Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
(1985)Streaming Episode Guide
Series 2
Christmas Special
Episode 7 - 12-18-1987
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.
Haven't Seen
Episode 6
12-15-1986
"Have it your way, Waseem, but if disposable saris don't catch on, count me out!"
8.7/10Haven't Seen
Episode 5
12-08-1986
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.
8.5/10Haven't Seen
Episode 4
12-01-1986
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.
8.1/10Haven't Seen
Episode 3
11-24-1986
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.
8.4/10Haven't Seen
Episode 2
11-17-1986
33m
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.
8.5/10Haven't Seen
Episode 1
11-10-1986
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.
8.8/10Haven't Seen
Series 1
Episode 6
2-15-1985
31m
The last in the present series. 47: 'Managing without Opera'. It's the third week of the experiment. How are Hannah and Gavin coping ? Why is their sitting room pale green ? Why can't they laugh without showing their gums ? What's on the other side ? Special guest Pete Postlethwaite.
8.2/10Haven't Seen
Episode 5
2-08-1985
31m
It's February. It's drizzling. Charlie Coleridge is divorced, unemployed and homeless. He has enough painkillers to leave a heartless and uncaring world behind. But first - he has to tie his cravat... Fairly amusing (DAILY TELEGRAPH). Featuring Denis Lawson, Maureen Lipman and Zara Nutley.
8.2/10Haven't Seen
Episode 4
2-01-1985
32m
No 18: 'The Incredible Journey'. Before a paper clip reaches your stationery tray, it will have undergone over 800 separate manufacturing processes, none of them interesting.
7.6/10Haven't Seen
Episode 3
1-25-1985
Would Jane Austen have used a food processor ? Did Mendelssohn have a mole in the same place as Anita Harris ? Where can you buy stair rods ? All these questions and more, ignored in tonight's programme.
8.4/10Haven't Seen
Episode 2
1-18-1985
Two years ago a woman from a North Lancashire village forgot to stoke her solid fuel boiler. An award-winning camera crew follow her determined and often heartbreaking attempts to light it. I loved it. (DAILY MAIL). Special guest Patricia Routledge.
8.5/10Haven't Seen
Episode 1
1-11-1985
'Chipper' Patel arrived from New Delhi in 1962 with an artificial leg and five pounds in his pocket. He now controls a multi-million pound vinyl flooring empire. He didn't want to be filmed. So here's a tatty old comedy programme with some women in it. Starring Victoria Wood with Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston and Susie Blake.
8.3/10Haven't Seen
Top 5 Highest Rated Episodes 8.8/10
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Episode 1
11-10-1986
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.
8.8/10Haven't Seen
Episode 6
12-15-1986
"Have it your way, Waseem, but if disposable saris don't catch on, count me out!"
8.7/10Haven't Seen
Episode 2
1-18-1985
Two years ago a woman from a North Lancashire village forgot to stoke her solid fuel boiler. An award-winning camera crew follow her determined and often heartbreaking attempts to light it. I loved it. (DAILY MAIL). Special guest Patricia Routledge.
8.5/10Haven't Seen
Episode 2
11-17-1986
33m
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.
8.5/10Haven't Seen
Episode 5
12-08-1986
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.
8.5/10Haven't Seen
