Victoria Wood (I)
- English
- Actor, writer, composer and stand-up comedian
Press clippings Page 2
The unseen Victoria Wood
Hidden in the late comedian's remarkable archive is a sketch that is the foundation stone of her entire comedy career.
Jasper Rees, The Spectator, 12th November 2021Five women TV comedians and their BBC stories
A feature looking at five women who've made a mark in comedy at the BBC, marking 85 years of the corporation's formal television services.
BBC, 26th August 2021Talent review
Victoria Wood drama tackles the squalid side of celebrity.
Mark Fisher, The Guardian, 5th July 2021Talent at Sheffield Crucible - review
Victoria Wood's piece returns.
Ron Simpson, What's On Stage, 5th July 2021Talent, Sheffield Crucible review
A fitfully funny flashback to when Victoria Wood was a new face.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 4th July 2021Victoria Wood's song-filled slog to comedy glory
Joyce Grenfell inspired her, she wrote her own musical at school and a fringe theatre show with Julie Walters paved the way to TV fame. As Victoria Wood's Talent returns, we revisit her early stage years.
Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 9th June 2021My discovery of 80 unseen Victoria Wood scripts
The treasure of trove sketches for As Seen on TV are as good as anything she wrote.
Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 20th April 2021Unseen Victoria Wood scripts to be published
A book featuring previously unseen Victoria Wood scripts is to be published by her official biographer Jasper Rees.
British Comedy Guide, 20th April 2021Victoria Wood: a comic for the ages
Her voice can still be heard in those she inspired, writes Andrew Doyle.
Andrew Doyle, Spiked, 20th April 2021Comedians on their stand-up heroes
We've done a lot of things in lockdown - followed the news obsessively, become amateur crafters, howled with despair - but laughing hasn't been one of them. Thank goodness, then, for the BBC's Festival Of Funny, celebrating all things comedy. To mark the occasion, we asked some of our favourite comedians to tell us which stand-up they love the most.
Nancy Durrant, Evening Standard, 7th March 2021