List of Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV episodes

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
			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 [1] (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 [2] Video Box Documentary: A Fairly Ordinary Man (Jim Broadbent, Victoria Wood, Christine Hargreaves) Margery and Joan [3] (Julie Walters, Victoria Wood) Song – "Keep on Shopping" [4] (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 [5] (Victoria Wood, Julie Walters) Playbox (Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston) Transmission breakdown Song: "I'm Gonna Knock, Knock, Knock on Your Knocker" Gail and Carl [6] [7] Continuity announcer: Acorn Antiques (Susie Blake) Acorn Antiques – Episode 2 [8] Kitty [9] (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) [10][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 [11] (Victoria Wood, Julie Walters) Continuity announcer: Plays with dressing gowns (Susie Blake) Fitted Kitchen: Ill-Fitting Relationships Service Wash [12] (Victoria Wood) Anti-mugging spray (Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston) Song: "A Simple Northern Boy" [13] (Victoria Wood) The Underwear Shop (Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston) Video Box Acorn Antiques – Episode 3 [14] 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 [15] (Victoria Wood, Celia Imrie) Continuity announcer: Pippa (Susie Blake) Pippa Gail and Carl: The Facts of Life [16] Song: "Go Away" (Victoria Wood) At The Doctor's: Running Continuity announcer: Acorn Antiques (Susie Blake) Acorn Antiques – Episode 4 [17] Kitty (Patricia Routledge) Continuity announcer: Tops and blouses (Susie Blake) Documentary: "On Campus" [18] 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 [19] (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 [20] Giving Notes [21] Documentary: "Just An Ordinary School" [22] 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 [23] Kitty [24] (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 [25] Dandruff Commercial [26] Whither the Arts [27] (Duncan Preston) Documentary: "Bessie" [28] 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" [29] (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" [30] (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 [31] Documentary: "Winnie's Lucky Day" Song: "Count Your Blessings" [32] Two Soups [33] (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" [34] (Victoria Wood, Julie Walters, Lill Roughley, Meg Johnson) Continuity announcer/Andrew: Epilogue (Susie Blake)[15][16]

References

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13. "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV 08 December 1986 BBC Infax Guide". BBC Infax. 3 November 2007.
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15. "Victoria Wood-As Seen on TV episode guide Special". David England. 3 November 2007. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007.
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