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Nearly A Happy Ending Genre Comedy Created by Victoria Wood Starring Victoria Wood
Julie Walters
Paul Seed
Christopher Godwin
Peter MartinCountry of origin United Kingdom No. of series 1 No. of episodes 1 Production Producer(s) Peter Eckersley Broadcast Original channel ITV Original run 11 January 1985 – 15 December 1987 Nearly A Happy Ending is a television play written by Victoria Wood, which ITV broadcast on 1 June 1980.[1]
It is a sequel to Wood's earlier play Talent, with the same lead character's, Julie (played by Julie Walters) and Maureen (played by Wood).
According to Screenonline, the plot concerns "Maureen's ill-fated attempts to lose her virginity at a dismal salesmen's party in a Manchester hotel".[2]
References
- ^ "Nearly A Happy Ending (1981)(TV)". IMDB. 2007. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181245/fullcredits#cast. Retrieved 2007-11-07.
- ^ Duguid, Mark (2003-07). "Screenonline - Talent (1979)". British Film Institute. http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1241050/index.html. Retrieved 2007-11-07.
External links
Situation comedies Victoria Wood (1989) · dinnerladies (1998)
Sketch shows The Summer Show (1975) · Wood and Walters (1981) · Victoria Wood As Seen On TV (1985) · Julie Walters and Friends (1991) · Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast (1992) · Victoria Wood With All The Trimmings (2000) · Victoria Wood's Mid Life Christmas (2009)
Television dramas Talent (1979) · Nearly A Happy Ending (1980) · Happy Since I Met You (1981) · Pat and Margaret (1994) · Housewife, 49 (2006) · Ballet Shoes (2007) · Eric and Ernie (2011)
Theatre In At The Death (1978) · Talent (1978) · Good Fun (1980) · Acorn Antiques: The Musical! (2005) · dinnerladies (2009)
Stand-up comedy Funny Turns · Lucky Bag (1984) · An Audience With Victoria Wood (1987) · Victoria Wood Up West · Victoria Wood - Live In Your Own Home (1994) · Victoria Wood - Still Standing (1997) · Victoria Wood - At It Again (2002) Happy Birthday BAFTA (2007)
Books Lucky Bag: The Victoria Wood Song Book (1984) · Up To You, Porky (1985) · Barmy (1986) · Mens Sana in Thingummy Doodah (1990) · Chunky (1996)
Other roles New Faces (1974) · That's Life! (1976) · Great Railway Journeys of the World (1996) · Victoria Wood's Sketch Show Story (2001) · Victoria Wood's Big Fat Documentary (2004) · Victoria Wood - Moonwalking (2004) · Victoria's Empire (2007)
Films The Wind in the Willows (1996) · The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005) ·
Additional pages Categories:- 1980 television series debuts
- 1980 in British television
- Films about virginity
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