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1* 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.
2* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments - Bren's surprise birthday party, after she begins to think her relationship with Tony wasn't to be.
3* HilariousInHindsight: Anita expresses a wish to have twins. Shobna Gulati's character Sunita in ''Series/CoronationStreet'' would have twins ten years later.
4* RetroactiveRecognition:
5** Maxine Peake was just out of RADA when she played Twinkle, and is now best known for ''{{Series/Shameless|UK}}'' and ''{{Series/Silk}}''.
6** Shobna Gulati is now better known as Sunita Perek on ''Series/CoronationStreet''.
7** Joanne Froggatt guest starred before her more famous turns as Kate in ''Series/RobinHood'' and Anna in ''Series/DowntonAbbey''.
8* SacredCow: Considered one of the classic British sitcoms, and a high point of Victoria Wood's career.
9* 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=].
10* TearJerker: Stan's poem to his deceased dad.
11* 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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