Acorn Antiques

Acorn Antiques was a parodic soap opera featured regularly on the sketch show Victoria Wood As Seen On TV, which ran from 1985 to 1987.

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Parodic - Soap opera - Sketch show - Victoria Wood As Seen On TV - 1985 - 1987

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The show spoofed the real soap Crossroads, and its apparent low production values; specifically the "stagy" look of the show, and the tendency they had to keep going when someone fluffed a line or missed a cue. The cavalier attitude some soaps had to continuity was also spoofed; in one episode the antique shop is, for no referred-to reason, a health farm. References to other soaps were also featured; one episode ended with the announcement that the show's theme song was available to buy as "Anyone Can Break A Vase", a reference to the song "Anyone Can Fall In Love", which was based on the EastEnders theme and sung by Anita Dobson.

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Crossroads - Continuity - EastEnders - Anita Dobson

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One of the show's spoof documentaries, presented by Paul Heiney, took us behind the scenes at Acorn Antiques. When the presenter noticed an obvious continuity error, the producer ('Marion Clune', played by Maggie Steed) summed up the shows attitude: "Joe Public never clocks a darn thing."

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Paul Heiney - Maggie Steed

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