List of Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV episodes

Last updated September 16, 2025

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

Series overview

Series	Episodes	Originally released
Series	Episodes	First released	Last released
1	6	11 January 1985 (1985-01-11)	15 February 1985 (1985-02-15)
2	6	10 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.	Title	Director	Writers	Original air date
1	1	"Show 1"	Marcus Mortimer	Victoria Wood	11 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]
2	2	"Show 2"	Marcus Mortimer	Victoria Wood	18 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]
3	3	"Show 3"	Marcus Mortimer	Victoria Wood	25 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]
4	4	"Show 4"	Marcus Mortimer	Victoria Wood	1 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]
5	5	"Show 5"	Marcus Mortimer	Victoria Wood	8 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]
6	6	"Show 6"	Marcus Mortimer	Victoria Wood	15 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]

Series 2 (1986)

Total no.	Series no.	Title	Director	Writers	Original air date
7	1	"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]
8	2	"Show 2"	Marcus Mortimer	Victoria Wood	17 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]
9	3	"Show 3"	Marcus Mortimer	Victoria Wood	24 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]
10	4	"Show 4"	Marcus Mortimer	Victoria Wood	1 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]
11	5	"Show 5"	Marcus Mortimer	Victoria Wood	8 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]
12	6	"Show 6"	Marcus Mortimer	Victoria Wood	15 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" Two Soups (Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston) Continuity announcer: Final Comment (Susie Blake)[14]

Special (1987)

Total no.	Title	Director	Writers	Original 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]

References

↑ "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV episode guide Series 1". David England. 3 November 2007. Archived from the original on 9 November 2007.
↑ "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 11 January 1985 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.^{[ dead link ]}
↑ "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 18 January 1985 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.^{[ dead link ]}
↑ "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 25 January 1985 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.^{[ dead link ]}
↑ "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 01 February 1985 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.^{[ dead link ]}
↑ "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 08 February 1985 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.^{[ dead link ]}
↑ "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 15 February 1985 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.^{[ dead link ]}
↑ "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV episode guide Series 2". David England. 3 November 2007. Archived from the original on 13 May 2007.
↑ "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 10 November 1986 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.^{[ dead link ]}
↑ "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 17 November 1986 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.^{[ dead link ]}
↑ "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 24 November 1986 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.^{[ dead link ]}
↑ "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 01 December 1986 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.^{[ dead link ]}
↑ "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 08 December 1986 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.^{[ dead link ]}
↑ "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 15 December 1986 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.^{[ dead link ]}
↑ "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV episode guide Special". David England. 3 November 2007. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007.
↑ "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV Special BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.^{[ dead link ]}

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[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.^{[ dead link ]}

[3] "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 18 January 1985 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.^{[ dead link ]}

[4] "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 25 January 1985 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.^{[ dead link ]}

[5] "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 01 February 1985 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.^{[ dead link ]}

[6] "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 08 February 1985 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.^{[ dead link ]}

[7] "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 15 February 1985 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.^{[ dead link ]}

[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.^{[ dead link ]}

[10] "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 17 November 1986 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.^{[ dead link ]}

[11] "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 24 November 1986 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.^{[ dead link ]}

[12] "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 01 December 1986 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.^{[ dead link ]}

[13] "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 08 December 1986 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.^{[ dead link ]}

[14] "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 15 December 1986 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.^{[ dead link ]}

[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.^{[ dead link ]}

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v t e Victoria Wood
Sketch shows	The Summer Show (1975) Wood and Walters (1981) As Seen on TV (1985–87; episodes; Acorn Antiques ) Julie Walters and Friends (1991) All Day Breakfast (1992) With All the Trimmings (2000) Mid Life Christmas (2009)
Theatre	In at the Death (1978) Talent (1978) Good Fun (1980) Acorn Antiques: The Musical! (2005) That Day We Sang (2011)
Television dramas	Talent (1979) Nearly a Happy Ending (1980) Happy Since I Met You (1981) Pat and Margaret (1994) Housewife, 49 (2006) Eric and Ernie (2011) Loving Miss Hatto (2012) That Day We Sang (2014)
Situation comedies	Victoria Wood (1989) Dinnerladies (1998–2000; episodes)
Television documentaries	Victoria Wood: Moonwalking (2004) Victoria Wood's Big Fat Documentary (2004) Victoria's Empire (2007) Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea (2013)