Victoria Wood (I)
- English
- Actor, writer, composer and stand-up comedian
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BBC to broadcast The Festival Of Funny
The BBC has announced The Festival Of Funny. Running across its TV, radio and online channels from late February to mid-March, the festival will see fourteen hours of new content broadcast.
British Comedy Guide, 15th February 2021Let's Do It: review
This profile of the astute observer of domesticity is warm-hearted and full of detail.
Hannah Jane Parkinson, The Guardian, 15th November 2020Review: Let's Do It
Acute analysis of a funny kind of genius.
Fiona Sturges, i Newspaper, 12th November 2020The Chortle comedy book festival is back
Stars taking part in next month's event include Frank Skinner, Adam Buxton, Helen Lederer, Richard Herring, Mark Watson, Andy Hamilton, Gary Delaney, Laura Lexx, Robin Ince, Matt Forde, Arthur Mathews and Michael Spicer.
Chortle, 27th October 2020Victoria Wood spent final days writing final sketch
The much-loved comedy legend wanted to keep working a new biography has revealed.
Nicola Methven and Katie Fitzpatrick, Manchester Evening News, 26th October 2020Let's Do It by Jasper Rees review
The secret of Wood's humour was her lonely childhood, says Libby Purves.
Libby Purves, The Times, 23rd October 2020Book review: Let's Do It
This comprehensive biography provides Wood with a well-deserved celebration of her hugely accomplished life while not glossing over her unhappy childhood, difficult rise to the top, her sometimes infuriating perfectionism, her marriage break-up as well as her heartbreaking final illness.
Chris Hallam, Chris Hallam's World View, 22nd October 2020The hidden face of Victoria Wood
Behind the genial image of the beloved comedienne was a ruthless perfectionist who filled her co-stars with dread - and was jealous of even close friends such as Julie Walters.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 22nd October 2020Wood & Walters once got so drunk they woke on bar floor
After striking up a friendship with Julie Walters, "shy" Victoria Wood found her pal had become not only a close friend, but also her muse for her comedy acting which propelled their pair of them to stardom.
Jasper Rees, The Mirror, 18th October 2020Victoria Wood biography explores her painful childhood
Victoria Wood's best work had a comic breadth and energy few contemporaries could match. When she died in 2016, for some fans it was as though a family member had been taken from them. Now an authorised biography looks at what lay behind her extraordinary and multifaceted talent.
Vincent Dowd, BBC, 16th October 2020