Cast & creator
Victoria Wood
Best known for The Graham Norton Show, The One Show, QI
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.
77
film credits
63
television credits
85
1950–2026 · acting roles
7.0
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (140)
Showing 140 of 140 credits
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The One Show
Self
2006
QI
Self
2003
Wogan
Self
1982
The South Bank Show
1978
Omnibus
1967
Parkinson
Self
1998Pebble Mill
Self
1991
An Audience with...
Self
1978
Going Live!
Self
1987
That's Life!
1973Lux Video Theatre
Cavendish
1950
Screen One
Margaret
1989Screen One
Writer
1989
Case Histories
Tracy
2011
dinnerladies
Brenda
1998dinnerladies
Writer
1998dinnerladies
Producer
1998dinnerladies
Music
1998dinnerladies
Creator
1998Aspel & Company
1984
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Self
1976
Little Crackers
Director
2010Little Crackers
Writer
2010
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1985Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
Writer
1985Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
Creator
1985
Victoria Wood
Victoria
1989Victoria Wood
Writer
1989Victoria Wood
Creator
1989
A Life on Screen
Self
2014
Harry & Paul
2005
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Self - Contestant
2013
Fungus the Bogeyman
Eve
2015
Clive James' Postcard from
Self
1989
The Story of Light Entertainment
Self
2006
Acorn Antiques
Miss Berta
1985
Great Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
1980
Screenplay
Maureen
1979Screenplay
Writer
1979
Dinnerladies Diaries
Self (Archived Footage)
2018
Ballet Shoes
Nana
2008
Jackanory
Storyteller
1965Open Space
1983
The Wind in the Willows
The Tea Lady
1996
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
Self
2006
Wood and Walters
1982Wood and Walters
Creator
1982
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Queen Mary II
2005
Dying Laughing
Self
2017Julie Walters and Friends
1991Julie Walters and Friends
Creator
1991
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
Self - Presenter
2013Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
Writer
2013
Parkinson at 50
Self (archive footage)
2021
The Borrowers
Granny Driver
2011
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
Self
2008
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009
Acorn Antiques
Berta
1987
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
Self (archive material)
2016The Summer Show
1975
That Day We Sang
Director
2014That Day We Sang
Writer
2014That Day We Sang
Original Music Composer
2014
Housewife, 49
Nella Last
2006Housewife, 49
Writer
2006
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
Bo Beaumont / Mrs Overall (On Bingo Nights)
2006Acorn Antiques: The Musical
Writer
2006Acorn Antiques: The Musical
Original Music Composer
2006
Comedians Do It On Stage
self
1986
Pat and Margaret
Margaret
1994Pat and Margaret
Screenplay
1994Pat and Margaret
Writer
1994
Julie Walters and Friends
1991Julie Walters and Friends
Writer
1991
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Self / Various Characters
2000Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Writer
2000Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Producer
2000Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Original Music Composer
2000
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
Self - Presenter / Narrator
2011
Becoming Victoria Wood
(Archive footage)
2026
Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen
Self (archive footage)
2026
Eric & Ernie
Sadie Bartholomew
2011Eric & Ernie
Conceptual Design
2011Eric & Ernie
Writer
2011Eric & Ernie
Executive Producer
2011
Victoria Wood's Short Term Memories
2012Victoria Wood's Short Term Memories
Writer
2012Victoria Wood's Short Term Memories
Creator
2012
Nearly a Happy Ending
Maureen
1980Nearly a Happy Ending
Writer
1980Nearly a Happy Ending
Music
1980
Thora Hird Tribute
Self, Margaret
2003
Our Friend Victoria
Herself - Archive
2017
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Self
1988An Audience With Victoria Wood
Writer
1988
20 Moments That Rocked Talent Shows
Self
2015
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
Self
2013Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
Writer
2013
Victoria Wood Screenplays
1979
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992The Glass Box
Herself
1985Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
Writer
1992
Happy Since I Met You
Voice Only (uncredited)
1981Happy Since I Met You
Writer
1981Happy Since I Met You
Music
1981
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Self
1982Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
Self
2009Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
Writer
2009Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
Producer
2009
Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
Self (Good Fun Playwright)
1980
Don't Panic: The Dad's Army Story
Host
2000Don't Panic: The Dad's Army Story
Writer
2000Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
Self
2014Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
Writer
2014
Victoria Wood In Her Own Words
Self
2020The Talent Show Story
Herself
Victoria at the Albert - Live
Herself/Various
2002Victoria at the Albert - Live
Writer
2002Victoria at the Albert - Live
Executive Producer
2002Fungus The Bogeyman
2015Victoria's Empire
2007
Loving Miss Hatto
Writer
2012Loving Miss Hatto
Executive Producer
2012
Victoria Wood: Sold Out
1991Victoria Wood: Sold Out
Writer
1991
Victoria Wood with All The Trimmings
Creator
Victoria Wood's Mid-Life Christmas
Creator
The Angina Monologues
Herself/Jean's Friend
2010The Angina Monologues
Producer
2010
Personal View: Victoria Wood
Herself
1985Happy Since I Met You
Creator
Victoria Wood Live In Your Own Home
Herself
1994
Not Now Bernard
1991
Talent
Maureen
1979Talent
Original Music Composer
1979Talent
Writer
1979
Victoria Wood: Live
Herself
1997Victoria Wood: Live
Executive Producer
1997