A feature-length documentary about Victoria Wood is arriving next year, entitled Becoming Victoria Wood. More here.
There’s a generation coming through that never got to see the impact of Victoria Wood on comedy across the 1980s and 1990s. A genuine comedy genius, when she died in 2016, she left a huge body of work that continues to be enjoyed (just dig out Dinnerladies if you’ve never had the pleasure), but still: I saw her live stand up show, and she was quite wonderful.
Victoria Wood died at the age of just 62 from cancer, and while there’s been a biography published about her, much of her story remains untold. But a fresh 90 minute documentary is set to address that, and it’s now been formally announced.
Commissioned by the channel that appears to be called U&Gold (I assumed at first this was a translation error between PCs and Apple Macs), Becoming Victoria Wood is set to feature a whole bunch of archive material that’s not been seen by the public before. There’s behind the scenes footage, unseen interviews, and the audio diaries that she kept during the making of Dinnerladies.
Catherine Abbott is directing the film, which is set to debut on U&Gold in the spring of next year. Many of Victoria Wood’s collaborators are set to be involved, too.
Gerald Casey is the director of UKTV programmes, comedy and entertainment, and he’s said that Becoming Victoria Wood is “an untold story that’s truly cinematic in emotion and scope, this is an ambitious project that fits perfectly with our desire to bring our audience the absolute best of British comedy.”
There’s quite a bit of Victoria Wood’s work available already on services such as ITVX, and An Audience With Victoria Wood in particular is a superb way to spend an hour or so of your time.
More as we hear it.
