Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
Victoria Wood As Seen On TV: Season 2

Air Date

November 10, 1986

Episodes

7 episodes

Victoria Wood As Seen On TV

Season 2

Episodes

Episode 1

1. Episode 1

November 10, 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.

Episode 2

2. Episode 2

November 17, 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.

Episode 3

3. Episode 3

November 24, 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.

Episode 4

4. Episode 4

December 1, 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.

Episode 5

5. Episode 5

December 8, 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.

Episode 6

6. Episode 6

December 15, 1986
30 min

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

Christmas Special

7. Christmas Special

7.0
December 18, 1987
30 min

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.