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- Her first big break was the TV show That's Life! (1986), writing and performing satirical songs loosely inspired by topical events.
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Only Wood herself could have revealed more about how an introverted young drama student fretting about her body image at Birmingham University became one of Britain's great comic talents.
Victoria Wood. Victoria Wood CBE (19 May 1953 – 20 April 2016) was an English comedian, actress, lyricist, singer, composer, pianist, screenwriter, producer and director. Wood wrote and starred in dozens of sketches, plays, musicals, films and sitcoms over several decades and her live comedy act was interspersed with her own compositions ...
Her three-part documentary, ' Victoria's Empire ' was shown the following year. In 2011 she wrote and directed a musical ' That Day We Sang ' for the Manchester International Festival, which was about the famous 1929 recording of 'Nymphs and Shepherds' by the Manchester Children's Choir.
Apr 20, 2016 · A Bafta award-winning comedian, actor, singer and writer, Wood was probably best known for her 1980s comedy series Victoria Wood: As Seen On TV and for her on-screen partnership with Julie...
Apr 23, 2016 · In her 1980 TV play, Nearly a Happy Ending, Wood played a frumpy character, Maureen, who tells her wannabe famous friend Julie that girls can't stand up and tell jokes. "Girls don't," says...
Oct 21, 2020 · As Victoria emerged from her chrysalis to become the UK’s most popular and pioneering stand-up comedian, who from 1993 would sell out the Albert Hall 40 times, she ran everything by her husband...
May 19, 2023 · On what would have been Victoria Wood's 70th birthday, Georgy Jamieson takes a look back at her comedy career and pays tribute to her remarkable talents.
