Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV

Series 2

1986 · 7 episodes · 3h 30m in all · 7.0/10

Episodes

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   1. Episode 1

   10 Nov 1986 · 30 min

   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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   2. Episode 2

   17 Nov 1986 · 30 min

   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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   3. Episode 3

   24 Nov 1986 · 30 min

   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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   4. Episode 4

   1 Dec 1986 · 30 min

   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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   5. Episode 5

   8 Dec 1986 · 30 min

   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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   6. Episode 6

   15 Dec 1986 · 30 min

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

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   7. Christmas Special

   18 Dec 1987 · 30 min · 7.0/10

   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.