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
