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Director:
Marcus Mortimer
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Seasons:
1 | 2 full episode list
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
Sketch based show starring 'Victoria Wood' , 'Julie Walters' and many others. Included regular items... more
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Awards:
5 wins & 2 nominations more
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Legendary. more (4 total)

Cast

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Victoria Wood ... Herself / ... (13 episodes, 1985-1987)

Julie Walters ... Mrs. Overall / ... (13 episodes, 1985-1987)
Celia Imrie ... Miss Babs / ... (13 episodes, 1985-1987)
Duncan Preston ... Clifford / ... (13 episodes, 1985-1987)
Susie Blake ... Continuity Announcer / ... (13 episodes, 1985-1987)
Kenny Ireland ... Derek / ... (8 episodes, 1985-1987)
Rose Collins ... Trixie (7 episodes, 1985-1986)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
30 min (13 episodes)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Company:
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) more

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Quotes:
Kitty: "Are you familiar with Marks?", she said. I said, "Well, I think their pants have dropped off." She said, "I was referring to Karl Marx, who as you know is buried in Highgate cemetery." I said, "Of course I knew! But were you aware," I said, "that Cheadle crematorium holds the ashes of Stanley Kershaw, patenter of the Kershaw double-gusset? To my mind a far bigger boom than communism!" more
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Featured in Britain's 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches (2005) (TV) more

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Legendary., 21 September 2002
Author: chuffnobbler from United Kingdom

This sketch show is second to none. Nearly twenty years after its' first outing, it stands the test of time. Victoria Wood's writing is instantly recognisable, and her ear for dialogue has influenced so much that has come after her. Some of the sketches and characters in this series can be spotted a mile off, and have been imitated endlessly.

The immortal Acorn Antiques, with Victoria Wood and Celia Imrie as the overly made-up Miss Babs and Miss Berta, and Julie Walters as the legendary Mrs Overall, queen of the coconut macaroons and homemade sherry, is the sketch everyone remembers. It's quite possible that Acorn Antiques changed British TV comedy forever, but there are so many other gems in the rest of the series.

Susie Blake's scathing and rude continuity announcer; Patricia Routledge as Kitty, fitting in a quick monologue before rushing back home to Cheadle; Victoria and Julie as hopeless daytime TV presenters ... wonderful.

This series is not to be missed. Victoria Wood's work is guaranteed high-quality stuff, and this is the best thing she has done so far.

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