Victoria Wood As Seen On TV Special (BBC2 Continuity included)
Victoria Wood As Seen On TV was a British comedy sketch 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 (in which Walters, as an elderly waitress, takes too long to deliver two bowls of soup) and regular features like Acorn Antiques (a parody of low-budget soap opera), as well as musical performances by Wood including her most well-known number, The Ballad of Barry and Freda ("Let's Do It"). 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. The show won BAFTA Awards for all its episodes and, in 1996, it was awarded all-time Favourite Comedy Series by the BBC itself. Wood preferred to work with a regular repertory of actors she could trust. Since the show ended, she has occasionally revived aspects of it with these colleagues. A notable spin-off is Acorn Antiques, the West End musical. This follow up 40-minute Special of the original 1986/87 series was first aired on Thursday 12th December 1987 and includes the following stand-up and sketches: Continuity announcer: Forthcoming events (Susie Blake) Stand up: Soap operas (Victoria Wood) Advertisement: The Man's Bra/Self-Service (Duncan Preston) Video Advertisement Coronation Street (Victoria Wood, Julie Walters, Lill Roughley) Doctor Who (Duncan Preston) Continuity announcer: Employment (Susie Blake) McConomy (Celia Imrie) Song: "I Don't Need You" (Victoria Wood) Real Life A Woman In Specs Continuity announcer: Sunday television (Susie Blake) Antiques Roadshow (Lill Roughley) The Anorak Song The Mayflower Hotel, Nottingham (Victoria Wood, Julie Walters, Duncan Preston) Documentary: "The Making Of Acorn Antiques" Song: "At The Chippy" [34] (Victoria Wood, Julie Walters, Lill Roughley, Meg Johnson) Continuity announcer/Andrew: Epilogue (Susie Blake) Copyright BBC Television 1987 Episodes from the original series and a special Acorn Antiques edition remain available to buy on dvd. Find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/tvheaven
