Acting
Victoria Wood
Victoria Wood CBE (19 May 1953 – 20 April 2016) was an English comedian, actress, singer and songwriter, screenwriter and director. Wood wrote and starred in sketches, plays, films and sitcoms, and her live comedy act was interspersed with her own compositions, which she accompanied on piano. Wood also composed and performed the theme music for her award winning BBC sitcom Dinnerladies. Much of her humour was grounded in everyday life, and included references to popular British media and brand names of quintessentially British products. She was noted for her skills in observing culture, and in satirising social classes. She started her career in 1974 by winning the ATV talent show New Faces. It wasn't until the 1980s that she began to establish herself as a comedy star, with the award-winning television series Victoria Wood As Seen on TV and became one of Britain's most popular stand-up comics. In 1998, she wrote and starred in the (again, award-winning) sitcom Dinnerladies. In 2006, she won two BAFTA awards for her one-off drama for ITV1, Housewife, 49. Wood frequently worked with long-term collaborators Julie Walters, Duncan Preston and Celia Imrie. Victoria Wood died on 20 April 2016 after a short battle with cancer. She was 62.
Filmography
Becoming Victoria Wood
Film · 2026
Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen
Film · 2026
Parkinson at 50
Film · 2021
Victoria Wood In Her Own Words
Film · 2020
Dinnerladies Diaries
Series · 2018
Dying Laughing
Film · 2017
Our Friend Victoria
Series · 2017
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
Film · 2016
Fungus The Bogeyman
Film · 2015
20 Moments That Rocked Talent Shows
Film · 2015
Fungus the Bogeyman
Series · 2015
Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
Film · 2014
A Life on Screen
Series · 2014
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
Film · 2013
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
Series · 2013
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Series · 2013
Victoria Wood's Short Term Memories
Series · 2012
The Borrowers
Film · 2011
Eric & Ernie
Film · 2011
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
Film · 2011
Case Histories
Series · 2011
The Angina Monologues
Film · 2010
Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
Film · 2009
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
Film · 2009
Ballet Shoes
Film · 2008
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
Film · 2008
Victoria's Empire
Series · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
Housewife, 49
Film · 2006
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
Film · 2006
The One Show
Series · 2006
The Story of Light Entertainment
Series · 2006
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
Series · 2006
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Film · 2005
Harry & Paul
Series · 2005
Thora Hird Tribute
Film · 2003
QI
Series · 2003
Victoria at the Albert - Live
Film · 2002
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
Series · 2002
Don't Panic: The Dad's Army Story
Film · 2000
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Film · 2000
dinnerladies
Series · 1998
Parkinson
Series · 1998
Victoria Wood: Live
Film · 1997
The Wind in the Willows
Film · 1996
Pat and Margaret
Film · 1994
Victoria Wood Live In Your Own Home
Film · 1994
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
Film · 1992
Not Now Bernard
Film · 1991
Victoria Wood: Sold Out
Film · 1991
Julie Walters and Friends
Film · 1991
Pebble Mill
Series · 1991
Julie Walters and Friends
Series · 1991
Victoria Wood
Series · 1989
Clive James' Postcard from
Series · 1989
Screen One
Series · 1989
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Film · 1988
Acorn Antiques
Film · 1987
Going Live!
Series · 1987
Comedians Do It On Stage
Film · 1986
Personal View: Victoria Wood
Film · 1985
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
Series · 1985
The Glass Box
Series · 1985
Acorn Antiques
Series · 1985
Aspel & Company
Series · 1984
Open Space
Series · 1983
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Film · 1982
Wood and Walters
Series · 1982
Wogan
Series · 1982
Happy Since I Met You
Film · 1981
Nearly a Happy Ending
Film · 1980
Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
Film · 1980
Great Railway Journeys
Series · 1980
Talent
Film · 1979
Victoria Wood Screenplays
Series · 1979
Screenplay
Series · 1979
An Audience with...
Series · 1978
The South Bank Show
Series · 1978
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Series · 1976
The Summer Show
Series · 1975
That's Life!
Series · 1973
Omnibus
Series · 1967
Jackanory
Series · 1965
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
The Talent Show Story
Series