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List of Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV episodes

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This is an episode listing for the BBC television show Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV, with the episodes' original airdates listed.

Series overview

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SeriesEpisodesOriginally released
First releasedLast released
1611 January 1985 (1985-01-11)15 February 1985 (1985-02-15)
2610 November 1986 (1986-11-10)15 December 1986 (1986-12-15)
Special18 December 1987 (1987-12-18)
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Episodes

Series 1 (1985)

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series		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
11"Show 1"Marcus MortimerVictoria Wood11 January 1985 (1985-01-11)

  • Stand up: The Radio Station (Victoria Wood)
  • Bunbury Homes (Duncan Preston)
  • Family Planning (Victoria Wood, Julie Walters)
  • Continuity announcer: Tastes to Come (Susie Blake)
  • Tastes to Come (Duncan Preston, Celia Imrie)
  • Song – "Seasons of Love" (Victoria Wood)
  • Acorn Antiques – Episode 1
  • Video Box
  • Documentary: A Fairly Ordinary Man (Jim Broadbent, Victoria Wood, Christine Hargreaves)
  • Margery and Joan (Julie Walters, Victoria Wood)
  • Song – "Keep on Shopping" (Hope Jackman, Victoria Wood, Sue Jones-Davies, Meg Johnson)
  • Continuity announcer: The weather and obesity (Susie Blake)[1][2]
22"Show 2"Marcus MortimerVictoria Wood18 January 1985 (1985-01-18)

  • Stand up: A Strange Man with a Wardrobe (Victoria Wood)
  • Advertisement: Cheap and Handy (Duncan Preston, Victoria Wood)
  • Turkish Baths (Victoria Wood, Julie Walters)
  • Playbox (Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston)
  • Transmission breakdown
    • Song: "I'm Gonna Knock, Knock, Knock on Your Knocker"
  • Gail and Carl
  • Continuity announcer: Acorn Antiques (Susie Blake)
  • Acorn Antiques – Episode 2
  • Kitty (Patricia Routledge)
  • Song (duet): "Pissed Off With Love" (Victoria Wood, Denis Lawson)
  • Documentary: "Swim The Channel" (Victoria Wood, Ron Pember, Maggie Ollerenshaw)
  • Continuity announcer: Viewers in the North (Susie Blake)
  • The reporter (Victoria Wood, Julie Walters) [3]
33"Show 3"Marcus MortimerVictoria Wood25 January 1985 (1985-01-25)

  • Stand up: Swimming baths and the Doctors (Victoria Wood)
  • Doorbells album (Duncan Preston)
  • Shoe Shop (Victoria Wood, Julie Walters)
  • Continuity announcer: Plays with dressing gowns (Susie Blake)
  • Fitted Kitchen: Ill-Fitting Relationships
  • Service Wash (Victoria Wood)
  • Anti-mugging spray (Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston)
  • Song: "A Simple Northern Boy" (Victoria Wood)
  • The Underwear Shop (Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston)
  • Video Box
  • Acorn Antiques – Episode 3
  • Continuity announcer: Acorn Antiques Book (Susie Blake)
  • The Piano Shop (Victoria Wood, Celia Imrie)
  • Documentary: "To Be An Actress"
  • Pause For Thought
  • Continuity announcer: Forthcoming events (Susie Blake)[4]
44"Show 4"Marcus MortimerVictoria Wood1 February 1985 (1985-02-01)

  • Stand Up: A Brick Through The Window (Victoria Wood)
  • At The Doctor's: Cold Meat (Victoria Wood, Duncan Preston)
  • Cosmetic surgery (Victoria Wood, Celia Imrie)
  • Continuity announcer: Pippa (Susie Blake)
  • Pippa
  • Gail and Carl: The Facts of Life
  • Song: "Go Away" (Victoria Wood)
  • At The Doctor's: Running
  • Continuity announcer: Acorn Antiques (Susie Blake)
  • Acorn Antiques – Episode 4
  • Kitty (Patricia Routledge)
  • Continuity announcer: Tops and blouses (Susie Blake)
  • Documentary: "On Campus"
  • At The Doctor's: Periods
  • The Self-Assertion Class[5]
55"Show 5"Marcus MortimerVictoria Wood8 February 1985 (1985-02-08)

  • Stand up: Pam (Victoria Wood)
  • Advertisement: "Happy With Your Wash?" (Celia Imrie)
  • Supermarket Checkout (Victoria Wood, Celia Imrie)
  • Continuity announcer: Strikes and Sunday viewing (Susie Blake)
  • The Divorce (Maureen Lipman, Denis Lawson)
  • Margery and Joan (Julie Walters, Victoria Wood)
  • Continuity announcer: The weather (Susie Blake)
  • Acorn Antiques – Episode 5
  • Giving Notes
  • Documentary: "Just An Ordinary School"
  • Announcement: The Last Show (Victoria Wood)
    • Song: "Say Goodbye" (Victoria Wood, Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston et al.)
  • Continuity announcer: Darker nights (Susie Blake)[6]
66"Show 6"Marcus MortimerVictoria Wood15 February 1985 (1985-02-15)

  • Stand up: Parties (Victoria Wood)
  • The Library: Sex and Violence
  • The Health Food Restaurant (Victoria Wood, Julie Walters)
  • Continuity announcer: Film classic
  • Film classic
  • Kitty (Patricia Routledge)
  • The Library: Polycotton
  • Continuity announcer: Ministry of Warnings (Susie Blake)
  • Acorn Antiques – Episode 6 Acorn Antiques
  • Continuity announcer: The Skip (Susie Blake)
  • Gail and Carl: Washing-up Bowls
  • Dandruff Commercial
  • Whither the Arts (Duncan Preston)
    • Documentary: "Bessie"
  • Postscript[7]
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Series 2 (1986)

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71"Show 1"Marcus MortimerVictoria Wood10 November 1986 (1986-11-10)

  • Stand Up: First Date (Victoria Wood)
  • Advertisement: Bicycle Clips (Duncan Preston)
  • Spaghetti
  • Continuity announcer: American Musical (Susie Blake)
  • American Musical
  • Country Life
  • Continuity announcer: Soap operas (Susie Blake)
  • Acorn Antiques – Episode 7
  • Documentary: "Mr Right" (Duncan Preston, Anne Reid)
  • Song: "Let's Do It" (Victoria Wood)
  • Continuity announcer: Unemployment (Susie Blake)[8][9]
82"Show 2"Marcus MortimerVictoria Wood17 November 1986 (1986-11-17)

  • Stand up: Blood Donors & Shakespeare (Victoria Wood)
  • Advertisement: Stealing detergent
  • Bingo (Victoria Wood, Julie Walters)
  • Continuity announcer: Spanish opera (Susie Blake)
  • Spanish opera
  • Kelly-Marie Turnstall (Victoria Wood, Mary Jo Randle)
  • Acorn Antiques – Episode 8
  • Continuity announcer: Advertisement for Acorn Antiques Record
    • Acorn Antiques Costume Exhibition
  • Kitty (Patricia Routledge)
  • Say Who You Are
  • Olde Tyme Music Hall
  • Continuity announcer: "Well Woman" (Susie Blake)
  • Documentary: "Today in Hospital" (Duncan Preston)
  • Fireside Tales: Megan's PMT[10]
93"Show 3"Marcus MortimerVictoria Wood24 November 1986 (1986-11-24)

  • Stand up: Public Transport (Victoria Wood)
  • The Doctor: Pregnancy
  • The Trolley
  • Continuity announcer: Frigidity (Susie Blake)
  • The Second Mrs Constable
  • Margery and Joan (Victoria Wood, Julie Walters)
  • Continuity announcer: Acorn Antiques (Susie Blake)
  • Acorn Antiques – Episode 9
  • Song: "Don't Come Back" (Victoria Wood)
  • Continuity announcer: Catherine Scott
  • Documentary: "Billy" (Hugh Lloyd, Duncan Preston, Victoria Wood)
  • Fireside Tales: Morag
  • Continuity announcer: Closedown[11]
104"Show 4"Marcus MortimerVictoria Wood1 December 1986 (1986-12-01)

  • Stand up: Acne & Schooldays (Victoria Wood)
  • The Picnic on the Cliffs
  • Continuity announcer: With Signs for the Deaf (Susie Blake)
  • No Gossip – Macbeth
  • Kitty (Patricia Routledge)
  • Continuity announcer: Acorn Antiques
  • Acorn Antiques – Episode 10
  • Song: "I Saw You Today" (Victoria Wood)
  • Kelly-Marie Turnstall (Victoria Wood, Mary Jo Randle)
  • Medical School
  • Continuity announcer: The Wetherbys
  • Documentary: "A Very Funny Young Man Indeed"[12]
115"Show 5"Marcus MortimerVictoria Wood8 December 1986 (1986-12-08)

  • Stand up: The Builders (Victoria Wood)
  • Countrywide Local
  • Advertisement: Chocolates?
  • Jean and Barbara: Partly Political Broadcast (Victoria Wood, Julie Walters)
  • Continuity announcer: Regional breakfast TV (Susie Blake)
  • Margery and Joan (Julie Walters, Victoria Wood)
  • Continuity announcer: Birthday Parade 1 (Susie Blake)
  • Acorn Antiques – Episode 11
  • Song: "A Day at the Seaside" (Hope Jackman, Meg Johnson, Victoria Wood)
  • Continuity announcer: Birthday Parade 2 (Susie Blake)
  • The Garden Hose (Lill Roughley, Stephen Hancock)
  • Documentary: "Flatmates"[13]
126"Show 6"Marcus MortimerVictoria Wood15 December 1986 (1986-12-15)

  • Stand up: Old Moore's Almanac (Victoria Wood)
  • Continuity announcer: Sports
  • Tattoo Parlour
  • Continuity announcer: Axing of Acorn Antiques Characters (Susie Blake, Duncan Preston, Julie Walters, Kenny Ireland)
  • Acorn Antiques – Episode 12
  • Documentary: "Winnie's Lucky Day"
  • Song: "Count Your Blessings"
  • waitress (Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston)
  • Continuity announcer: Final Comment (Susie Blake)[14]
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Special (1987)

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13"Special"Marcus MortimerVictoria Wood18 December 1987 (1987-12-18)

  • Continuity announcer: Forthcoming events (Susie Blake)
  • Stand up: Soap operas (Victoria Wood)
  • Advertisement: The Man's Bra (Duncan Preston)
  • Self-Service (Victoria Wood, Julie Walters)
  • Video Advertisement
  • Coronation Street (Victoria Wood, Julie Walters, Lill Roughley)
  • Doctor Who (Jim Broadbent)
  • Continuity announcer: Employment (Susie Blake)
  • McConomy (Celia Imrie)
  • Song: "High Risk Area" (Victoria Wood)
  • Real Life (Julie Walters, Celia Imrie)
  • A Woman in Specs (Victoria Wood)
  • Continuity announcer: Sunday television (Susie Blake)
  • Antiques Roadshow (Lill Roughley)
  • The Anorak Song (Ian Wallace)
  • The Mayflower Hotel, Nottingham (Victoria Wood, Julie Walters, Duncan Preston)
  • Documentary: "The Making of Acorn Antiques" (Victoria Wood, Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston, Kenny Ireland, Maggie Steed, Sam Kelly, Paul Heiney)
  • Song: "At The Chippy" (Victoria Wood, Julie Walters, Lill Roughley, Meg Johnson)
  • Continuity announcer/Andrew: Epilogue (Susie Blake)[15][16]
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