Victoria Wood

The story

Victoria Wood was a series of six one-off situation comedies written by and starring Victoria Wood in 1989, who took a break from sketches, two years after her very successful and award winning series Victoria Wood As Seen on TV. Wood appeared as "Victoria", a fictionalised version of herself, in all six episodes - in The Library it was said that she "worked in TV" and in Over To Pam characters appeared to recognise her celebrity and in the final episode, Staying In, she was taken to a party to perform as a comedienne and was expected to go through her stand-up 'routine'. Her character often broke the 'fourth wall' of TV and spoke directly to the camera, but not in every episode.

Bored with the sketch format and with a yearning to recapture previous success as a playwright, Wood came up with six individual sitcoms as a compromise. She admitted to finding the writing difficult. Though Wood was written as the central character, other lead parts were written with specific actresses in mind, like Julie Walters and Una Stubbs. "I want people to like me and the people who play my friends, and not everybody else" she said. Screenonline says of the shows "Modest in ambition and scale but rich in wit and acuity, the six playlets showcase Wood's eye for human foibles and her distinctively eccentric characters.".

Cast

V Victoria WoodVictoria L Lill RoughleyDulcie · Sue · Lill Sutcliffe · Barbara Appleby J Julie WaltersJoy-Ann · Nicola · Pam C Celia ImrieJulia · Jackie · Carol A Anne ReidSheila · Enid M Meg JohnsonConnie · Saundra R Rosalind MarchWoman in Car Park · Woman in Slimming Video P Philip LowrieJohn Appleby · Keith P Peter MartinMan on Travelator · Cafe Owner B Bryan BurdonJim · Maintenance Man S Susie BlakeCheck-in Attendant · Judith D Danny O'DeaTed

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L Liza TarbuckDana G Georgia AllenSally Ann S Selina CadellJudy C Carol MacReadyMadge R Richard KaneJohn D David HenryRIchard K Kay AdsheadLorraine Spence S Shirley CainMarge J Julia St. JohnCaroline H Hugh LloydJim Mottershed M Margery MasonAlma Mottershed W WIlliam OsborneNeil C Charu Bala ChokshiRani Najitwar A Alison KingServer U Una StubbsUna J Jane HorrocksCathy Warburton R Richard HopeAlan Warburton T Tristram WymarkGuy V Valerie MinifieWoman in Lift J Joe FraserSpanish Waiter R Rory BremnerRadio Actor (voice) D David JacobsDavid Jacobs (voice) D Duncan PrestonCaptain Lewis (voice) G Graham SeedRadio Actor (voice) A Avril AngersMim J Joan SimsSusan M Michael LumsdenJamie M Michael NightingaleDaddy S Sian ThomasGirl on Farm P Patricia HodgeMoira D Deborah GrantJane P Phyllis CalvertHilary R Roger BrierleyGerald J John NettletonCharles J Jim BroadbentAlan Hammond R Richard LinternKevin D Dawn ArchibaldAilsa P Peter GoodwrightSpoof TV Ad actor (voice) S Susan LeongDoris