by Jasper Rees
81 B.A. Young, Financial Times, 8 April 1980
82 Letter to Robert Howie, April 1980
Chapter 9: And Walters
1 ‘Eighty for the Eighties’, Observer, 30 December 1979
2 Notes for a speech to launch Lucky Bag: The Victoria Wood Song Book, 1983
3 Ibid.
4 ‘Hilarious end to City’s festival’, Lancashire Evening Post, 26 May 1980
5 Notebook, 1980
6 ‘This Victoria is amused’, interview with Judi Goodwin, Radio Times, 29 May 1980
7 ‘Victoria swims to her happy ending’, Daily Record, 13 May 1980
8 ‘Victoria Wood rising on a gale of laughter’, interview with Jeremy Pascall, Company, January 1981
9 Letter from Julie Walters, 15 July 1980
10 Interview with Roger Wilmut, 9 July 1987
11 ‘Game for a laugh’, interview with John Cunningham, Guardian, 12 October 1983
12 Charles Spencer, Evening Standard, 30 September 1980
13 Irving Wardle, The Times, 30 September 1980
14 R.B. Marriott, Stage, 9 October 1980
15 Michael Billington, Guardian, 30 September 1980
16 Stanley Wood letter to Rosalind Wood, 20 October 1980
17 Letter to Roger McGough, 1980
18 Afternoon Plus, Thames TV, 21 October 1980
19 Ibid.
20 ‘The girl who knows how to say no’, interview with Pauline Peters, Sunday Express Magazine, 24 January 1982
21 Notes for a speech to launch Lucky Bag: The Victoria Wood Song Book, 1983
22 Nicholas de Jongh, Guardian, 22 October 1980
23 John Barber, Daily Telegraph, 21 October 1980
24 Russell Davies, Sunday Times, 8 June 1980
25 Herbert Kretzmer, Daily Mail, 2 June 1980
26 ‘Victoria Wood rising on a gale of laughter’, interview with Jeremy Pascall, Company, January 1981
27 Ibid.
28 Victoria Wood Seen on TV, BBC One, 21 December 2009
29 Letter to Robert Howie, December 1980
30 Letter to Robert Howie, 13 January 1980
31 Letter to Roger McGough, 1980
32 Interview with John Dunn, BBC Radio 2, 8 July 1982
33 Letter to Robert Howie, 15 August 1981
34 Letter to Robert Howie, May 1981
35 ‘The sex-war traitor’, by Chris Greenwood, Sun, 8 August 1981
36 Letter to Rosalind Wood, March 1981
37 Postcard to Rosalind Wood, 2 May 1981
38 ‘Victoria Wood: leaving the one-liners behind’, interview with Bryan Appleyard, The Times, 20 January 1982
39 Letter to Robert Howie, May 1981
40 Letter to Rosalind Wood, 1981
41 Interview with Roger Wilmut, 9 July 1987
42 Letter from Peter Eckersley, 6 July 1981
43 Letter from Peter Eckersley, July 1981
44 Letter from Peter Eckersley, 13 July 1981
45 Letter to Robert Howie, 15 August 1981
46 Scrapbook, 1977–1981
47 The Times, 28 August 1981
48 Letter to James Eckersley, 13 November 1985
49 Interview with Roger Wilmut, 9 July 1987
50 David Wade, The Times, 31 October 1981
51 ‘The girl who knows how to say no’, interview with Pauline Peters, Sunday Express Magazine, 24 January 1982
52 Letter from Roger Brierley, 16 April 2002
53 Interview with Lucy Kenwright, BBC Additional Programmes Unit, 2009
54 Interview with Roger Wilmut, 9 July 1987
55 Letter to Lesley Fitton, October 1981
56 Ibid.
57 Interview with Roger Wilmut, July 1987
58 ‘Victor, Victoria’, interview with Tom Hibbert, Options, December 1989
59 Review by Stanley Reynolds, Guardian, 10 August 1981
60 Letter to Rosalind Wood, 1982
61 ‘Tile though your heart is aching’, manuscript, 1982
62 ‘Girls are a laugh!’, interview with Hilary Kingsley, Daily Mirror, 15 February 1982
63 The South Bank Show, ITV, 15 September 1996
64 Michael Church, The Times, 18 January 1982
65 Chris Dunkley, Financial Times, 3 February 1982
66 Interview with Lucy Kenwright, BBC Additional Programmes Unit, 2009
67 ‘A magic combination’, interview with Avril Deane, Journal, 10 February 1982
Chapter 10: Funny How Things Turn
1 Letter from Julie Walters, 27 February 1982
2 Interview with Avril Deane, Journal, 10 February 1982
3 Pamela Gardner, Belfast Telegraph, 13 March 1982
4 Reporting London, Thames Television, March 1982
5 ‘Funny turn’, Christopher Montagu, Sunday Times Magazine, 9 May 1982
6 Letter to Robert Howie, May 1982
7 Tom Sutcliffe, Guardian, 14 May 1982
8 Michael Coveney, Financial Times, 13 May 1982
9 Robert Cushman, Observer, 16 May 1982
10 Jack Tinker, Daily Mail, 14 May 1982
11 Postcard to Robert Howie, 25 May 1982
12 ‘Funny turn’, Christopher Montagu, Sunday Times Magazine, 9 May 1982
13 ‘A talent to amuse’, interview with Bruce Jones, Outlook, October/November 1989
14 Dinnerladies tapes, 27 June 1998
15 ‘Sweating in the wild West End’, The Times, 9 June 1982
16 Interview with Lucy Kenwright, BBC Additional Programmes Unit, 2009
17 Philip Purser, Sunday Telegraph, 5 September 1982
18 Letter to Jane Wymark, 28 July 1982
19 ‘It’s funny how Wood warms up with slick Spick’, interview with Jasmine Profit, Bath Evening Chronicle, 25 January 1983
20 Letter to Jane Wymark, 21 July 1983
21 Letter to Jane Wymark, 16 August 1983
22 Letter to Jane Wymark, 21 July 1983
23 Letter to Jane Wymark, 8 July 1983
24 Letter to Jane Wymark, 21 July 1983
25 Ibid.
26 Letter to Jane Wymark, 8 July 1983
27 Letter to Jane Wymark, 21 July 1983
28 ‘Game for a laugh’ interview with John Cunningham, Guardian, 12 October 1983
29 Notes for a speech to launch Lucky Bag: The Victoria Wood Song Book, 1983
30 Letter to Jane Wymark, 16 August 1983
31 Ibid.
32 Paul Barker, New Society, 1 September 1983
33 Best of British, BBC One, 1 November 1998
34 Interview with Lucy Kenwright, BBC Additional Programmes Unit, 2009
35 Interview, Plays, March 1984
36 ‘Good Wood’, Robert Cushman, Observer, 6 November 1983
37 Interview, Plays, March 1984
38 Letter to Jane Wymark, 7 December 1983
39 Ibid.
40 Ibid.
41 Ibid.
42 Ibid.
43 Ibid.
44 Letter to Jane Wymark, January 1984
45 Letter to Jane Wymark, 7 December 1983
46 Letter to Jane Wymark, 2 February 1984
47 Francis King, Sunday Telegraph, 19 February 1984
48 John Barber, Daily Telegraph, 14 February 1984
Chapter 11: Seen on TV
1 Letter to Jane Wymark, 6 January 1984
2 Interview with Roger Wilmut, 9 July 1987
3 Letter to Jane Wymark, 21 January 1984
4 Ibid
5 ‘Victoria: we are amused’, interview with Adam Mars-Jones, Independent, 7 October 1987
6 ‘Victoria’s values’, interview with Ann Steele, Sunday Telegraph, 6 January 1985
7 Letter to Jane Wymark, 2 February 1984
8 ‘Porky’s revenge’, interview with David Hepworth, Q magazine, October 1987
9 Ibid.
10 ‘Porky’s revenge’, interview with David Hepworth, Q magazine, October 1987
11 Best of British, BBC One, 11 November 1998
12 Letter to Jane Wymark, 2 February 1984
/> 13 Postcard to Rosalind Wood, 12 April 1984
14 Letter from Julie Walters, 1 April 1984
15 Letter to Jane Wymark, 3 May 1984
16 Letter from Alan Bennett, May 1984
17 Letter to Jane Wymark, 3 May 1984
18 Letter to Jane Wymark, 29 July 1984
19 ‘Wood on Walters on Imrie on Preston on Blake’, interview with Sue Teddern, Radio Times, 10 December 1987
20 Ibid.
21 Letter to Jane Wymark, 25 June 1984
22 Letter to Jane Wymark, 29 July 1984
23 Letter to Jane Wymark, 30 August 1984
24 Ibid.
25 ‘Wood on Walters on Imrie on Preston on Blake’, interview with Sue Teddern, Radio Times, 10 December 1987
26 Letter to Jane Wymark, 30 August 1984
27 ‘Victoria rules as queen of comedy’, interview with Philip Young, Newcastle Journal, 20 March 1995
28 Letter to Robert Howie, 12 April 1985
29 ‘Don’t I remind you of Jane Fonda?’ interview with Jo Weedon, Woman’s Own, October 1987
30 Interview with the author, 4 January 2005
31 Ibid.
32 Russell Harty’s Musical Encounters, BBC Radio 4, 25 May 1985
33 Parkinson’s Sunday Supplement, BBC Radio 2, 26 March 2006
34 Russell Harty’s Musical Encounters, BBC Radio 4, 25 May 1985
35 Ibid.
36 Interview with the author, 4 January 2005
37 ‘Playing the Piano the Victoria Wood Way’, Lucky Bag: The Victoria Wood Songbook, Methuen, 1984
38 Russell Harty’s Musical Encounters, BBC Radio 4, 25 May 1985
39 Letter to Jane Wymark, 21 November 1984
40 Ibid.
41 Ibid.
42 Russell Davies, Observer, 27 January 1985
43 Nina Myskow, News of the World, 3 February 1985
44 ‘A thousand weeds’, Glasgow Herald, 9 March 1985
Chapter 12: Doing It
1 Letter to Jane Wymark, 21 January 1985
2 Radio Times, 20 June 1985
3 Letter to Jane Wymark, 21 January 1985
4 Letter to Robert Howie, 12 April 1985
5 Ibid.
6 Scene – Personal View: Victoria Wood, BBC Two, 9 May 1985
7 Ibid.
8 Ibid.
9 Letter to Jane Wymark, 21 January 1985
10 The Late Clive James, BBC Two, 22 June 1985
11 Postcard to Rosalind Wood, 29 April 1985
12 Letter to Robert Howie, 12 April 1985
13 Letter to Jane Wymark, 28 May 1985
14 Ibid.
15 Ibid.
16 Letter to Jane Wymark, 24 June 1985
17 Ibid.
18 Ibid.
19 Letter to Jane Wymark, 28 May 1985
20 Letter to Jane Wymark, July 1985
21 Letter to Jane Wymark, 7 October 1985
22 Ibid.
23 Ibid.
24 Letter to Jane Wymark, July 1985
25 Letter to Jane Wymark, November 1985
26 Ibid.
27 Introduction to Up to You, Porky, Methuen, 1985
28 Letter from Geoffrey Strachan, 7 February 1986
29 Letter from Geoffrey Strachan, 21 April 1986
30 Letter to Jane Wymark, November 1985
31 Notebook, 1986
32 Card to Jane Wymark, 1984
33 Letter to Jane Wymark, 22 February 1986
34 Ibid.
35 Ibid.
36 Letter to Jane Wymark, May 1986
37 Ibid.
38 ‘Woodwork’, interview with Gay Search, Radio Times, 6 November 1986
39 Letter to Jane Wymark, May 1986
40 Speech notes, 1986
41 Letter to Jane Wymark, 22 August 1986
42 Marxism Today, November 1986
43 ‘Woodwork’, interview with Gay Search, Radio Times, 6 November 1986
44 Notes, 1986
45 Dinnerladies tapes, 25 June 1998
Chapter 13: An Audience with Grace
1 Interview with Mervyn Edgecombe, Woman, 15 November 1986
2 Letter to Jane Wymark, 20 December 1986
3 ‘Farewell Victoria’, Maureen Paton, Daily Express, 26 October 1986
4 ‘Porky’s revenge’, interview with David Hepworth, Q magazine, October 1987
5 Peter Davelle, The Times, 10 November 1986
6 Letter to Jane Wymark, 20 December 1986
7 Speech notes, 1986
8 Postcard to Jane Wymark, 1986
9 ‘Let’s face it, I just love showing off!’, interview with Gabrielle Donnelly, Woman’s World, February 1987
10 Letter to Jane Wymark, 24 January 1987
11 Ibid.
12 Ibid.
13 Ibid.
14 Ibid.
15 Letter to Jane Wymark, 12 May 1987
16 ‘Wood on Walters on Imrie on Preston on Blake’, interview with Sue Teddern, Radio Times, 10 December 1987
17 Interview with Roger Wilmut, 9 July 1987
18 Ibid.
19 Letter to Jane Wymark, 8 July 1987
20 Ibid.
21 Interview with Roger Wilmut, 9 July 1987
22 Interview with Lucy Kenwright, BBC Additional Programmes Unit, 2009
23 Ibid.
24 ‘Touch Wood’, interview with Paddy Burt, Home & Gardens, October 1987
25 Notebook, 1987
26 Ibid.
27 Letter to Jane Wymark, 6 November 1987
28 Jack Tinker, Daily Mail, 13 October 1987
29 Anthony Thorncroft, Financial Times, 14 October 1987
30 Adam Sweeting, Guardian, 14 October 1987
31 Catherine Bennett, The Times, 16 October 1987
32 Notebook, 1987
33 Letter to Jane Wymark, 5 December 1987
34 Ibid.
35 Letter from Helen Wood, 20 December 1987
36 ‘Margery and Joan’ manuscript, 1988
37 Letter to Rosalind Wood, 1978
38 ‘No-one is spared in Vic’s comic cuts’, interview with Jane Peel, Lincolnshire Echo, 22 November 1984
39 Letter to Jane Wymark, 21 January 1985
40 Interview with Gay Search, Radio Times, 10 November 1986
41 Interview with Mervyn Edgecombe, Woman, 15 November 1986
42 Speech notes, 1987
43 ‘Babe and the Wood’, interview with Andrea Kon, NZ Listener, 13 August 1988
44 Ibid.
45 Tour itinerary notebooks, 1987 and 1988
46 Letter to Lesley Fitton, 22 July 1988
47 Ibid.
48 Card to Alan Yentob, BBC Written Archives Centre File ID 10175665 – Wood, Victoria, 13 April 1988
49 Letter to Alan Yentob, BBC Written Archives Centre File ID 10175665 – Wood, Victoria, 26 April 1988
50 What Did ITV Do For Me?, ITV, 20 September 2005
51 ‘Victor, Victoria’, interview with Tom Hibbert, Options, December 1989
52 ‘Babe and the Wood – yes, Victoria’s a mum!’, interview with Andrea Kon, TV Times, 10–16 December 1988
53 Letter to Lesley Fitton, 22 July 1988
54 Mavis Catches Up With …, Thames TV, 13 December 1989
55 Ibid.
56 ‘That will teach you, Thompson’, Margaret Forwood, People, 11 December 1988
57 Charles Catchpole, News of the World, 11 December 1988
58 ‘Funny girls’, Hilary Kingsley, Daily Mirror, 15 December 1988
59 ‘Babe and the Wood – yes, Victoria’s a mum!’, interview with Andrea Kon, TV Times, 10–16 December 1988
Chapter 14: Staying In
1 ‘Wood craft’, interview with Philip Oakes, 7 Days magazine, Sunday Telegraph, 8 October 1989
2 Vivienne Clore letter to James Moir, BBC Written Archives Centre File ID 10175665 – Wood, Victoria, 31 January 1989
3 Jonathan Powell internal memo to James Moir, BBC Written Archives Centre File ID 10175665 – Wood, Victoria, 20 March 1989
4 Mavis Catches Up W
ith …, Thames TV, 13 December 1989
5 ‘Growing out of Acorn’, interview with Richard Brooks, Observer, 12 November 1989
6 ‘Victor, Victoria’, interview with Thom Hibbert, Options, December 1989
7 ‘Growing out of Acorn’, interview with Richard Brooks, Observer, 12 November 1989
8 Casting suggestion notes, 1989
9 Postcard to Duncan Preston, 1989
10 ‘Pitching for laughs’, interview with Julie Welch, Radio Times, 9 November 1989
11 ‘Growing out of Acorn’, interview with Richard Brooks, Observer, 12 November 1989
12 Noel Malcolm, Sunday Telegraph, 19 November 1989
13 Alan Coren, Mail on Sunday, 10 December 1989
14 ‘How a television series is made’, Mens Sana in Thingummy Doodah and Five Other Nuggets of Homely Fun, Methuen, 1990
15 ‘On Tour with Victoria Wood’, Kaleidoscope, BBC Radio 4, 15 May 1993
16 Interview with the author, 21 October 1999
17 ‘If I’d been thin as a teenager and gone out with boys I wouldn’t have had anything to write about’, interview with Ray Connolly, The Times, 28 October 1989
18 Speech notes
Chapter 15: Up West
1 ‘Broken ice in Africa’, Independent on Sunday, 18 March 1990
2 Notes for speech delivered at Lancaster University, 1989
3 ‘Growing out of Acorn’, interview with Richard Brooks, Observer, 12 November 1989
4 Lucky Bang: The Victoria Wood Songbook, Methuen, 1991
5 Letter to Jane Wymark, 13 June 1990
6 Ibid.
7 Wogan, BBC One, 16 April 1992
8 Letter to Jane Wymark, 1989
9 Card to Duncan Preston, 1990
10 Alan Coren, The Times, 3 October 1990
11 Milton Shulman, Evening Standard, 3 October 1990
12 Kate Kellaway, Observer, 7 October 1990
13 Jane Edwardes, Time Out, 9 October 1990
14 Letter to Jane Wymark, autumn 1990
15 Letter to Rosalind Wood, autumn 1990
16 Ibid.
17 Ibid.
18 Letter to Jane Wymark, 12 December 1989
19 Desert Island Discs, BBC Radio 4, 8 February 1987
20 ‘Porky’s revenge’, interview with David Hepworth, Q magazine, October 1987
21 Letter to Jane Wymark, 7 January 1991
22 Postcard to Jane Wymark, 5 February 1991
23 Ibid.
24 Letter to Jane Wymark, 23 April 1991
25 Ibid.
26 Ibid.
27 Letter from Geoffrey Strachan, with handwriting by V.W., 5 June 1991
