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.

Contents

Series overview

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 611 January 1985 (1985-01-11)15 February 1985 (1985-02-15)
2 610 November 1986 (1986-11-10)15 December 1986 (1986-12-15)
Special 18 December 1987 (1987-12-18)

Episodes

Series 1 (1985)

Total
no.		Series
no.		TitleDirectorWritersOriginal air date
11"Show 1"Marcus Mortimer Victoria Wood 11 January 1985 (1985-01-11)

22"Show 2"Marcus MortimerVictoria Wood18 January 1985 (1985-01-18)

33"Show 3"Marcus MortimerVictoria Wood25 January 1985 (1985-01-25)

44"Show 4"Marcus MortimerVictoria Wood1 February 1985 (1985-02-01)

55"Show 5"Marcus MortimerVictoria Wood8 February 1985 (1985-02-08)

66"Show 6"Marcus MortimerVictoria Wood15 February 1985 (1985-02-15)

Series 2 (1986)

Total
no.		Series
no.		TitleDirectorWritersOriginal air date
71"Show 1"Marcus Mortimer Victoria Wood 10 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)

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)

Special (1987)

Total
no.		TitleDirectorWritersOriginal air date
13"Special"Marcus Mortimer Victoria Wood 18 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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References

  1. ↑ "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV episode guide Series 1". David England. 3 November 2007. Archived from the original on 9 November 2007.
  2. ↑ "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 11 January 1985 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.
  3. ↑ "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 18 January 1985 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.
  4. ↑ "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 25 January 1985 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.
  5. ↑ "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 01 February 1985 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.
  6. ↑ "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 08 February 1985 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.
  7. ↑ "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 15 February 1985 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.
  8. ↑ "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV episode guide Series 2". David England. 3 November 2007. Archived from the original on 13 May 2007.
  9. ↑ "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 10 November 1986 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.
  10. ↑ "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 17 November 1986 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.
  11. ↑ "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 24 November 1986 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.
  12. ↑ "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 01 December 1986 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.
  13. ↑ "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 08 December 1986 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.
  14. ↑ "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 15 December 1986 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.
  15. ↑ "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV episode guide Special". David England. 3 November 2007. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007.
  16. ↑ "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV Special BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.
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