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* HilariousInHindsight: Anita expresses a wish to have twins. Shobna Gulati's character Sunita in ''Series/CoronationStreet'' would have twins ten years later.


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* SacredCow: Considered one of the classic British sitcoms, and a high point of Victoria Wood's career.


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* TooGoodToLast: Considered a shining example of Victoria Wood's comedy writing, along with great performances from the cast, but it only had two seasons. While WordOfGod is that they only planned for it to be short-lived, she later confessed that BBC cancelled it prematurely.

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** Maxine Peake was just out of RADA when she played Twinkle, and is now best known for ''{{Series/Shameless}}'' and ''{{Series/Silk}}''.

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** Maxine Peake was just out of RADA when she played Twinkle, and is now best known for ''{{Series/Shameless}}'' ''{{Series/Shameless|UK}}'' and ''{{Series/Silk}}''.



* TearJerker: Stan's poem to his deceased dad.

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* TearJerker: Stan's poem to his deceased dad.dad.
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* AcceptablePoliticalTargets - Dolly attributes everything going wrong with the country to "...''UsefulNotes/TonyBlair!''" which she pronounces with withering contempt. Easily acceptable as her political gripes with the government of the time are either vague, confused or both.

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* AcceptablePoliticalTargets - Dolly attributes everything going wrong with the country to "...''UsefulNotes/TonyBlair!''" which she pronounces with withering contempt.
** Easily acceptable as her political gripes with the government of the time are either vague, confused or both.

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* AcceptablePoliticalTargets - Dolly attributes everything going wrong with the country to "...''UsefulNotes/TonyBlair!''" which she pronounces with withering contempt.
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contempt. Easily acceptable as her political gripes with the government of the time are either vague, confused or both.both.
* HarsherInHindsight: Tony's battle with cancer was not played for laughs in the series, but becomes this given Victoria Wood's death from cancer at the early age of 62.


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** Maxine Peake was just out of RADA when she played Twinkle, and is now best known for ''{{Series/Shameless}}'' and ''{{Series/Silk}}''.
** Shobna Gulati is now better known as Sunita Perek on ''Series/CoronationStreet''.
** Joanne Froggatt guest starred before her more famous turns as Kate in ''Series/RobinHood'' and Anna in ''Series/DowntonAbbey''.
* SignatureScene: Dolly's anguished rant when she learns she's drunk tea with viagra in it. In the 2020s, it even experienced a revival on [=TikTok=].
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* AcceptablePoliticalTargets - Dolly attributes everything going wrong with the country to "...''TonyBlair!''" which she pronounces with withering contempt.

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* AcceptablePoliticalTargets - Dolly attributes everything going wrong with the country to "...''TonyBlair!''" ''UsefulNotes/TonyBlair!''" which she pronounces with withering contempt.
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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments - Bren's surprise birthday party, after she begins to think her relationship with Tony wasn't to be.

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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments - Bren's surprise birthday party, after she begins to think her relationship with Tony wasn't to be.be.
* TearJerker: Stan's poem to his deceased dad.
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** Easily acceptable as her political gripes with the government of the time are either vague, confused or both.
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* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming - Bren's surprise birthday party, after she begins to think her relationship with Tony wasn't to be.

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* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments - Bren's surprise birthday party, after she begins to think her relationship with Tony wasn't to be.

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