DVD, Video and Other Media
For a series so lauded, its commercial release had until recently been mainly limited to compilations, with only a full commercial release of the entire series 20 years after the show ended. Initially, a best of series one VHS was released by BBC Video in 1986, with a sub-heading "The Very Best Now On Video". The series was then issued on DVD in 2002 as a 90-minute compilation titled Best of Victoria Wood: As Seen On TV. It was not until 2 April 2007 that the entire series (including the Christmas special) was finally released, in a two-disc DVD set. It was classified a 12 certificate, as it "Contains infrequent bleeped language and moderate sex references". In 1993, a VHS a compilation with the Acorn Antiques sketches was released on BBC Video. A DVD reissue followed in 2005.
Audio highlights were made into two half-hour shows for Radio 4. They were broadcast on 18 and 25 August 1992. Audio highlights of the show were also released over two cassettes by the BBC in 1991.
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