing commentator is found in a deep coma, there are only two explanations. Either a deadly rival has slipped an undetectable narcotic into his hoover bag, or someone else has.

Cast & crew

Created by Victoria Wood

  • Jim Broadbent

    Jim Broadbent

  • Denis Lawson

    Denis Lawson

  • Anne Reid

    Anne Reid

  • Barbara Miller

    Dinner Lady

  • Belinda Lang

    Belinda Lang

    Soldier's Girlfriend

  • Tilly Vosburgh

    Tilly Vosburgh

    Selina

Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV FAQ

Will there be new episodes of Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV?

Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on December 18, 1987.

When did the latest episode of Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV come out?

The most recent episode of Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV, Season 2 Episode 7 "Christmas Special", aired on December 18, 1987.

How many seasons of Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV are there?

Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV has 2 seasons with 13 episodes in total.

When did Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV first air?

Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV first aired on BBC Two on January 11, 1985.

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