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Julie Walters (Mrs Overall), Victoria Wood (Berta), Rosie Collins (Trixie) and Celia Imrie (Miss Babs) in Acorn Antiques (1986).

Acorn Antiques is a parodic soap opera written by British comedian Victoria Wood as a regular feature in the two series of Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV, which ran from 1985 to 1987. Wood later adapted the concept into a musical, which opened in 2005.

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Acorn Antiques

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Acorn Antiques is a parodic soap opera written by British comedian Victoria Wood as a regular feature in the two series of Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV...

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Celia Imrie

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to 1989 she worked in the team with Victoria Wood in As Seen on TV, Acorn Antiques and dinnerladies, and in 1994 she appeared again with Wood in Pat and...

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Nick Frost

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Frost played a small role in a one-off episode of Victoria Wood's Acorn Antiques. This was a specially written episode shown during the series called...

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Julie Walters

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Walters's best-known roles, Mrs Overall, in Wood's parodic soap opera, Acorn Antiques (she later appeared in the musical version, and received an Olivier...

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Duncan Preston

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parody sketches Acorn Antiques and as Stan in the sitcom dinnerladies (1998–2000). He reprised his role of Clifford in Acorn Antiques: The Musical! in...

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Victoria Wood

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featured the Acorn Antiques series of sketches, parodying the low-budget soap opera Crossroads, and rumoured to be named after an antiques shop in her...

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Josie Lawrence

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Julie Walters and Celia Imrie in the cult West End production of Wood's Acorn Antiques: The Musical. In 2008, Lawrence took the lead role in Tom Stoppard's...

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Neil Morrissey

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In 2005 Morrissey performed in Victoria Wood's musical adaptation of Acorn Antiques alongside Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston and Josie Lawrence...

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The Madame Blanc Mysteries

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broadcast on Channel 5 and Acorn TV. The series, written by and starring Sally Lindsay and Sue Vincent, concerns a Cheshire antiques dealer, Jean White, who...

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Trevor Nunn

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Pacific (at the Royal National Theatre), The Woman in White, Othello and Acorn Antiques: The Musical! (2005), The Royal Hunt of the Sun, Rock 'n' Roll and Porgy...

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Kenny Ireland

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Oedipus Tyrannos and A Midsummer Night's Dream. He also appeared in Acorn Antiques, the STV series Taggart, the 1983 film Local Hero, Dempsey and Makepeace...

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List of musicals filmed live on stage

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Sister Amnesia's Country Western Nunsense Jamboree Taboo Our House Acorn Antiques The Musical! (original West End cast, released 2006) The Rat Pack: Live...

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Sally Ann Triplett

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include Children in Need 2003, EastEnders, Doctors, Down To Earth, Acorn Antiques: The Musical!, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Holby City and The Fishing...

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Maggie Steed

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(1982) and "Sick" (1984) Victoria Wood As Seen on TV – "The Making of Acorn Antiques" as Marion Clune (Producer) (1985) Intimate Contact – Becca Crichton...

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The Devil of Christmas

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those influences mentioned by the writers, commentators identified Acorn Antiques, Psycho, Tales from the Crypt, Dead of Night, Whistle and I'll Come...

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List of British comedians

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Serafinowicz, Look Around You, Peter Serafinowicz Show Victoria Wood, Acorn Antiques Russ Abbot (born 1947) James Acaster (born 1985) Maisie Adam Will Adamsdale...

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Ronald Allen

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also the inspiration for "Mr Clifford" in Victoria Wood's spoof soap Acorn Antiques in her 1980s comedy sketch series Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV. Duncan...

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Sara Crowe

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Lives, Twelfth Night, Hay Fever and The Constant Wife and, on tour, Acorn Antiques the Musical and Alan Ayckbourn's Absurd Person Singular.[citation needed]...

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Acorn DVD

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RLJE International Ltd, d/b/a Acorn Media, a British company that publishes and distributes DVDs, as well as selling home-video products and streaming...

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Driving Lessons

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of other things: Driving Miss Daisy, Harold and Maude, Billy Elliot, Acorn Antiques. It doesn't quite develop its own identity. And it's somehow inevitable...

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List of city nicknames in the United Kingdom

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fictional setting for Victoria Wood's 1980s series of sketches on BBC TV, Acorn Antiques, but gained colloquial popularity, especially on the gay scene and was...

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Soap opera

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miniseries spoof of the prime time serials of the period. The recurring "Acorn Antiques" skit on the UK's Victoria Wood As Seen On TV (1985–1987) was modeled...

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2006 Laurence Olivier Awards

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and Dolls 6: Don Carlos, Hedda Gabler and Mary Stuart 4: Coram Boy 3: Acorn Antiques, Death of a Salesman and La clemenza di Tito 2: Billy Budd, Heroes,...

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Theatre Royal Haymarket

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injuring fifteen people. 2005 productions included Victoria Wood's Acorn Antiques: The Musical, starring Julie Walters, Celia Imrie and Duncan Preston...

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Nicholas Barnes

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Britcamp" 1988: Casualty as "Eric" 1988: The Bill as "Squatter" 1987: Acorn Antiques as "Roberts - Scriptwriter" 1987: Scoop (TV movie) as "Bateson" 1986-87:...

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