Victoria Wood
A Chronology

1974	Won ATV's New Faces
1975	The Summer Show, ATV sketch show with Marti Caine and Lenny Henry Played the Edinburgh Festival and Hampstead Theatre with G.R.I.M.M.S, a revue with Roger McGough Sang on That's Life with Esther Rantzen
1977–82	Funny Turns, a revue with husband, Geoffrey Durham, magician
1978	Performer/contributor to In at the Death, a revue at the Bush Theatre, London, with Julie Walters Talent premiered at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. Won the Plays and Players Award and the Evening Standard Award for the Most Promising Playwright
1979	Talent adapted for television, starring Victoria Wood and Julie Walters. Won Pye Television Award for Most Promising Writer
1980	Nearly a Happy Ending, a play for Granada Television Good Fun, a musical, opened at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
1981	Happy Since I Met You, a play for Granada Television Wood and Walters, comedy series for Granada Television
1982	Funny Turns, West End season at the Duchess Theatre, London
1983–4	Toured with Lucky Bag, the first of her six solo stand-up shows
1985	Victoria Wood—As Seen On TV, television comedy series for BBC 2. Won Broadcasting Press Award, BAFTA Best Light Entertainment Programme and Best Light Entertainment Performance Lucky Bag: The Victoria Wood Song Book published
1986	Victoria Wood—As Seen On TV, second series. Won BAFTA Best Light Entertainment Programme Up To You, Porky published
1987	Victoria Wood On TV—Special. Won BAFTA Best Light Entertainment Programme Won BBC Personality of the Year from the Variety Club of Great Britain Sell-out run of solo stand-up at the London Palladium
1988	An Audience with Victoria Wood for London Weekend Television. Won BAFTA Best Light Entertainment Programme and Best Light Entertainment Performance
1989	Victoria Wood, six half-hour plays for the BBC
1990	Mens Sana in Thigummy Doodah published Visited Ethiopia for Comic Relief to make a documentary, Money Well Spent Victoria Wood Up West, new show at the Strand Theatre, London, for ten weeks followed by tour
1992	Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast, Christmas Day Special for BBC1
1993	Tour culminating in fifteen-night sell-out run at the Royal Albert Hall
1994	Pat and Margaret, screenplay, co-starring with Julie Walters. Won Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Single Drama Recorded Christmas TV Special based on stage show
1995	Travelled to Zimbabwe for Comic Relief to stay with a family of farmers—filmed for Red Nose Day Recorded one episode of Great Railway Journeys of the World
1996	New show culminating in another fifteen-night sell-out run at the Royal Albert Hall South Bank Show documentary with Melvyn Bragg about Victoria Wood on tour Chunky published
1997	Recorded show Victoria Wood Live 1997, for video release Awarded OBE Toured Australia and New Zealand
1998	dinnerladies, six-part sit-com for the BBC
1999	dinnerladies, second series