Artist: 
Victoria Wood

As Seen On TV: Limited Green + Brown Colour Vinyl 2LP

£34.99

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Release date: 5 May, 2023

Sketches and songs from the much loved BBC TV series, written by and starring Victoria Wood presented on Green and Brown for the first time.

“Not bleakly not meekly beat me on the bottom with a Woman’s Weekly…”

It’s got to be one of the most celebrated comedy songs in recent history. The Ballad of Barry and Freda (AKA Let’s Do It) originated in Victoria Wood’s groundbreaking television series As Seen On TV. It’s just one of the many treasures on this double vinyl LP release, which also boasts a plethora of Victoria’s best remembered comedy sketches.

Written by and starring Victoria herself, the sketches also feature Julie Walters in an array of comedic guises, perhaps most memorably as Mrs Overall in the soap opera spoof Acorn Antiques. With Celia Imrie as Miss Babs, Duncan Preston as Mr Clifford, Susie Blake as a perpetually snooty continuity announcer, Patricia Routledge as agony aunt Kitty, and a riotous supporting cast, the scene is set for an affectionately biting send up of 1980s TV.

Two 140g vinyl LPs (one green and one brown) are presented in a wittily illustrated gatefold sleeve, featuring images from the TV series. Cast and credits are accompanied by an exclusive sleeve note by Jasper Rees, author of the bestselling Let’s Do It: The Authorised Biography of Victoria Wood and Victoria Wood Unseen on TV. Two full colour inner sleeves supply a complete track listing.

Formats: 
Vinyl LP
Label: 
Demon Records
Cat#:
DEMREC1068

Tracklist

# Title Length
Monologue – “Look, I’m in a muddle…”
Doorbells
Continuity Announcer
Spaghetti
Medical School
Acorn Antiques
Kitty
Cosmetic Surgery
He Didn’t
Monologue – “I’m meeting a man tonight…”
Song: The Ballad of Barry and Freda
Monologue – “I’ve only just got here…”
Turkish Bath
Country Life
Song: Pissed Off With Love
Acorn Antiques
Kitty
Continuity Announcer
Office Gossip
The Mayflower Hotel
He Didn’t
Monologue – “There’s something funny going on tonight...”
Continuity Announcer
# Title Length
Monologue – “Ooh, I’m tired...”
Continuity announcer
Self-Service
Real Life
Service Wash
Song: Crush
Kitty
Carl and Gail
The Reporter
Dandruff Commercial
Monologue – “Listen, a terrible thing’s happened to me...”
Continuity announcer
Monologue – “Hey, I bought an Old Moore’s Almanack…”
Continuity announcer
Supermarket Checkout
Giving Notes
Continuity announcer
Acorn Antiques
Kitty
Carl and Gail
No Gossip
Monologue – “Ugh! Have I got a red face?”
Song: Shopping