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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.
Rowan Atkinson has won this award twice, for Not the Nine O'Clock News (1981) and Blackadder Goes Forth (1990). Tracey Ullman won for Three of a Kind in 1984. Judi Dench won for A Fine Romance in 1985. Victoria Wood was won twice, for Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV (1986) and An Audience with Victoria Wood (1989).
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.
The show won the first Victoria Wood award at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2023 [13] and raised almost £20,000 for Richards' family. [14] Awards.
Housewife, 49 is a 2006 television film based on the wartime diaries of Nella Last. [1] [2] Written by and starring English actress and comedian Victoria Wood, it follows the experiences of an ordinary housewife and mother in the northern English town of Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, during the Second World War. [3]
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast is a 50-minute television comedy special, written by and starring comedian Victoria Wood. [1] It was broadcast on BBC One on Christmas Day 1992. [2] The show was largely a parody of British daytime TV.
Each award currently has a separate sponsor, being sponsored by Sky TV, DLT Entertainment and The Victoria Wood Foundation, respectively. They have previously been sponsored by Perrier, lastminute.com, Dave, [1] and Foster's Lager. Currently three awards are given – Best Comedy Show, Best Newcomer and the Panel Prize.
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)