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Victoria Wood As Seen On TV

Season 2 1986 - 1987

  • 1986-11-10T21:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 30m
  • 3h 30m (7 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Comedy
A British comedy series starring comedian Victoria Wood with Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston, Susie Blake and Patricia Routledge. The show was televised 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. The show was created when Wood was enticed away from rival television station ITV in 1984. She wrote the whole programme and also the synopsis of it for listings magazine the Radio Times. The series has led to spin-off script books, video tapes and DVDs.

7 episodes

Season Premiere

1986-11-10T21:00:00Z

2x01 Episode 1

Season Premiere

2x01 Episode 1

  • 1986-11-10T21:00:00Z30m

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.

1986-11-17T21:00:00Z

2x02 Episode 2

2x02 Episode 2

  • 1986-11-17T21:00:00Z30m

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.

1986-11-24T21:00:00Z

2x03 Episode 3

2x03 Episode 3

  • 1986-11-24T21:00:00Z30m

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.

1986-12-01T21:00:00Z

2x04 Episode 4

2x04 Episode 4

  • 1986-12-01T21:00:00Z30m

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.

1986-12-08T21:00:00Z

2x05 Episode 5

2x05 Episode 5

  • 1986-12-08T21:00:00Z30m

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.

1986-12-15T21:00:00Z

2x06 Episode 6

2x06 Episode 6

  • 1986-12-15T21:00:00Z30m

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

1987-12-18T21:00:00Z

2x07 Christmas Special

2x07 Christmas Special

  • 1987-12-18T21:00:00Z30m

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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