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Profile: Victoria Wood - The comic interloper
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When she was asked recently for her all-time favourite Christmas
TV moment, Victoria Wood chose the celebrated Morecambe and Wise
sketch featuring Andre Previn. "It was so well written," she said.
"And a rare example of a celebrity playing himself successfully."
Both the choice and the reason for it reveal much about the
comedienne.
Victoria Wood has been playing the role of Victoria Wood the
celebrity since the early Eighties, when, after many a false dawn,
her television career fina...
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Profile: Victoria Wood - The comic interloper
The Independent - London
; When she was asked recently for her all-time favourite Christmas TV moment, Victoria Wood chose the celebrated Morecambe and Wise sketch featuring Andre Previn. "It was so well written," she said. "And a rare example of a celebrity playing himself successfully." Both the choice and the reason for
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TELEVISION:Victoria Wood: as not seen on TV
The Independent - London
; VICTORIA WOOD's fans don't send her passionate love letters; they send her woolly jumpers. "I've got an endless stream of knitwear coming through the post," she sighs. This is typical: Dame Edna Everage may have coined the phrase, but surely Victoria Wood is the ultimate housewife superstar. She's
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The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
; VICTORIA Wood has come out fighting this week, laying into Ali G. The Lancashire lass spoke out as she deplored the trend in modern comedy to make fools of people. Maybe she was just paving the way for this weekend's Bafta tribute, as colleagues line up on screen to pay tribute to her as actress,
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Victoria Wood, Writer and Star of 'Housewife, 49'
NPR Weekend Edition - Saturday
; ... Housewife, 49," a BAFTA Award winning show in Great Britain, now available on DVD from Acorn Media. (Soundbite of music) SIMON: This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. Copyright 2005 National Public Radio, Inc.. All rights reserved.
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Dig for Victoria! ; The comedian Victoria Wood may enjoy national-treasure status, but portraying a wartime housewife's fight for recognition in her new ITV drama was a serious business, she tells James Rampton
The Independent - London
; I've conducted interviews in some funny places in my time, but few can match this for strangeness. Victoria Wood and I are sitting on the steps of her trailer. It's in the car park of The Pavilion, a venue that proclaims on a large banner over the door that is it "Huddersfield's premier party
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'I started to see the funny side of my hysterectomy almost as soon as I'd had the painkiller' Victoria Wood loves to shock her audiences but now she has had enough and tells Rachel Cooke why she is thinking of quitting the road
Evening Standard - London
; THE first half of Victoria Wood's new live show ends with the comedian offering to show the audience her hysterectomy scar. As the lights dimmed, I looked at the young couple sitting next to me. The woman was honking like a hyena and desperately rooting round in her handbag for something to wipe
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'I started to see the funny side of my hysterectomy almost as soon as I'd had the painkiller'; Victoria Wood loves to shock her audiences but now she has had enough and tells Rachel Cooke why she is thinking of quitting the road.
The Evening Standard (London, England)
; Byline: RACHEL COOKE THE first half of Victoria Wood's new live show ends with the comedian offering to show the audience her hysterectomy scar. As the lights dimmed, I looked at the young couple sitting next to me. The woman was honking like a hyena and desperately rooting round in her handbag for
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Soap spoof Acorn Antiques is now a West End musical MEANWHILE, VICTORIA WOOD HAS HER SIGHTS SET ON THE STAGE
Evening Standard - London
; VICTORIA WOOD and Julie Walters are set to revive their classic soap spoof Acorn Antiques in a musical version that will arrive in the West End next year. The pair will be joined not only by regular co-stars Celia Imrie and Duncan Preston, but Neil Morrissey and Josie Lawrence will also appear. The
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Soap spoof Acorn Antiques is now a West End musical; MEANWHILE, VICTORIA WOOD HAS HER SIGHTS SET ON THE STAGE.
The Evening Standard (London, England)
; Byline: ALEXA BARACAIA VICTORIA WOOD and Julie Walters are set to revive their classic soap spoof Acorn Antiques in a musical version that will arrive in the West End next year. The pair will be joined not only by regular co-stars Celia Imrie and Duncan Preston, but Neil Morrissey and Josie
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'I thought I'd end up as the funny neighbour in a sitcom'; Victoria Wood never dreamed she'd become Britain's best-loved female comedian. As she brings Acorn Antiques, the musical of her classic TV sketch to the West End, she tells Bruce Dessau how she finally found her confidence.
The Evening Standard (London, England)
; Byline: BRUCE DESSAU Victoria Wood is a woman in a hurry. It is lunchtime at a rehearsal space in Waterloo and she is taking a break during final tweaks of her stage version of soap spoof Acorn Antiques, whizzing round trying to finding a quiet place to eat her vegetarian soup. 'Trevor Nunn kept
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