 Celia Imrie was also a long-standing friend of Wood, and had even been in the studio audience when Wood performed on the TV talent show "New Faces" in 1974.However, it was only when Wood saw her act in a show by BBC Scotland called "Eighty-One Take Two" that she was impressed enough to hire her friend for the show.Imrie played various roles throughout the run, like a co-presenter of McConomy (a spoof TV economy show), and most famously Miss Babs in "Acorn Antiques".