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Wood was born in Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, and studied drama at the University of Birmingham, beginning her show business career during her time as an undergraduate. Her first big break was as a novelty act on the BBC's consumer affairs programme, That's Life in 1976. Her first play, Talent ( 1978Events January January 1 The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. January 1 Air India's Boeing 747 explodes near Bombay 213 dead. January 4 Referendum in Chile supports policies of Augusto Pinochet.) won her an award for Most Promising New Writer, and she has since won many awards for her light entertainment performances.

Wood married magician Geoffrey DurhamGeoffrey Durham (born 22 July 1949) is a comedy magician who was known for many years as The Great Soprendo''. Durham was born in East Molesey, Surrey. He presented a magic act as an outrageous Spanish magician for at least 15 years before performing as h in March 1980 , but they separated in October 20022002 : January February March April May June July August September October November December A timeline of events in the news for October, 2002. See also Moscow theatre siege Beltway sniper attacks Bali car bombing Myyrmanni bombing Zamboanga bombings Afg. They have two children, Grace and Henry.

She has starred in several series of her own, including:

• Wood and Walters ( 1981Events January-February January Sarawak Chamber found January 1 Greece enters the EEC January 1 Palau becomes self-governing January 4 Sheffield police arrests Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper January 16 Protestant gunmen shoot and wound Bernadette D) (with Julie WaltersJulie Walters (born February 22, 1950) is a British actress, mainly associated with comedy and character roles. She ranked first in a poll to find Britain's most popular actress. Born in Smethwick, England, Walters first became known as the occasional par)
• Victoria Wood As Seen On Television ( 1984This page is about the year 1984. For other uses of 1984, see 1984 (disambiguation). 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday (link shows calendar). Events January January 1 Brunei becomes a fully independent state January 1 AT&T is broken up into 22 indepe)

Highlights of the series include:

the classic spoof soap opera " Acorn Antiques " -- Mrs Overall ( Julie WaltersJulie Walters (born February 22, 1950) is a British actress, mainly associated with comedy and character roles. She ranked first in a poll to find Britain's most popular actress. Born in Smethwick, England, Walters first became known as the occasional par), the bad camera angles, Celia ImrieCelie Imrie (born 15 July 1952 in Guildford England) is a British actress. Her films have included Hilary and Jackie (playing Iris du Pre) and the 1997 film of The Borrowers where she played Homily Clock''. Other films include Bridget Jones's Diary Calend's superb sarcastic tone, the wobbly sets and the unforgettable line "..and 87p change. Enjoy your antiques!".

The sarcastic BBC announcer (played by Susie Blake): "We'd like to apologise to our viewers in the North. It must be so awful for you up there."

• A television film, Pat and Margaret starring Wood and Julie Walters as long-lost sisters with very different lifestyles.
• DinnerladiesDinnerladies is a 1990s British television sitcom written by and also featuring Victoria Wood. The characters are a group of caterers at a non-descript factory location. The mostly female, mostly middle-aged tabard-wearing characters' inner lives and soci (sitcom) ( 1999)

She was awarded the OBE in 1997.

In 2003, she was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest people in British comedy.