Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV (Season 2)

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.

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    Episode 1 (Episode 1)

    Air date: 1986-11-10

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: 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.

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    Episode 2 (Episode 2)

    Air date: 1986-11-17

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: 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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    Episode 3 (Episode 3)

    Air date: 1986-11-24

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: 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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    Episode 4 (Episode 4)

    Air date: 1986-12-01

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: 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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    Episode 5 (Episode 5)

    Air date: 1986-12-08

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: 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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    Episode 6 (Episode 6)

    Air date: 1986-12-15

    Runtime: 30 min

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

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    Christmas Special (Episode 7) 7.0

    Air date: 1987-12-18

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: 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.

Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV

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