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The comedienne Victoria Wood wrote and starred in Acorn Antiques-part of her BAFTA winning series Victoria Wood As Seen On TV, the first series of which was aired in January 1985.

Though neither confirmed nor denied by Wood at the time, Acorn Antiques was widely regarded as based on Crossroads-everything from the shaky sets, wooden acting, non-speaking extras, banal-through-to-ludicrous storylines, and the manner in which credits rolled.

Acorn Antiques became such an instant comedy success-and its origins so clearly recognised throughout the UK-it sounded the death knell for Crossroads.

In 1987 Victoria Wood wound up Acorn Antiques with ' The Making of Acorn Antiques ', when the high-profile ' celebrity ' playing Mrs Overall ( Julie Walters ) is ' sacked ' from the show-something that had a striking resemblance to Noele Gordon's departure from Crossroads-right down to headscarf, large sunglasses, and exiting speech.