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Victoria Wood | ... |
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Caroline Aherne | ... |
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Susie Blake | ... |
Phyllis Willis
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James Bolam | ... |
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Betty Boothroyd | ... |
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June Brown | ... |
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Richenda Carey | ... |
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Craig Cash | ... |
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Helen Coker | ... |
Laura
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Roger Cook | ... |
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Lindsay Duncan | ... |
Pauline
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Andrew Dunn | ... |
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Richard E. Grant | ... |
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Hannah Gordon | ... |
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Shobna Gulati | ... |
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The comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests.
On the strength of this I'm almost inclined to think that this format is the one Victoria does best. This format, originally done by her in 'Victoria Wood As seen on TV' allows Vic. to play to almost all of her strengths, (of which she has many)
Television parody, musical parody, movie parody, all this is very very good, and the BBCs Christmas budget made for an all star cast. And thank goodness its on DVD for us to cherish and cherish again. If I was running the BBC I'd have Victoria producing 13 of these every year from now till forever.
The only thing missing, (in my role as BBC boss I'd give Vic a second budget for this) is more in the style of 'Pat and Margaret'