Awards
As Seen On TV was a highly acclaimed show in the United Kingdom by the time it ended in 1987. Wood, having just received a BAFTA for the first series, said at the time: "I was very pleased to win, but it really put pressure on me. I was already writing the new series and every time I looked at the award I kept on thinking that people would be expecting so much more now and I just wouldn't be able to live up to it. In the end, I just put the thing away." The series then went on to win BAFTAs for its entire run.
| First series | Broadcasting Press Award | |
| First series | BAFTA | Best Light Entertainment Programme ( awarded to producer Geoff Posner ) |
| First series | BAFTA | Best Light Entertainment Performance ( Victoria Wood ) |
| Second series | BAFTA | Best Light Entertainment Programme ( awarded to Geoff Posner ) |
| Christmas special | BAFTA | Best Light Entertainment Programme ( awarded to Geoff Posner ) |
In 1996, the BBC celebrated its 60th anniversary with an awards ceremony titled Auntie's All Time Greats. In it, As Seen On TV beat Monty Python's Flying Circus for "Favourite Comedy Series". It beat the same show again when it won 'best sketch show' in the Radio Times Comedy Poll in 2001.
Despite all the accolades As Seen On TV received (with many of them from the BBC), it was last repeated on terrestrial British television in 1995. As Seen On TV was, however, repeated in a weekend marathon (from 3–4 November 2007) of Victoria Wood programmes on British satellite TV station UKTV Gold.
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