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Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV

Series 2

1986 · 7 episodes

  1. 1. Episode 1

    1986-11-10 · 30m

    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.

  2. 2. Episode 2

    1986-11-17 · 30m

    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.

  3. 3. Episode 3

    1986-11-24 · 30m

    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.

  4. 4. Episode 4

    1986-12-01 · 30m

    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.

  5. 5. Episode 5

    1986-12-08 · 30m

    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.

  6. 6. Episode 6

    1986-12-15 · 30m

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

  7. 7. Christmas Special

    1987-12-18 · 30m

    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.

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