Victoria Wood 35 years old
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.".
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Una Stubbs She was 52 , now 87 years old | |
| Jim Broadbent He was 40 , now 75 years old | |
| Julie Walters She was 39 , now 74 years old | as Joy-Ann |
| Julie Walters She was 39 , now 74 years old | as Pam |
| Julie Walters She was 39 , now 74 years old | as Nicola |
| Celia Imrie She was 37 , now 72 years old | |
| Jane Horrocks She was 25 , now 60 years old | |
| Joan Sims She was 59 , 71 years old when she died | |
| Patricia Hodge She was 43 , now 78 years old | |
| Anne Reid She was 54 , now 89 years old | |
| Phyllis Calvert She was 74 , 87 years old when she died | |
| Richard Lintern He was 27 , now 62 years old | |
| Lill Roughley She was 40 , now 75 years old | |
| Victoria Wood She was 36 , 62 years old when she died | |
| Duncan Preston He was 43 , now 78 years old |
Crew
| Name | Job title |
|---|---|
| Victoria Wood Writing She was 36 , 62 years old when she died | Writer |
| Geoff Posner Directing He was 40 , now 75 years old | Director |
Victoria Wood (35 years)
Ended
- First Air Date: 1989-11-16
- Runtime: [30] minutes
- Number of Episodes: 6