Gourt > Regional > Europe > United Kingdom > Arts and Entertainment > Television > Programmes > Comedy > Acorn Antiques
Acorn Antiques is a parodic soap opera written by Victoria Wood as a regular feature in the two seasons of Victoria Wood - As Seen On TV, which ran from 1985 to 1987. It was progressed into a musical, by Wood, in 2005.
The 'soap' spoofed British soap operas of the time (Wood cited the early years of Crossroads as an inspiration, although swipes were taken at current soaps such as Eastenders and Coronation Street) with their apparent low production values, theatrical acting, and wildly improbable plots.
Its premise - the lives and loves of the staff of an antiques shop in a fictional English suburb called Manchesterford - hardly reflects the ambitious and implausible story-lines, which lampooned the staples of soap operas: love triangles, amnesiacs, sudden deaths, and siblings reunited.
More on [ Acorn Antiques ]
Presenter Phillips to leave GMTV
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:38:18 -0000
Presenter Fiona Phillips is leaving GMTV after 15 years to spend more time with her family, she announces.
Taylor-Wood 'to make Lennon film'
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:02:50 -0000
Photographer and video artist Sam Taylor-Wood signs up to direct a movie about the life of former Beatle John Lennon.
Lohan hits out at 'bully' father
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:21:26 -0000
Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan lashes out at her father calling him a "public embarrassment" and a "bully".
Acorn Antiques - A full transcript of the sixth episode.
404
MadForArts - Article by Lisa Chalkley reviewing the musical production.
TheatreguideLondon - A 2005 review of the musical production based on the television show.
Times Online - A review of the musical's first night.
Meta Description: [ WHETHER itÂ’s because of love for the lady herself or recollected joy in the TV sketches Victoria Wood wrote for her, Julie Walters had only to jerk and teeter on stage for the folks near me to dissolve in uproar. I laughed a bit too, because she& ]
