by Jasper Rees
Chapter 16: Henry and Albert, Margaret and Pat
1 Jonathan Powell internal memo to James Moir, BBC Written Archives Centre File ID 10175665 – Wood, Victoria, 3 April 1991
2 ‘Victoria Wood talks funny’, interview with Jayne Dowle, She, September 1994
3 ‘A lump of wood? Not any more she isn’t’, interview with Hilary Kingsley, Today, 8 September 1994
4 Clive James – Postcard from London, BBC One, 31 July 1991
5 Change of address card, 1992
6 ‘A lump of Wood? Not any more she isn’t’, interview with Hilary Kingsley, Today, 8 September 1994
7 ‘On tour with Victoria Wood’, Kaleidoscope, BBC Radio 4, 15 May 1993
8 Ibid.
9 Aspel and Company, ITV, 20 June 1993
10 Letter to Jane Wymark, June 1993
11 ‘Don’t make me laugh’, interview with Angela Levin, You magazine, Mail on Sunday, 27 June 1993
12 ‘On Tour with Victoria Wood’, Kaleidoscope, BBC Radio 4, 15 May 1993
13 Aspel and Company, ITV, 20 June 1993
14 ‘Victoria Wood talks funny’, interview with Jayne Dowle, She, September 1994
15 Victoria Wood on Tour, programme note, 1996
16 ‘On Tour with Victoria Wood’, Kaleidoscope, BBC Radio 4, 15 May 1993
17 Ibid.
18 Ibid.
19 Card to Robert Howie, May 1993
20 ‘Pat and Margaret: this is your life’, interview with Hilary Kingsley, The Times, 16 September 1994
21 ‘Sister act’, interview with Alkarim Jivani, Time Out, 7 September 1994
22 Sarah Wilson letter to Vivienne Clore, 26 October 1993
23 Aspel and Company, ITV, 20 June 1993
24 ‘Victoria’s plum role’, interview with E. Jane Dickson, Daily Telegraph, 8 September 1994
25 ‘Victoria would’, interview with Hilary Bonner, Sunday Mirror Magazine, 4 September 1994
26 ‘I used to think being fat was a criminal offence’, interview with Andrew Duncan, Radio Times, 8 September 1994
27 Alan Yentob internal memo to George Faber, BBC Written Archives, 11 November 1993
28 Script report, BBC Written Archives, 19 November 1993
29 Alan Yentob letter to George Faber and Margaret Matheson, BBC Written Archives, 1 December 1993
30 ‘I used to think being fat was a criminal offence’, interview with Andrew Duncan, Radio Times, 8 September 1994
31 ‘Victoria would’, interview with Hilary Bonner, Sunday Mirror Magazine, 4 September 1994
32 ‘Sister act’, interview with Alkarim Jivani, Time Out, 7 September 1994
33 Foreword to Pat and Margaret, Methuen, 1994
34 South Bank Show, ITV, 15 September 1996
35 Letter to Lesley Fitton, September 1996
36 ‘Doubling up with laughter’, interview with David Weigert and Louise Gannon, Daily Express, 2 September 1994
37 ‘Ooo, it’s that woman off telly’, interview with James Rampton, Independent, 13 July 1994
38 Gary Leboff, Sun, 12 September 1994
39 Nancy Banks-Smith, Guardian, 12 September 1994
40 Matthew Norman, Evening Standard, 12 September 1994
Chapter 17: Journeys
1 ‘Sister act’, interview with Alkarim Jivani, Time Out, 7 September 1994
2 Letter to Richard Eyre, 27 September 1994
3 Letter to Alan Yentob, BBC Written Archives, 15 August 1994
4 ‘My Comic Relief diary from Africa’, Daily Mirror, 10 March 1995
5 Ibid.
6 Letter to Jane Wymark and Paul Howson, 12 February 1995
7 Poem for Geoffrey Strachan, 1995
8 Letter from Geoffrey Strachan, 30 September 1995
9 Vivienne Clore letter to Alan Yentob, BBC Written Archives Centre File ID 10175665 – Wood, Victoria, 30 June 1995
10 Letter to Stuart Higgins, 5 February 1996
11 Letter to Charlotte Scott, 29 January 1996
12 ‘Getting down to the real Wood,’ interview p.159, with Elizabeth Grice, Daily Telegraph, 12 September 1996
13 Letter to Simon Cherry, 3 July 1996
14 The South Bank Show, ITV, 15 September 1996
15 ‘A Life in the Day of Victoria Wood’, interview with Sue Fox, Sunday Times Magazine, 8 September 1996
16 Letter to Simon Cherry, 3 July 1996
17 Speech in acceptance of Honorary Doctorate of Letters, University of Birmingham, 4 July 1996
18 Ibid.
19 Ibid.
20 Letter from Nigel Wattis, 19 July 1996
21 Letter to Jane Wymark, July 1996
22 Fax to Maureen Lipman, September 1996
23 Letter from Michael Codron, 7 October 1996
24 Card from Richard Eyre, 9 October 1996
25 Letter from Trevor Nunn, 18 September 1996
26 Fax to Jane Wymark, 7 October 1996
27 Fax from Peter Chelsom, 19 August 1996
28 Fax to Dawn French, November 1996
29 ‘A Life in the Day of Victoria Wood’, interview with Sue Fox, Sunday Times Magazine, 8 September 1996
30 Fax to Maureen Lipman, late October 1996
31 Fax to Geoffrey Durham, 1997
32 Fax to Geoff Posner, 22 April 1997
33 Fax to Phil McIntyre, 1997
34 Fax to the Richard Stone Agency, 8 May 1997
35 Fax to Maureen Lipman, 1997
36 Vivienne Clore letter to Phil McIntyre, 13 May 1997
37 The Times, 14 June 1997
38 Letter from Roy-Edward Walker, Major of Bury, 17 June 1997
39 Fax from Julie Walters, 19 June 1997
40 Letter from Vivienne Clore, 19 June 1997
41 Dinnerladies tapes, 7 July 1998
42 Fax to Jane Wymark, 13 June 1997
43 Fax from Julie Walters, 19 June 1997
44 Fax to Jane Wymark, 19 July 1997
45 Fax to Jane Wymark, 13 June 1997
46 Fax to Jane Wymark, 19 July 1997
47 Ibid.
Chapter 18: Dinnerlady
1 ‘On Tour with Victoria Wood’, Kaleidoscope, BBC Radio 4, 15 May 1993
2 Fax to Vivienne Clore, February 1996
3 Fax from Julie Walters, 19 June 1997
4 Interview with Lucy Kenwright, BBC Additional Programmes Unit, 2009
5 Interview with the author, 22 October 1999
6 Dinnerladies Diaries, Gold, 14 March 2018
7 Fax to Vivienne Clore, 1997
8 Fax to Maureen Lipman, 18 September 1997
9 Letter to David Graham, 9 January 1998
10 Fax to Jane Wymark, 30 January 1998
11 Fax to Jane Wymark, 21 January 1998
12 Interview with Lucy Kenwright, BBC Additional Programmes Unit, 2009
13 Fax to Jane Wymark, 29 April 1998
14 Ibid.
15 Letter to Joanna Read, 20 April 1999
16 Letter to Lesley Fitton, May 1998
17 Fax to David Firman, 22 May 1998
18 Card to Jane Wymark, 1998
19 Ibid.
20 Dinnerladies Diaries, Gold, 14 March 2018
21 Fax to Jane Wymark, 3 June 1998
22 Fax to Jane Wymark, June 1998
23 Dinnerladies tapes, 8 July 1998
24 Interview with the author, 21 October 1999
25 Ibid.
26 Dinnerladies notebook, 1998
27 Dinnerladies tapes, 26 June 1998
28 Interview with the author, 21 October 1999
29 Dinnerladies tapes, 27 June 1998
30 Dinnerladies tapes, 30 June, 1998
31 Dinnerladies tapes, 6 July 1998
32 Dinnerladies tapes, 7 July 1998
33 Fax to Jane Wynn Owen, 1998
34 Dinnerladies Diaries, Gold, 14 March 2018
35 Letter to Joan Hood, 23 November 1998
36 Dinnerladies tapes, 1 July 1998
37 Dinnerladies tapes, 27 June 1998
38 Fax to Jane Wymark, August 1998
39 Fax to Jane Wymark, 14 September 1998
40 Best of British, BBC One, 11 November 1998
41 Letter to Michael Aspel, 30 October 1998
42 In Conversation with …, interview with Paul Jackson, BBC Radio 4, 14 March 2002
43 Fax to Richenda Carey, 6 November 1998
44 Fax to Jane Wymark, 17 November 1998
45 Fax to Richenda Carey, 22 February 1999
46 Fax to Maureen Lipman, January 1999
47 Fax to Jane Wymark, 11 January 1999
48 Fax to Richenda Carey, 11 January 1999
49 Fax to Richenda Carey, 12 January 1999
50 Letter to Lawrence Till, 9 November 1998
51 Fax to Jane Wymark, 17 February 1999
52 Letter to Joanna Read, 20 April 1999
53 Fax to Jane Wymark, 17 February 1999
54 Letter to Bury Library
55 ‘If I had my time over, I wouldn’t be so amazingly talented!’, interview with Julia Walters by Andrea Duncan, Radio Times, 4 March 1999
56 Fax to Richenda Carey, 24 February 1999
57 ‘AbFab was never like this…’, Radio Times, 4 March 1999
58 Fax to Ruth Huntman, February 1999
59 Fax to Richenda Carey, 12 January 1999
60 Fax to Richenda Carey, 30 April 1999
61 Fax to Jane Wymark, 9 May 1999
62 Fax to Richenda Carey, 14 June 1999
63 Fax to Rob Buckman, March 1999
64 Interview with the author, 21 October 1999
65 Fax to Geoff Posner, 20 July 1999
66 Interview with the author, 21 October 1999
67 Ibid.
68 Fax to Jane Wymark, 23 April 1999
69 Fax to David Firman, 1999
70 Fax to Richenda Carey, 13 September 1999
71 Ibid.
72 Letter to Jon Plowman, February 1999
73 Fax to Lucy Ansbro, 20 September 1999
74 Letter to the dinnerladies cast, 10 September 1999
75 Fax to Jane Wymark, 20 September 1999
76 Interview with the author, 4 January 2005
77 Fax to Richenda Carey, 26 July 1999
78 Fax to Jane Wymark, 30 September 1999
79 Fax to Richenda Carey, 4 October 1999
80 Fax to Paul Roberts, 5 October 1999
81 Fax to Jane Wymark, 1 October 1999
82 Fax to Richenda Carey, 1 November 1999
83 Speech at the memorial concert for James Watson, 18 June 2011
84 Fax to Richenda Carey, 4 November 1999
85 Fax to Richenda Carey, December 1999
86 Ibid.
87 Ibid.
88 Ibid.
89 Fax to Lucy Ansbro, 20 September 1999
90 Letter to Michael Parkinson, December 1999
91 Fax to Jane Wymark, 30 September 1999
Chapter 19: Trimming
1 Fax to Celia Imrie, February 2000
2 Letter to Moyra Livesey, 7 February 2000
3 Fax to Phil McIntyre and Lucy Ansbro, 7 February 2000
4 Letter to the calendar girls, 14 February 2000
5 Ibid.
6 Fax to Julie Walters, February 2000
7 Fax to Celia Imrie, February 2000
8 Phil McIntyre letter to Moyra Livesey, 6 March 2000
9 Fax to Julie Walters, March 2000
10 Fax to Richenda Carey, 27 March 2000
11 Fax to Richenda Carey, 27 March 2000
12 Letter to Bass, March 2000
13 Fax to Richenda Carey, 3 May 2000
14 Ibid.
15 Letter from Peter Salmon, 4 January 2000
16 Fax to Richenda Carey, 9 May 2000
17 Outline for Victoria Wood Xmas Special, 30 July 2000
18 Fax to Richenda Carey, 19 June 2000
19 Fax to Jemma Rodgers, July 2002
20 Fax to Celia Imrie, 2000
21 Fax to Richenda Carey, 30 January 2001
22 Fax to Richenda Carey, 6 September 2000
23 Fax to Jane Wymark, 17 November 2000
24 Fax to Celia Imrie, September 2000
25 Letter to Roger Moore, 3 November 2000
26 Interview with Lucy Kenwright, BBC Additional Programmes Unit, 2009
27 Letter to Pierce Brosnan, 9 October 2000
28 Letter to Pierce Brosnan, 3 November 2000
29 Ibid.
30 Letter to Peter Salmon, 13 January 2001
31 Letter to Greg Dyke, 22 June 2000
32 Letter to Paul McCartney, 15 October 2000
33 Fax to Jane Wymark, 17 November 2000
34 Ibid.
35 Letter to Ann Widdecombe, 28 September 2000
36 Fax from Julie Walters, 25 December 2000
37 Letter to Peter Salmon, 13 January 2001
38 Fax to Richenda Carey, 10 January 2001
39 Ibid.
40 Fax to Richenda Carey, 26 January 2001
41 Fax to Richenda Carey, 30 January 2001
42 ‘Victoria’s plums’, interview with James Rampton, Radio Times, 18 October 2001
43 Fax to Amie Beamish, 5 February 2001
44 Fax to Richenda Carey, 4 March 2001
45 Interview with the author, 6 June 2001
46 Ibid.
47 Ibid.
48 Fax from Julie Walters, 17 March 2001
49 Fax to Richenda Carey, 15 March 2001
50 Fax to Richenda Carey, 22 March 2001
51 Fax to Jane Wymark, 2001
52 Fax to Richenda Carey, 17 May 2001
53 Fax to Richenda Carey, 25 May 2001
54 Fax to Richenda Carey, 6 February 2001
55 Fax to Jane Wymark, 21 January 1999
56 Fax to Richenda Carey, 29 May 2001
57 Fax to Richenda Carey, 6 June 2001
58 Interview with the author, 10 September 2001
59 Ibid.
60 Ibid.
61 Interview with the author, 6 June 2001
62 Ibid.
63 Ibid.
64 Ibid.
65 Email to Richenda Carey, 13 September 2009
66 Royal Albert Hall guestbook, 2001
67 Letter from Marcus Setchell, 14 October 2001
68 ‘I used to binge on strawberry jam and a loaf of bread … at least it was cheaper than drugs’, interview with Sue Carroll, Mirror, 8 September 2001
69 Fax to Richenda Carey, 12 October 2001
70 Fax to Richenda Carey, 5 November 2001
71 Card to Duncan Preston, 1990
72 Interview with the author, 6 June 2001
73 Fax to Richenda Carey, 18 March 2001
74 Fax to Richenda Carey, 30 November 2001
75 Desert Island Discs, BBC Radio 4, 23 December 2007
76 Card to Jane Wymark, January 2001
77 In Conversation with …, BBC Radio 4, 14 March 2002
78 Card to Jane Wymark, 2 February 2002
79 Ibid.
80 Fax to Jane Wymark, 22 February 2002
81 Ibid.
82 Fax to Jane Wymark, 28 February 2002
83 Interview with the author, 16 October 2003
84 Fax to Jane Wymark, April 2002
85 Ibid.
86 Interview with the author, 16 October 2003
Chapter 20: Acorns
1 Letter from Trevor Nunn, 18 September 1996
2 Letter from Trevor Nunn, 4 January 2002
3 Interview with the author, 16 October 2003
4 Interview with the author, 4 January 2005
5 Letter to Trevor Nunn, 14 January 2002
6 Letter to Trevor Nunn, 25 February 2002
7 Letter to Bob Eaton, March 2002
8 ‘I am much happier now I’m near 50’, interview with Cassandra Jardine, Daily Telegraph, 9 May 2003
9 Interview with the author, 16 October 2003
10 Ibid.
11 Ibid.
12 Ibid.
13 Ibid.
14 Ibid.
15 Letter from Celia Imrie, 2002
16 Letter from
Trevor Nunn, 5 September 2003
17 Interview with the author, 16 October 2003
18 Charles Spencer, Evening Standard, 30 September 1980
19 ‘Whether she’s making you laugh or making you cry – Julie Walters is a natural’, interview with Tessa Parun, 19 January 1981
20 Philip Purser, Sunday Telegraph, 24 January 1982
21 Francis King, Sunday Telegraph, 19 February 1984
22 Michael Rowberry, Coventry Evening Telegraph, August 1983
23 Paul Barker, New Society, 1 September 1983
24 Peter Hepple, Stage, 10 November 1983
25 Interview with Mervyn Edgecombe, Woman, 15 November 1986
26 Interview with the author, 6 June 2001
27 ‘Touch Wood’, interview with Paddy Burt, Home & Gardens, October 1987
28 Interview with the author, 6 June 2001
29 Interview with the author, 16 October 2003
30 Ibid.
31 Ibid.
32 ‘Victoria’s secrets’, interview with Harriet Lane, Guardian, 9 January 2005
33 Interview with the author, 4 January 2005
34 Fax from Julie Walters, 9 March 2004
35 Fax from Celia Imrie, 28 February 2004
36 Fax to Julie Walters, April 2004
37 Fax from Julie Walters, 23 April 2004
38 Interview with the author, 16 October 2003
39 Letter to various recipients, May 2004
40 Fax from Trevor Nunn, 24 May 2004
41 Fax to Trevor Nunn, May 2004
42 ‘Victoria reigns’, interview with E. Jane Dickson, Radio Times, 5 February 2005
43 Interview with the author, 4 January 2005
44 Ibid.
45 Ibid.
46 Paul Taylor, Independent, 11 February 2005
47 Benedict Nightingale, The Times, 11 February 2005
48 Susannah Clapp, Observer, 13 February 2005
49 Card to Geoffrey Strachan, 2005
50 Interview with the author, 10 November 2006
51 Ibid.
Chapter 21: Historian, 53
1 Interview with the author, 10 November 2006
2 Email to Daniel Wiles, 25 October 2006
3 Interview with the author, 16 October 2003
4 Interview with Ben Lawrence, 12 April 2012
5 Interview with the author, 10 November 2006
6 Ibid.
7 Email to Rosalind Wood, 16 May 2005
8 Interview with the author, 10 November 2006
9 What Did ITV Do For Me?, ITV, September 2005
10 Email from Rosalind Wood, 20 September 2005
11 Interview with the author, 10 November 2006
12 Ibid.
13 Ibid.
14 Ibid.
15 Ibid.
