
Victoria Wood
Victoria Wood CBE (19 May 1953 – 20 April 2016) was an English comedian, actress, singer and songwriter, screenwriter and director. Wood wrote and starred in sketches, plays, films and sitcoms, and her live comedy act was interspersed with her own compositions, which she accompanied on piano. Wood also composed and performed the theme music for her award winning BBC sitcom Dinnerladies. Much of her humour was grounded in everyday life, and included references to popular British media and brand names of quintessentially British products. She was noted for her skills in observing culture, and in satirising social classes. She started her career in 1974 by winning the ATV talent show New Faces. It wasn't until the 1980s that she began to establish herself as a comedy star, with the award-winning television series Victoria Wood As Seen on TV and became one of Britain's most popular stand-up comics. In 1998, she wrote and starred in the (again, award-winning) sitcom Dinnerladies. In 2006, she won two BAFTA awards for her one-off drama for ITV1, Housewife, 49. Wood frequently worked with long-term collaborators Julie Walters, Duncan Preston and Celia Imrie. Victoria Wood died on 20 April 2016 after a short battle with cancer. She was 62.
81 acting credits · 2 directing credits
Acting · 81

The Graham Norton Show
2007

The One Show
2006

QI
2003

Wogan
1982

Omnibus
1967

An Audience with...
1978
Pebble Mill
1991

Parkinson
1998

Going Live!
1987
Lux Video Theatre
1950

That's Life!
1973

Case Histories
2011

dinnerladies
1998

The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976

Harry & Paul
2005
Aspel & Company
1984

Victoria Wood
1989

A Life on Screen
2014

Great Railway Journeys
1980

Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1985

The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
2013

Clive James' Postcard from
1989

Fungus the Bogeyman
2015

Ballet Shoes
2008

The Story of Light Entertainment
2006

Jackanory
1965

Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002

The Wind in the Willows
1996

Wood and Walters
1982

Acorn Antiques
1985

The Borrowers
2011

Victoria Wood's Short Term Memories
2012

Dinnerladies Diaries
2018
Open Space
1983

Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
2013

Dying Laughing
2017
The Glass Box
1985

More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
2006

Victoria Wood Screenplays
1979
Julie Walters and Friends
1991

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982

Parkinson at 50
2021

The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005

Our Friend Victoria
2017
The Summer Show
1975

Talent
1979

Eric & Ernie
2011

Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
1980

Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009

Nearly a Happy Ending
1980

Acorn Antiques: The Musical
2006
Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
2014

Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011
The Talent Show Story
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Acorn Antiques
1987

Thora Hird Tribute
2003

Pat and Margaret
1994

Housewife, 49
2006
The Angina Monologues
2010

20 Moments That Rocked Talent Shows
2015

Comedians Do It On Stage
1986

An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988
Victoria's Empire
2007

Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
2016

Becoming Victoria Wood
2026

Victoria Wood In Her Own Words
2020

Happy Since I Met You
1981

Julie Walters and Friends
1991
Fungus The Bogeyman
2015

Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992
Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
2009

Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
2008

Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
2013

Victoria Wood: Live
1997

Don't Panic: The Dad's Army Story
2000

Victoria at the Albert - Live
2002

Victoria Wood Live In Your Own Home
1994

Personal View: Victoria Wood
1985

Not Now Bernard
1991

Victoria Wood: Sold Out
1991

