Victoria Wood Presents

**Victoria Wood Presents** is a UK DVD release by BBC Worldwide Ltd and 2 Entertain Video Ltd on 21st May 2007. It consists of six self contained plays from the short-lived situation comedy TV programme "*Victoria Wood*" all to which have been originally transmitted on BBC1 from 16th November to 21st December in 1989 together as single episodes on this one single DVD.

## Description

This series of Victoria Wood plays perfectly showcases her wit, comic observation and fabulous turn of phrase. Focussing in turn on the various annoyances of modern life - from health farms to video dating and from daytime television to dinner parties - each play finds Victoria Wood appearing as a reluctant participant in her friends' fruitless efforts at self-improvement

## Episode Synopsis

* **MENS SANA IN A THINGUMMY DOODAH**
Victoria's friend drags her to the merciless Pinkney's health farm. But Enid and her water retention, Connie and her runaway midriff, and jogging at 6.25am are enough to make her plan a desperate escape.
* **THE LIBRARY**
Victoria accompanies her friend as she braves the draconian librarian Madge to watch her new video dating cassettes, then decides she'll tag along on the dates to root out any potential axe-murders...
* **OVER TO PAM**
Victoria stands in for her friend on Live With Pam. Is daytime TV really just to stop unemployed people running to the society security to demand mad luxuries like cookers and windows?
* **WE'D QUITE LIKE TO APOLOGISE**
"Press for ticket, take ticket, park car, catch plane, go on holiday,  have sex  with a Portuguese timeshare salesman..." The anticipation of a holiday in the sun turns into a nightmare at the airport.
* **VAL DE REE (HA HA HA HA HA)**
Victoria and her best friend Jackie are off hiking and camping in the Yorkshire Dales. But their happy wanderings don't last long especially when they encounter the haughtiest of hostel wardens.
* **STAYING IN**
Victoria is just snuggling up ti a night in front of the telly when her friend Jane drags her off to a dinner party. Not only is the atmosphere snooty and the people charmless, but Victoria has just discovered she's the evening's entertainment.

## Credits

Here are the credits to these six episodes on this Victoria Wood DVD.

#### **"Mens Sana In A Thingummy Doodah"**

* Written by and starred Victoria Wood as Victoria with Julie Walters as Nicola,
Lill Roughley as Lill Sutcliffe, Liza Tarbuck as Dana, Meg Johnson as Connie, Anne Reid as Enid,
Georgia Allen as Sallyanne, Selina Cadell as Judy, Bryan Burdon as the Maintenance Man,
Rosalind March as the Woman in Slimming Video and Peter Martin as the Cafe Owner.
* Musical Director: David Firman.
* Casting Director: Rebecca Howard.
* Properties Buyer: Nick Barnett.
* Graphic Designer: Iain Macdonald.
* Visual Effects Designer: Perry Brahan.
* Vision Mixer: Hilary West.
* Camera Supervisor: John Vincent.
* Technical Co-ordinator: Steve Lowry.
* Videotape Editor: Mark Lawrence.
* Make-Up Designer: Christina Baker.
* Costume Designer: Anna Stubley.
* Assistant Floor Manager: Terry Pettigrew.
* Production Assistant: Valerie Wilson.
* Production Manager: Peter Laskie.
* Sound Supervisors: Laurie Taylor and Keith Mayes.
* Lighting Directors: Graham Rimmington and Mike Manning.
* Designed by Andrew Howe-Davies.
* Directed by Kevin Bishop.
* Produced by Geoff Posner.
* © BBC 1989.

#### **"The Library"**

* Written by and starred Victoria Wood as Victoria with Anne Reid as Sheila, Carol Macready as Madge,
Richard Kane as John, Philip Lowrie as Keith, David Henry as Richard and Danny O'Dea as Ted.
* Musical Director: David Firman.
* Casting Director: Rebecca Howard.
* Properties Buyer: Sara Richardson.
* Graphic Designer: Iain Macdonald.
* Vision Mixer: Hilary West.
* Camera Supervisor: John Vincent.
* Technical Co-ordinator: Steve Lowry.
* Videotape Editor: Mark Lawrence.
* Make-Up Designer: Christina Baker.
* Costume Designer: Anna Stubley.
* Assistant Floor Manager: Terry Pettigrew.
* Production Assistant: Valerie Wilson.
* Production Manager: Peter Laskie.
* Sound Supervisor: Laurie Taylor.
* Lighting Director: Graham Rimmington.
* Designed by Steve Sharratt.
* Produced and Directed by Geoff Posner.
* © BBC 1989.

#### **"Over To Pam"**

* Written by and starred Victoria Wood as Victoria with Julie Walters as Pam,
Kay Adshead as Lorraine Spence, Meg Johnson as Saundra, Shirley Cain as Marge,
Julia St. John as Caroline, Hugh Lloyd as Jim Mottershed, Margery Mason as Alma Mottershed,
Lill Roughley as Sue, William Osborne as Neil, Charubala Chokshi as Dr. Rani Najitwar
and Alison King ass the Server.
* Musical Director: David Firman.
* Casting Director: Rebecca Howard.
* Properties Buyer: Nick Barnett.
* Graphic Designer: Iain Macdonald.
* Vision Mixer: Hilary West.
* Camera Supervisor: John Vincent.
* Technical Co-ordinator: Steve Lowry.
* Videotape Editor: Mark Lawrence.
* Make-Up Designer: Christina Baker.
* Costume Designer: Anna Stubley.
* Assistant Floor Managers: Terry Pettigrew and Bruce Abrahams.
* Production Assistant: Valerie Wilson.
* Production Managers: Peter Laskie.
* Sound Supervisor: Graham Rimmington.
* Designed by Steve Sharratt and Andrew Howe-Davies.
* Directed by Kevin Bishop.
* Produced by Geoff Posner.
* © BBC 1989.

#### **"We'd Quite Like To Apologise"**

* Written by and starred Victoria Wood as Victoria with Julie Walters as Joy-Ann, Una Stubbs as Una,
Lill Roughley as Barbara Appleby, Philip Lowrie as John Appleby, Jane Horrocks as Cathy Warburton,
Richard Hope as Alan Warburton, Celia Imrie as Carol, Tristram Wymark as Guy,
Susie Blake as the Check-In attendant, Rosalind March as the woman in the car park,
Valerie Minifie as the woman in the lift, Peter Martin as the man on the travelator,
Joe Fraser as the Spanish waiter, Rory Bremner as the 2nd radio actor's voices,
David Jacobs as the self-voice on the radio, Duncan Preston as Captain Lewis's voice
and Graham Seed as the 1st radio actor's voices.
* Musical Director: David Firman.
* Casting Director: Rebecca Howard.
* Properties Buyer: Nick Barnett.
* Graphic Designer: Iain Macdonald.
* Vision Mixer: Hilary West.
* Camera Supervisor: John Vincent.
* Technical Co-ordinator: Steve Lowry.
* Videotape Editor: Mark Lawrence.
* Make-Up Designer: Christina Baker.
* Costume Designer: Anna Stubley.
* Assistant Floor Managers: Terry Pettigrew and Gail Berryman.
* Production Assistant: Valerie Wilson.
* Production Managers: Peter Laskie.
* Sound Supervisors: Laurie Taylor and Keith Mayes.
* Lighting Directors: Graham Rimmington and Mike Manning.
* Designed by Andrew Howe-Davies.
* Directed by Kevin Bishop.
* Produced by Geoff Posner.
* © BBC 1989.

#### **"Val De Ree (Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha)"**

* Written by and starred Victoria Wood as Victoria with Celia Imrie as Jackie,
Sian Thomas as the girl on the farm, Michael Lumsden as Jamie, Avril Angers as the hiker,
Michael Nightingale as the hiker's daddy and Joan Sims as the youth hostel owner.
* Musical Director: David Firman.
* Casting Director: Rebecca Howard.
* Properties Buyer: Nick Barnett.
* Graphic Designer: Iain Macdonald.
* Visual Effects Designer: Perry Brahan.
* Camera Supervisor: John Vincent.
* Technical Co-ordinator: Steve Lowry.
* Videotape Editor: Mark Lawrence.
* Production Secretary: Carol Chamberlain.
* Make-Up Designer: Christina Baker.
* Costume Designer: Anna Stubley.
* Assistant Floor Manager: Terry Pettigrew.
* Production Assistant: Valerie Wilson.
* Production Assistants: Peter Laskie and Olivia Hill.
* Sound Supervisor: Keith Mayes.
* Lighting Director: Mike Manning.
* Designed by Andrew Howe-Davies.
* Directed by Kevin Bishop.
* Produced by Geoff Posner.
* © BBC 1989.

#### **"Staying In"**

* Written by and starred Victoria Wood as Victoria with Patricia Hodge as Moira,
Deborah Grant as Jane, Phyllis Calvert as Hilary, Lill Roughley as Dulcie, Roger Brierley as Gerald,
John Nettleton as Charles, Jim Broadbent as Alan Hammond, Bryan Burdon as Jim,
Celia Imrie as Julia and the spoof TV advert actress, Susie Blake as Judith,
Richard Lintern as Kevin, Dawn Archibald as Ailsa, Susan Leong as Doris
and Peter Goodwright as the spoof TV advert actor's voice.
* Musical Director: David Firman.
* Casting Director: Rebecca Howard.
* Properties Buyer: Sara Richardson.
* Graphic Designer: Iain Macdonald.
* Vision Mixer: Hilary West.
* Deputy Sound Supervisor: Nick Roast.
* Camera Supervisor: John Vincent.
* Technical Co-ordinator: Steve Lowry.
* Videotape Editor: Mark Lawrence.
* Make-Up Designer: Christina Baker.
* Costume Designer: Anna Stubley.
* Production Secretary: Carol Chamberlain.
* Make-Up Assistant: Darren Philips.
* Make-Up Designer: Christine Baker.
* Costume Designers: Anna Stubley.
* Assistant Floor Manager: Terry Pettigrew.
* Production Assistant: Valerie Wilson.
* Production Manager: Peter Laskie.
* Sound Supervisor: Laurie Taylor.
* Lighting Director: Graham Rimmington.
* Designed by Steve Sharratt.
* Produced and Directed by Geoff Posner.
* © BBC 1989.