Movie: Acorn Antiques

Top 8 Billed Cast

Victoria Wood
Victoria Wood

Berta

Celia Imrie
Celia Imrie

Babs

Julie Walters
Julie Walters

Mrs. Overall

Susie Blake
Susie Blake

Announcer

Duncan Preston
Duncan Preston

Clifford

Sam Kelly
Sam Kelly

Director

Maggie Steed
Maggie Steed

Marion Clune - Executive Producer

Deborah Grant
Deborah Grant

Crew Member

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    Starring Victoria Wood, Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston, with the snobby continuity announcer played by Susie Blake, Acorn Antiques was a mini soap opera set in a shop on the outskirts of Manchesterford. Viewers were gripped with the everyday dramas that beset Miss Babs (Celia Imrie), Berta (Victoria Wood) and the glamorous Mrs Overall (Julie Walters). Now each thrilling episode is available together for the first time on DVD, including "Babs and the Cup of Coffee", "Mrs Overall and her Apron" and the memorable classic "Berta coming through the Doorway". Re-live the drama as Mrs Overall serves up another batch of macaroons and Babs discusses the future of the shop. What will be this week's riveting cliff hanger? Will the set survive? Written by Victoria Wood, Acorn Antiques was Produced and Directed by Geoff Posner and first transmitted as part of Victoria Wood as Seen on TV… in January 1985.

  • Release Date

    1987-12-18

  • Average

    7.5

  • Rating:

    3.8 starts
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  • Languages:

    English
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