30 years on and it's just as clear a picture of today's "unscripted shows" as it was then. RIP Ms. Wood, you were an amazing talent and will be missed.

@mogadon7

11 ай бұрын

Antiques shops are for FUCKING TOSSERS !

Victoria Wood was a national treasure! Thanks for all the laughs dear Victoria x

@mercedesblack7828

8 жыл бұрын

Amen!

Rest In Peace the Wonderful Victoria Wood. Thank you for the laughter xx

'His heart stop beating...sometimes that's gods way of telling you your dead' 😂

@judeirwin2222

Жыл бұрын

YOU'RE DEAD , not YOUR, which is a possessive pronoun!! GOD! WTF happened to the educational system?

"I go bellringing on Wednesday nights" ,,, 30 years later,, that still makes me cry laughing.

All these years after it was originally shown, I still giggle watching wonderful Acorn Antiques. Thank you Ms Woods for so much laughter (& tears from the more serious) over the years - R.I.P. 😢

I was watchibh Upstairs,downstairs this afternoon & saw a very young Celia Imrie as a nurse!

They should have made a separate series. RIP, Victoria Wood, You were a comedic genius.

Pure Gold Dust - All those laughs over the years and this still makes me curl up ! RIP Victoria

'His heart stopped beating, yess well that's god's way of telling you you're dead. Never mind its bingo tonight.' lol

@sexobscura

3 жыл бұрын

Bingo is god's way of telling you you're alive

Answering the phone in a family antique shop seems to suit you..what more do I need to say.the most gifted writer and comidienne in the UK .god bless you vic xxx

acorn antiques was maybe the funniest and best parody of the traditional soap opera ever seen on our tv screens. a very gifted comedienne and comedy writer. she will be missed.

@liamwhitcombe1237

6 жыл бұрын

Leigh Richards The 1st Acorn Antiques was actually written by Victoria Wood on the spur of the moment, to fill in a 5 minute void in one of her shows. The rest is history

@Johnny-sj9sj

3 жыл бұрын

Despite my grimacing and gnashing my teeth at most television “comedies”, this particular stroke of genius always had me falling out of my chair. I was just this minute watching it on TV, just a couple of clips, and then had the brilliant idea of accessing it on here. Wonderful stuff! I feel an Acorn Antiques binge coming on! 🙃

@sexobscura

3 жыл бұрын

and the show was more 'naturalistic' than *real* soapies

Celia Imrie is an absolute joy to watch,in anything & certainly in Acorn Antiques.Just finished reading her book,"The Happy Hoofer" which was a fascinating read.

Love Julie Walters 'the scene has finished' face at 2.12. Brilliant!!

Victoria Wood, what a genius. One thing that haven't managed to find anywhere on KZread. My mum certainly wasn't religious but she was a Harry Secombe fan, she loved his singing so she used to watch 'Highway ', just for that. She often used to say jokingly "l wish someone would buy poor old Harry a new anorak" He seemed to wear the same one every week! WELL l think Victoria Wood must have thought the same, she did a skit of this with Scottish tenor Ian Wallace, walking down a country lane, singing a hymn type song wearing an anorak a la Harry Secombe and the song ended with something like "God made me this lovely anorak for me to wear each day!" Both mum and l burst out laughing at this. 🤣

She defined a style of Camp. And was one of the funniest people on TV ever.

Victoria was a great observer of life - and created it into such fun! Crossroads was the obvious inspiration for this mini-series!!

Came here to remind myself about the brilliant Victoria Wood. RIP.

So very sad to hear Victoria Woods has died at 62. Thankyou for so many laughs.

@mercedesblack7828

8 жыл бұрын

They broke the mould when they made Victoria. She is an inspiration in so many ways. A leader in the comedienne world!

Acorn antiques has been a guiding light for me. Rock on Mrs wood at her best.

this is timeless... bloody brilliant!

Thank you so much for going through the effort to put all these up, much appreciated! This has to be my favourite series of VW sketches :) So many brilliant ones to choose from though!

I loved Crossroads as a child, after school, we mocked it and then even better we saw Victoria Wood’s version in Acorn Antiques! I am sure you are loving your life in the hereafter, wishing you could send us a script on it!

❤❤❤ 2023 and miss you Victoria

I go bell ringing on Wednesday nights 😀 so funny...will miss her forever x

Julie walters killed me in this 😅😂😅😂😂 ah god ilove her lol

I’ve just realised the sideways closing credits are straight out of Crossroads!

sleep well Victoria and thank you for so many laughs.

Just pop back at five for the hoovering lol

Any man mad enough to 'leave' Celi Imrie by the handbags probably SHOULD take up bell-ringing (on Wednesday, and every other night) !!

"well they say things go in threes!" "Why what ever is the matter now?" "You forgeot my sweetner" LOL! I love that line!

Some of the funniest stuff EVER!!!

Thank you Victoria. Gone well to soon. You have inspired me.

Clifford recreating Crossroads' David Hunter 🤣

She was one of the good guys! Goodbye Victoria and thanks.

this is so great...thank you

Oh Acorn Antiques, hilarious !!!

R.I.P What a talent the was. Sadly missed by all.

@dezparver5663

6 жыл бұрын

Graham Cuddy fab my mate celia in it as MissBabs x

I hope this is a send up of american soaps, cos they are spot on

R.I.P Victoria :'(

Perfection.

I love how all the camera angles are set to be "very bad"

@Johnny-sj9sj

3 жыл бұрын

Ha ha!

Got the DVD, I absolutely love this, it is so funny.

Pure class.

A deliberate parody of Crossroads

LOL "They say things go in threes! "Why whatever's wrong now? "You forgot my sweeteners!" LOL!

You're welcome.I actually bought my copy in WH Smiths though no doubt Amazon will stock it.Good luck and happy reading.

It's official, Mrs Overall is Mrs Bird in David Heyman and Paul Kings adaptation of Paddington Bead, being released in December 2014!

Oooh! I love Acorn Antiques! Best show EVER!

Acorn Antiques. - Episode 1 When Babs asked Mrs. Overall How’s your husband after his accident. - Dead , Is so final, isn’t it. Not a smirk between either of them. True actresses. What a genius show this was. When Clifford said to Babs, There’s something I haven’t told you, I go Bell 🛎 Ringing on Wednesdays. Haha 😂 You can’t do better than this show for a snigger 🤭 or two.

I've changed Clifford. I have triplets now.

thx for the laughs RIP

Brilliant acting, especially Julie Walters. Mrs Overall - brilliant name! Like the names in the Carry on films: Bill Boozey, Professor Inigo Tinkle, Citizen Camembert etc.

Absolute class

Thanks! If you can, please check out the other Acorn Antiques episodes I've uploaded...

"He's dead Miss Babs."

Julie Walters "Stole" every scene. Her character was based on Amy Turtle (Ann George) in Crossroads. Coincidentally Julie and Ann shared the same home town of Smethwick, pronounced Smerrik.

@michelformika

5 жыл бұрын

Is there any other way to pronounce Smethwick?

@benswindlehurst1857

4 жыл бұрын

michelformika Smeth ick

@arthurvasey

3 жыл бұрын

@@benswindlehurst1857 Smeth-wick - if you’re American!

its like cheesy badly filmed loads of mistakes and wrong lines bad camera angles it can only be acorn antiques luv it loads its hilarious and i am only 13 so that is quite an unusual thing to say and yes i love the way how its meant to be crap it makes it more funny lol x

@Sammyli99

2 ай бұрын

watch Reginald Perrin.

*-spot on-*

I watched a program about this, and they said just how hard it was to deliberately shoot this badly. Many of the people working on these shows were professional, so doing it right was second nature, but the humour was that it should have been shot badly, and it was hard to deliberately muck it up with school boy errors. But their effort really pays off.

Bonkers..but bloody brilliant 👍😀😂

@whatsina1

9 жыл бұрын

You should check out ''The shoe shop sketch'' from same Vic Wood series show if haven't seen. Bonkers with bells on..! ...we think we've got hens in the skirting boards..

@xxwendyx

9 жыл бұрын

👍

@Johnny-sj9sj

3 жыл бұрын

whatsina1 - Great! Never seen it, so I’m on the case right now! Thanks!

'National treasure' is a wildly overused term these days but in Victoria's case it's so very true. That's life (Wish i was 14 again), those two tv plays with Julie Walters,Wood n Walters, As seen on TV, An audience with, Dinnerladies, Housewife, all TV gold. And a wonderful who's who stock company too..

SO FUNNY!!!

Genius

Comic genius was Victoria Wood sadly missed x

God bless you there so funny

Reminds me of the 'Supermarket Matters' audio podcast, and the old tv parody 'Soap' with Billy Crystal from ABC, but without the alien-baby and the guy that thinks he's invisible, or a set of Whoosh! doors. Is there a Mad Jasper, "The Major", loony, rambbling character?

Clifford and Miss Babs. Still a better love story than Twilight.

Crossroads ultimate parody.

Manchester Ford? Fucking brilliant.

I used to find Acorn Antiques a bit cheesy and Mrs Overall a bit sad until I worked somewhere the office manager was also PA to the director and volunteer manager and couldn't delegate much as if she was a martyr. She had spent her childhood taking care of her younger half siblings and step siblings and taking care of everybody else was her life script. She even did overtime as a cleaner in the same place when the cleaner was on holiday. Mrs Overall reminds me of her.

I love the deliberately janky acting and wobbly sets/graphics. Getting the production to look cheap on purpose was a genius idea, including deliberate errors.

never Mind just Victoria the beautiful miss Babs how alluring. and so talented + the superb Mrs bo without them Victoria would not be so great imrie is more talented. Just bring your antiques in byee😇

Hilarious! Your missing a couple of episodes :( Also you can watch this in higher quality if you add &fmt=18 to the address.

Amusing😂

Mrs Overall = My Mum =3

@Johnny-sj9sj

3 жыл бұрын

Ha ha! Mine too!

It's just like crossroads but better acted. 😌

love it. do the couple at the back ever buy anything?

@colinr0380

4 жыл бұрын

Never once!

I will never be able to face another macaroon agin without tittering.

Oh abso-bleedin'-lutely,lol.It's one of the most fascinating biogs' of a 'celebrity' I've read in a long time.She is so much more than just 'someone of the box'.Not to spoil it for you,but she's actually from aristocratic birth through her mother's family! Yup,get hold of a copy,you won't be disappointed,or I'll give you your money back,lol.And no I'm NOT her agent,hahaha!

@sagilady523

Жыл бұрын

Who are you talking about?

Hilarious.

Still a better story than Twilight.

check out Dark Shadows Bloopers #2 and it is like watching this show...only real mess ups! lol Funny stuff!

:)

Macaroons?

Since enamored came up on my smart phone I guess you must have got George Clooney before I told raz. So. How about this one?

Rowena From KUWAIT?? 😂😂

Acorn Antiques was absolute rubbish but in a brilliantly funny way!

@WedgePee

11 ай бұрын

It was mocking the poorly made soap operas of the time (e.g. Crossroads).

Poor audience reaction!

never Mind just Victoria the beautiful miss Babs how alluring. and so talented + the superb Mrs bo without them Victoria would not be so great imrie is more talented. Just bring your antiques in byee😇