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- Wood got her first break on the TV talent show New Faces in 1974, while still a student at Birmingham University. She established herself as a comedy star with her hit show Victoria Wood: As Seen On TV and went on to create the popular BBC comedies Acorn Antiques and Dinnerladies, featuring her long-time collaborator Julie Walters.
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She established herself as a comedy star in the 1980s, winning a BAFTA TV Award in 1986 for the sketch series Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV (1985–87), and became one of Britain's most popular stand-up comics, [3] winning a second BAFTA for An Audience with Victoria Wood (1988).
When she died in 2016, for some fans it was as though a family member had been taken from them. Now an authorised biography looks at what lay behind her extraordinary and multifaceted talent ...
Apr 20, 2016 · VICTORIA Wood has lost her battle with cancer to the shock of the nation and comedy world. But why was she so famous? How long has she been ill? By Alice Foster.
Apr 20, 2016 · Victoria Wood inspired a new generation of female comics in a hugely successful career on television and on stage. Comedian and writer Victoria Wood has posthumously won the legend of...
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...
19 May 1953 to 20 April 2016. A British actress, comedian, screenwriter and producer, Wood was renowned for her acutely observed comedy and warmth and range as a performer in the likes of Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV (1985-1987), Dinnerladies (1998-2000) and Housewife, 49 (2006).
Apr 20, 2016 · She established herself as a comedy star with her hit show Victoria Wood: As Seen On TV and went on to create the popular BBC comedies Acorn Antiques and Dinnerladies, featuring her long-time ...
