Victoria Wood sketch parodying the film Brief Encounter. Buy the DVD, buy all the Victoria Wood DVDs - she's fantastic.

An excellent example of kitchen sink drama from the second year of "Coronation Street". Ena and Elsie have a face off over a poison pen letter. Absolute classic stuff.

Julie Walters & Victoria Wood sketch

another stupid voice over of mine

Current Corrie Cast & Characters William Roache --- Ken Barlow (1960-) Eileen Derbyshire --- Emily Nugent/Bishop/Swain (1961-) Barbara Knox --- Rita Littlewood/Fairclough/Sullivan (1964, 1972-) Betty Driver --- Betty Turpin/Williams (1969-) Anne Kirkbride --- Deirdre Hunt/Langton/Barlow/Rachid (1972-) Helen Worth --- Gail Potter/Tilsley/Platt/Hillman (1974-) Elizabeth Dawn --- Vera Duckworth (1974-) Maggie Jones --- Blanche Hunt (1974-1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1996, 1997, 1998-) Johnny Briggs --- Mike Baldwin (1976-2006) Nailah Cumberbatch --- Jessie (2005-2006) Ian Redford --- Keith Appleyard (2005-) Ray Fearon --- Nathan Cooper (2005-) Lynne Pearson --- Carol Baldwin (2005-) Craig Charles --- Lloyd Mullaney (2005-) Clive Russell --- Phil Nail (2005-) Vicky Binns --- Molly Compton (2005-) Emma Stansfield --- Ronnie Clayton (2005-) Ian Reddington --- Vernon (2005-) Sue Nicholls --- Audrey Potter/Roberts (1979-) William Tarmey --- Jack Duckworth (1979, 1981-) Michael Le Vell --- Kevin Webster (1983-) Sally Whittaker --- Sally Seddon/Webster (1986-) Beverley Callard --- June Dewhurst (1984), Liz McDonald (1989-1998, 2000-2001, 2003-) Simon Gregson --- Steve McDonald (1989- ) Malcolm Hebden --- Norris Cole (1994-1997, 1999-) John Savident --- Fred Elliott (1994-2006) David Neilson --- Roy Cropper (1995-) Steven Arnold --- Ashley Peacock (1996-) Jane Danson --- Leanne Battersby/Tilsley (1997-2000, 2004-) Vicky Entwistle --- Janice Battersby (1997-2005) Bruce Jones --- Les Battersby/Battersby-Brown (1997-) Julie Hesmondhalgh --- Hayley Patterson/Cropper (1998-) Alan Halsall --- Tyrone Dobbs (1998-) Tina O'Brien --- Sarah Louise Platt (1999-) Jimmi Harkishin --- Dev Alahan (1999-) Helen Flanagan --- Rosie Webster (2000-) Jack P. Shepherd --- David Platt (2000-) Sue Cleaver --- Eileen Grimshaw (2000-) Samia Ghadie --- Maria Sutherland (2000-) Amy Walton --- Bethany Platt (2000-) Emily Walton --- Bethany Platt (2000-) Andrew Whyment --- Kirk Sutherland (2000-) Mark Hallett --- Boris Weaver (2000-) Ryan Thomas --- Jason Grimshaw (2000-) Shobna Gulati --- Sunita Parekh/Alahan (2001-2006) Jennie McAlpine --- Fiz Brown (2001-) Sally Lindsay --- Shelley Unwin/Barlow (2001-2006) Benjamin Beresford --- Joshua Peacock (2002-) Richard Fleeshman --- Craig Nelson/Harris (2002-) Kate Ford --- Tracy Preston/Barlow (2002-) Susie Blake --- Bev Unwin (2003-2004, 2005-) Julia Haworth --- Claire Casey/Peacock (2003-) Antony Cotton --- Sean Tully (2003, 2004-) Pauline Fleming --- Penny King (2003-2006) Wendi Peters --- Cilla Brown/Battersby-Brown (2003-) Samuel Aston --- Chesney Brown/Battersby-Brown (2003-) Bill Ward --- Charlie Stubbs (2003-) Rebecca Pike --- Amy Barlow (2004-) Brooke Vincent --- Sophie Webster (2004-) Bradley Walsh --- Danny Baldwin (2004-) Debra Stephenson --- Frankie Baldwin (2004-) Rupert Hill --- Jamie Baldwin (2004-) Tupele Dorgu --- Kelly Crabtree (2004-) Jenny Platt --- Violet Wilson (2004-) Sam Robertson --- Adam Barlow (2004, 2005-) Jayne Tunnicliffe --- Yana Lumb (2005-) Eric Potts --- Diggory Compton (2005-) Zaraah Abrahams --- Joanne Jackson (2005-)

Jean Alexander, the actress who played Hilda Ogden on Granada Television's Coronation Street for many years made a sneaky appearance for British Gas in this 1988 corporate film called Gas Lines. If you'd like to own it and see it in full, this film print is currently for sale on ebay. I collect old television and radio material, so if you'd like to see more of this, get in touch.

Mam never seems to get to grips with the rules of Bingo but at least it gets her out of the house away from "legs"

Victoria Wood, As Seeen on TV, 'At The Chippy' sketch