Victoria Wood

1989

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Released: 16 November 1989 Ended
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Country: United Kingdom
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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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SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.
Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.
Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
RaspberryLucozade Not long after Victoria Wood discovered her comedic potential with 'Victoria Wood: As Seen On TV', she decided to try her hand at sitcom and so built a six part series of comedy playlets in which she played a fictionalised version of herself in a series of different situations. The series' name was in fact just that of its star. Wood had high hopes for the show but sadly it was not the success she must have anticipated.The first episode - 'Mens Sana In Thinggummy Doo-dah' - attracted an impressive ratings figure of 13 million but by the end of the run it had dropped down by three million, a drop so drastic it prompted the BBC to axe the show after its run of six episodes. This was a shame as while the show was nothing overly special, it was superior to Wood's later work, in particular her BBC sitcom 'Dinnerladies'.Wood's regular supporting cast included her friend and comedy partner Julie Walters, Lill Roughley, Anne Reid, Meg Johnston and Julia St. John though it was indeed Wood who was the stand-out, despite her acting range being somewhat limited.Looked at now, 'Victoria Wood' can be seen as an interesting forerunner to Rik Mayall's wonderful ITV series 'Rik Mayall Presents' ( which ran for two series ), though, unsurprisingly, with Rik being a far more talented performer, the latter was vastly superior, as well as being more successful.
nathid A short-lived but very amusing series of plays from Victoria Wood. Actually - it's a shame that there never was another series because I absolutely loved them.Each one features Victoria Wood as herself, finding herself into a different hilarious predicament.Many of Victoria's other regular co-stars popped up in this series as well. Including Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Susie Blake, and other famous faces included Una Stubbs, and Jane Horrocks.