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Victoria was a bit dishonest at the start, saying she had no qualifications and was lucky to get into university. It transpired that amongst other things, she had a grade A for English A Level.

I'm pleased to have seen this show, despite the unfortunately awful sound, so thank you to Niki for uploading it. Vic is someone I always felt I would have loved to meet, with the fanciful idea that we could have been good friends. I imagine many people felt like that about her. She is an inspiration due to the high quality and sheer volume of what she managed to create in her life. As an appallingly procrastinating writer myself, I am in awe of the discipline and drive she showed, and not a little envious, too. RIP Vic - my word, you earned it.

Dreadful sound..... crackling. Not watching

I loved housewife 49 v wood was so good in it

Miss her

Why mention her gender?

Ah Victoria we will meet up in the heavens and have a cup of tea and a natter xxxxx

What a lovely person. Victoria, not Mervvyn!!!!😂😂😂😂😂

We will never see her like again, she was unforgettable and magnificent. Her lines live on.

Possible the most talented female comedy writer ever!

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Victoria's authorised biography "Let's do it" reveals a somewhat antagonistic relationship she had with both Melvyn Bragg and the Southbank Show. In an earlier meeting she had with Bragg years before when they were both judging a talent contest, she found him "unnecessarily rude.' Her first appearance on the Southbank Show in 1996 was problematic. The original producer showed up late at her house and she asked for him to be removed. The replacement producer found her "frosty". There was a part that had to be edited out when they filmed Victoria with two fans approaching her for an autograph and she was quite rude about them before they got to her. She was also somewhat startled when Bragg asked her if Pat & Margaret represented the two sides of her personality. He asked her the same question in this episode and she was very unhappy about it. She felt he wasn't taking it seriously and just recycling old stuff. Victoria also later met a number of people who had known Nella Last and found out that the way she had portrayed her was quite wrong. Nella was remembered as actually having made her husband's life quite unpleasant and certain things that she had written about in the diary never actually happened.

Thank you so much for this. It's a joy to watch Robbie Coltrane filled with the spirit of Dario Fo. They are beautiful in their storytelling

Niki Thank you so much for posting this. I have wanted to watch it for so long. He was such a great loss to the arts. Gosh he is political here