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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 which she performed at the piano.
Song – "Seasons of Love" (Victoria Wood) Acorn Antiques – Episode 1 ; Video Box; Documentary: A Fairly Ordinary Man (Jim Broadbent, Victoria Wood, Christine Hargreaves) Margery and Joan (Julie Walters, Victoria Wood) Song – "Keep on Shopping" (Hope Jackman, Victoria Wood, Sue Jones-Davies, Meg Johnson)
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV is a British comedy sketch series written by and starring comedian Victoria Wood, with appearances from Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston, Susie Blake and Patricia Routledge. The show was televised on BBC2 between 1985 and 1987 and included sketches that became famous in the United Kingdom.
That Day We Sang is a British musical written and composed by Victoria Wood. [1] It is based on a true story of the reunion of a famous recording of " Nymphs and Shepherds " in 1929 by The Manchester Children's Choir.
That same year a television adaptation was broadcast. It was the first time Victoria Wood and Julie Walters appeared together on TV. [1] A mixture of dialogue and music, one of its tunes inspired The Smiths song Rusholme Ruffians. [2] The script was published by Methuen in 1988, along with another play by Wood, Good Fun. [3]
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings is a one-off Christmas comedy sketch-show special, written by and starring comedian Victoria Wood. It was first broadcast on BBC One on Christmas Day 2000. The cast included Wood's frequent co-stars Celia Imrie , Julie Walters and Anne Reid as well as her Dinnerladies co-stars Maxine Peake and Shobna Gulati .
Victoria Wood decided to revive the original concept to satirise musical theatre with Acorn Antiques: The Musical!, with the intent to give people a "lovely, happy night in the theatre.". [ 1 ] It was directed by Trevor Nunn , and opened at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in February 2005 for a three-month sell-out run. [ 2 ]
Wood and Walters place in British comedy history can be seen as that of a dry run for the more popular and acclaimed Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV which aired on BBC television between 1985 and 1987, which shared some of the same elements such as pseudo-documentaries, songs, sketches, as well as co-starring Walters and Preston.