This is the best interview she ever did, I've never seen her so relaxed. I'm reading Jasper Rees's wonderful biography and this was highlighted as one of the only interviews where she was her unguarded self, due to Dawn's warmth and their genuine friendship.
Dawn French, knowing how private Victoria was, called her up afterwards to make doubly sure that she was happy with the interview and gave her the option to remove anything she wanted. Dawn feared that Victoria would feel afterwards that she'd revealed too much.
It's a very good book, which I'm not sure she comes out of looking as nice as people imagine she was. It records her saying about her fans "Oh god. They think I'm like the woman on TV", parts of her Southbank show had to be cut out because she was recorded being unpleasant about some fans, and she also said she didn't want to perform "in theatres full of gay men." Also interesting was how so many of her co-stars testified to how difficult and sometimes unpleasant she could be. Dawn French describes how tough working on the Comic Relief sketch with Victoria was, and the story Dawn tells of Victoria visiting Dawn in Cornwall and being a sulky nightmare. Celia Imre said she often felt bullied by Victoria and Julie Walters said she'd never been to Victoria's house in years and perhaps most tellingly: "“It would be hard to be weak with her, very hard. Early on it was a very immature jokey relationship, so there was no place for that. But generally to be weak with her was not a good idea. Because she would possibly use it.”
@@zeddeka One thing Victoria never denied was that she was a complete, real person, so I'm glad to know she expressed her whole self--even her irascible side.
How beautiful, natural and unaffected was Victoria, in this interview. I get the impression that she never believed just how talented she was. A very humbling interview which Dawn presented very well. Both ladies were firm favourites of mine in the 80's ~ Dawn and Jennifer broke the mould as a female double act in comedy and Victoria was unique with her single handed comedy writing, and brilliant songs at the piano. Her pairing with Julie Walters was undoubtedly where her writing went up a notch. So sad Victoria is no longer with us. I feel that her career would have carried on for as long as she wanted it to. She will always be missed ~ there has been no one like her since.
Two beautiful funny women. Victoria isnt in any category, she is unique and stands alone in her comedy. I love comedians who observe and tell stories,as opposed to punch line jokes. Brilliant .
I agree--that's what life is--an accumulation of stories; some sad, some happy, some tragic, and some funny. Life isn't just a string of punchlines and doom. Victoria's motivation was to tell stories, and to tell them as genuinely and realistically as possible, sometimes surrealistically. She was fab.
I think that being a comedian is a gift. To be able to make people laugh is lifting the audience to a place that takes them out of the problems that they face on a day to day life. It can save people’s sanity and laughter releases endorphins and can make an enormous difference when one feels down. I’m in awe when I listen or watch comedians , I’m just amazed at how they remember all the jokes and the timing that’s necessary to carry it forward. I would be very proud of myself to do something that’s so wonderful. Laughter is what makes the world a happy place. Xx 😘
Quote: 'Is comedy a profession?' When I heard that Victoria had died, it tore a huge hole in my life. Some of the rivers of happiness in my existence ended. That is a valuable profession.
Just finishing "Victoria Wood: The Biography and I can highly recommend it, you really will know her far better and it is a real surprise. She was a true original and a proper "national treasure" although she would have hated being thought of as such. She left us with so much but what we have missed.
Victoria Wood was one of the funniest British comedians ever, with an effortless gift for words that Ronnie Barker might have envied, let alone her wonderfully hilarious and original songs. Left us way too soon. I introduced my thirty-something partner to her stand-up routines on TH-cam a few weeks ago and she was totally floored. Watching the Melbourne Comedy Festival last night showed just what a gulf there is between run-of-the-mill comedians and the real artists, like VW. Not that there is anyone like her. Truly a one-off.
In her biography she had many close friends and had a close male friend who who accompanied her to theatre and cinema visits and holidays. She certainly wasn’t lonely. Aline when you saw her through choice
I was lucky enough to see Victoria on stage twice, she was amazing and jaw achingly funny ❤❤❤ thank you for the laughs , sadly missed x Great interview xx
I loved dawn French she had me in tears most of the time. Victoria I didn't see her till last year or so. I loved her as well. I'm sorry about her death she was brilliant.
Watching this video I had completely forgotten that dear Victoria Wood is no longer with us. It was like a punch in the guts when I remembered. She is irreplaceable.
Love this interview! I remember watching this on tv when I was about 15 and I loved her after this( her work was abit before my time) as I’m same age as her kids. I have since watched everything 😂 Thanks for all the laughs vic! ❤️x
My god, she’s such a beautiful woman, I feel so drawn to her. Not only is she so funny with her performances on stage and incredibly talented as an artist but there’s something about the way she comes across when she’s just being herself that’s incredibly appealing.
This was a lovely interview. I think it works well with a comedienne interviewing a comedienne, they know how it is and Victoria seemed very at ease in the interview. RIP Victoria you one of the few people would could make me snort my cup of tea down my nose..rofl!
So ironic that she felt other kids didn't want to be her friend. Most of us would have ADORED and felt utterly privileged to be a friend of grown up Victoria 🤗 What a beautiful, talented human.
Scintillating talent of the kind of colossal scale no-one could describe. Just one line in any of her sketches or stand-ups is pure gold, let alone torrents of them again and again. I hope she knew she was deeply loved and revered - Victoria our treasure.
Comedy is a real job, its our emotional and mental therapy.😃 lol but a lot cheaper😛 helps so much with my depression and social anxiety. Also had a rollercoaster life from birth. Comedy is my best medicine😃❤ my favourite sketch is the exercise one, makes me laugh so much everytime I watch it. How Victoria could do all that exercise and still talk and remember what to say, just genius❤
On top of quite frankly her comedy genius what shone through was her extreme generosity to her fellow actors in her productions. Some of her best lines were said by other cast members. To me she was also a brilliant serious actress. Three roles in particular for me were 'Housewife 49', 'Pat and Margaret' plus Eric Morecombe's mother Sadie in 'Eric & Ernie'
She was lovely in that interview but strangely emotionally detached. I never knew. The remarks about them never eating together gave me chills. Poor thing.
Joyce Grenfell’s one woman show over four decades is the vanguard. Victoria wood is unique for her time, and a gift to the world. She’s my go to company, whenever the world’s behaviour gets me down, Victoria, and her honesty, integrity and her pure soul, shine a warm sunny happy deep rich light in my soul;, and I know, all will be safe and all right… so thankyou, to whoever is in charge up there, for the blessings of Joyce grenfell, and Victoria wood.
The career adviser story hit a nerve. I told our career man that I wanted to be a nursery nurse. His advice was to tell me that I didn’t like school and education, so I should ‘get a job’. Turns out that my ability to teach is actually good, so I spent most of my working life as a secondary school teacher, which I absolutely loved. I was good at it too, as it happens! 🤣🤣 xxx
She was alright she was a wonderful person and she was. Good at what she did mead me laugh and be happy one of the best comics in the world thanksyou 😎🇬🇧🙏❤️
I’m adding to the previous comment ref the very last few minutes of the interview and her going on into her old age cos I cried knowing what we know now , I think Vic had no idea about her illness at the time of this interview ❤️
She was not only wonderfully observant,funny and enviably intelligent-she was also,in my calculated opinion very attractive,in an extremely subtle way.Those beautiful big blue eyes-and that gorgeous strong voice-mmmmmm!All in all she was faberino!
I am 17 years late, responding to Dawn French's wondering if comedy is a "proper job," but with my working years behind me, I will be arrogant and reply, " If it's what you love doing and you are earning a living at it, then it's better than a "proper job," it's a gift that few people ever receive.
'Well, it must've been yonks. He told me their tune was "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep"...' 'Joe Public never clocks a darn thing...' 'Watching unemployed cockneys tucking into jumbo sausage...' 'Could I find a thermal side-winding body belt? Could I buffalo...' 'Watching "Take The High Road" with the sound down..." Victoria Wood comedy lines float into my head and help me through the bad times in my life.
Remembering some of the memorable sketches she wrote are beginning to make sense now, especially "swim the channel". Her describing her childhood as being largely left alone by her parents means you can kind of see the genesis of that one. A very dark sketch in a way but very funny
TH-cam is a great place to see talent with everyday people. I've been enjoying a dog playing a piano and singing, elderly men and ladies playing piano in shopping centres/ airports. And this morning I watched a sister of about 10 playing guitar and singing with her baby brother with down syndrome, he sung a word here and there, and her other little brother joined in.....they all make me smile as I am in awe of their talent....❤☺
She speaks rather differently here to the hammed-up, mumsy northernness she is known for. She seems to have an air of melancholy about her. It doesn't seem like she had a good childhood or that she didn't get on with her mother.
Read the new biography by Jaspar Rees. Very powerful and brings out what you have picked up on. This woman was such a ground breaking writer and actor and stand up comedienne.
7:10: "People were always cross with me, people were always disappointed and saying "you're not good, you're not willing to work hard enough, you look a mess ..."
Of all the artists that sadly passed away too early she is the one who breaks my heart, such an amazing unique irreplaceable Talent
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I sobbed as I grew up watching her, saw her live. Astonishing talent. She like F&S were my early teens, god I miss her.
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Same here. I was angry at first. How could this happen to such a beautiful soul. She had much more to give. Damn this cruel life.
This is the best interview she ever did, I've never seen her so relaxed. I'm reading Jasper Rees's wonderful biography and this was highlighted as one of the only interviews where she was her unguarded self, due to Dawn's warmth and their genuine friendship.
Dawn French, knowing how private Victoria was, called her up afterwards to make doubly sure that she was happy with the interview and gave her the option to remove anything she wanted. Dawn feared that Victoria would feel afterwards that she'd revealed too much.
It's a very good book, which I'm not sure she comes out of looking as nice as people imagine she was. It records her saying about her fans "Oh god. They think I'm like the woman on TV", parts of her Southbank show had to be cut out because she was recorded being unpleasant about some fans, and she also said she didn't want to perform "in theatres full of gay men." Also interesting was how so many of her co-stars testified to how difficult and sometimes unpleasant she could be. Dawn French describes how tough working on the Comic Relief sketch with Victoria was, and the story Dawn tells of Victoria visiting Dawn in Cornwall and being a sulky nightmare. Celia Imre said she often felt bullied by Victoria and Julie Walters said she'd never been to Victoria's house in years and perhaps most tellingly: "“It would be hard to be weak with her, very hard. Early on it was a very immature jokey relationship, so there was no place for that. But generally to be weak with her was not a good idea. Because she would possibly use it.”
@@zeddeka One thing Victoria never denied was that she was a complete, real person, so I'm glad to know she expressed her whole self--even her irascible side.
Such a fascinating interview. Victoria Wood's thoutfulness and intelligence shine through in every single answer that she gives.
Cannot believe this amazing woman is gone. Please keep watching her work let her funny live on!
How beautiful, natural and unaffected was Victoria, in this interview. I get the impression that she never believed just how talented she was. A very humbling interview which Dawn presented very well. Both ladies were firm favourites of mine in the 80's ~ Dawn and Jennifer broke the mould as a female double act in comedy and Victoria was unique with her single handed comedy writing, and brilliant songs at the piano. Her pairing with Julie Walters was undoubtedly where her writing went up a notch. So sad Victoria is no longer with us. I feel that her career would have carried on for as long as she wanted it to. She will always be missed ~ there has been no one like her since.
Dawn is a great interviewer in this because she knows the business so well. Victoria was a comedy genius.
Jennifer who? ...
Jennifer _Fat-head_ I want to pinch and cuddle the both of them.
There will never be another Victoria Wood 💜
True
Facts
2 of my favorite comedians . I loved Victoria Woods. What a talented, creative, and generous soul. She will never be forgotten.❤️
After her sad and premature death, I binge watched Acorn Antiques to cheer me up. Such a stellar talent taken from us far too soon. RIP Vic.
What an incredible lady she was no ego no arrogance . Just Amazing I miss her x
Two beautiful funny women. Victoria isnt in any category, she is unique and stands alone in her comedy. I love comedians who observe and tell stories,as opposed to punch line jokes. Brilliant .
I agree--that's what life is--an accumulation of stories; some sad, some happy, some tragic, and some funny. Life isn't just a string of punchlines and doom. Victoria's motivation was to tell stories, and to tell them as genuinely and realistically as possible, sometimes surrealistically. She was fab.
Oh Vick, I do wish you could see how other people see you.
You would be blown away.
So much love!
Splendid interview. Dawn knows how to listen, the mark of a great interviewer.
I think that being a comedian is a gift. To be able to make people laugh is lifting the audience to a place that takes them out of the problems that they face on a day to day life. It can save people’s sanity and laughter releases endorphins and can make an enormous difference when one feels down. I’m in awe when I listen or watch comedians , I’m just amazed at how they remember all the jokes and the timing that’s necessary to carry it forward. I would be very proud of myself to do something that’s so wonderful. Laughter is what makes the world a happy place. Xx 😘
We were lucky to have had her as long as we did, she gave us so much of herself
Still can’t get over she is no longer with us. Life is less funny without her brilliant comic talent. RIP Victoria.
I still cry watching this Interview. Such a great loss to the world. I love you Victoria x
Quote: 'Is comedy a profession?' When I heard that Victoria had died, it tore a huge hole in my life. Some of the rivers of happiness in my existence ended. That is a valuable profession.
She asked the same question to Kathy Burke. I think just to get a general consensus. It’s interesting to hear the reasons behind the answers
Just finishing "Victoria Wood: The Biography and I can highly recommend it, you really will know her far better and it is a real surprise. She was a true original and a proper "national treasure" although she would have hated being thought of as such. She left us with so much but what we have missed.
Awe thanks Dawn French for Our Legend Victoria Wood and may she Rest in Peace, Stay Safer Everyone, Today, XX
Dawn French is attending a master class in comedy. No one comes close to Victorias work.
Victoria Wood was one of the funniest British comedians ever, with an effortless gift for words that Ronnie Barker might have envied, let alone her wonderfully hilarious and original songs. Left us way too soon. I introduced my thirty-something partner to her stand-up routines on TH-cam a few weeks ago and she was totally floored. Watching the Melbourne Comedy Festival last night showed just what a gulf there is between run-of-the-mill comedians and the real artists, like VW. Not that there is anyone like her. Truly a one-off.
Dawn French ain't half bad either!
@@johnurquhart4614she used to be funny before she confused spouting her political opinions as humour.
I often saw Victoria around LONDON at the cinema etc she was always on her own and clearly content with her own company...RIP
In her biography she had many close friends and had a close male friend who who accompanied her to theatre and cinema visits and holidays. She certainly wasn’t lonely. Aline when you saw her through choice
I was lucky enough to see Victoria on stage twice, she was amazing and jaw achingly funny ❤❤❤ thank you for the laughs , sadly missed x
Great interview xx
I loved dawn French she had me in tears most of the time.
Victoria I didn't see her till last year or so. I loved her as well. I'm sorry about her death she was brilliant.
What an outstanding & interesting interview - Many thanks !
Dawn you are adoreable..love love love you to bits xx
Watching this video I had completely forgotten that dear Victoria Wood is no longer with us. It was like a punch in the guts when I remembered. She is irreplaceable.
Lovely intelligent interview...she is missed.
Imagine a dinner party with dawn, Jennifer, Victoria and Julie Walters?
Colin Lachman Great conversation, undoubtedly, but make sure you are first in line for the buffet.
Colin Lachman I be laughing so hard
Not Julie Walters.
@@ricardovelasco3976 Why not? she's very very funny and also a talented serious actress too!
Imagine a dinner party.
Love this interview! I remember watching this on tv when I was about 15 and I loved her after this( her work was abit before my time) as I’m same age as her kids. I have since watched everything 😂 Thanks for all the laughs vic! ❤️x
She made me laugh then and now, thank you Victoria wood 👍👍
Victoria wood was peerless and I still miss her today. Such an unfair thing that she died so young. Her talent could’ve kept on and on
Glorious talent sadly missed
2 of the most beautiful Souls on this earth.. i feel privileged to have lived at the same time as they. Thank you
Two of our finest actresses.
I can’t watch this wonderful interview without crying my heart out 😢
I'm so fascinated by how she describes her upbringing. The four of them living in separate rooms etc.
When I heard that all alarm bells went on. Amazing what she archieved nevertheless.
My god, she’s such a beautiful woman, I feel so drawn to her. Not only is she so funny with her performances on stage and incredibly talented as an artist but there’s something about the way she comes across when she’s just being herself that’s incredibly appealing.
That's called attraction.
This was a lovely interview. I think it works well with a comedienne interviewing a comedienne, they know how it is and Victoria seemed very at ease in the interview. RIP Victoria you one of the few people would could make me snort my cup of tea down my nose..rofl!
Would love dawn to
Do some more interviews, she’s so natural at it ❤
So ironic that she felt other kids didn't want to be her friend. Most of us would have ADORED and felt utterly privileged to be a friend of grown up Victoria 🤗 What a beautiful, talented human.
Lovely interview with two of the best women comediennes of the UK....thoroughly enjoyed
Scintillating talent of the kind of colossal scale no-one could describe.
Just one line in any of her sketches or stand-ups is pure gold, let alone torrents of them again and again.
I hope she knew she was deeply loved and revered - Victoria our treasure.
i wish she wasn't dead. Her work is missed around this time of year the most
I hope that one day, Victoria's children will agree to be interviewed about their mother and their lives.
I hope they are like her and keep it private, which is what she would want them to do....
Comedy is a real job, its our emotional and mental therapy.😃 lol but a lot cheaper😛 helps so much with my depression and social anxiety. Also had a rollercoaster life from birth. Comedy is my best medicine😃❤ my favourite sketch is the exercise one, makes me laugh so much everytime I watch it. How Victoria could do all that exercise and still talk and remember what to say, just genius❤
I love Sacherelle sketch lol
m.th-cam.com/video/OspS3L6rGIo/w-d-xo.html
Well done, Ms French.
I just watched Victoria Wood in a movie - Housewife, 49 - highly recommend it - shows her genius
One of my favourite films!
Comedy is an essential part of my life Thank you Victoria Wood
Thank you,brilliant women
I adore you Victoria thank you for the great laughs and for simply being you ❤Bless you
Love Victoria always will
On top of quite frankly her comedy genius what shone through was her extreme generosity to her fellow actors in her productions. Some of her best lines were said by other cast members.
To me she was also a brilliant serious actress. Three roles in particular for me were 'Housewife 49', 'Pat and Margaret' plus Eric Morecombe's mother Sadie in 'Eric & Ernie'
What a great interview!
A beautiful talent RIP Victoria darling ❣
I find this very sad. She was lonely as a child 01.00 and lonely as an adult 09.47.
She was lovely in that interview but strangely emotionally detached. I never knew. The remarks about them never eating together gave me chills. Poor thing.
I'm the same not wanting to go out and talk to people. Victoria wood was amazing and made me laugh so much.😊
A true comic genius and a wonderful human being. Taken much too soon.
I hope Victoria knew how much joy she brought to people and how loved she was.
She looks younger here than she did in 1986.
French is an excellent interviewer here and Victoria Wood really shines.
Joyce Grenfell’s one woman show over four decades is the vanguard. Victoria wood is unique for her time, and a gift to the world. She’s my go to company, whenever the world’s behaviour gets me down, Victoria, and her honesty, integrity and her pure soul, shine a warm sunny happy deep rich light in my soul;, and I know, all will be safe and all right… so thankyou, to whoever is in charge up there, for the blessings of Joyce grenfell, and Victoria wood.
The Pride of Prestwich. Gone to soon. RIP funny, funny lady. You will not be forgotten as you a still making us laugh.
The career adviser story hit a nerve. I told our career man that I wanted to be a nursery nurse. His advice was to tell me that I didn’t like school and education, so I should ‘get a job’. Turns out that my ability to teach is actually good, so I spent most of my working life as a secondary school teacher, which I absolutely loved. I was good at it too, as it happens! 🤣🤣 xxx
Putting up my hand…. “Thank you Mrs Banting” 😊
such brilliant female comedians xx
Amazing ladies
Comedy is undoubtedly a proper job. It can improve and even save lives.
Spot on. The best - for me, Victoria, Julie Walters and Caroline Aherne - help us to live in our dark world.
She was alright she was a wonderful person and she was. Good at what she did mead me laugh and be happy one of the best comics in the world thanksyou 😎🇬🇧🙏❤️
Both fabulous women
Very sorry to hear that she died, I often miss out on such news items now I no longer live in UK.
Still not over Victoria's death. The world is missing a comic genius
Didn't realise Vic Wood was so articulate, expressive and emotionally intelligent. How sad that she's gone. RIP Vic. (Wherever you are.) Xx
What a beautiful thing to watch.
Queen Vic thank you for your everything you’ve done , that I’ve watched and laughed at. THANK YOU MILLIONS ❤️❤️❤️
I’m adding to the previous comment ref the very last few minutes of the interview and her going on into her old age cos I cried knowing what we know now , I think Vic had no idea about her illness at the time of this interview
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She was not only wonderfully observant,funny and enviably intelligent-she was also,in my calculated opinion very attractive,in an extremely subtle way.Those beautiful big blue eyes-and that gorgeous strong voice-mmmmmm!All in all she was faberino!
Great interview!
I am 17 years late, responding to Dawn French's wondering if comedy is a "proper job," but with my working years behind me, I will be arrogant and reply, " If it's what you love doing and you are earning a living at it, then it's better than a "proper job," it's a gift that few people ever receive.
'Well, it must've been yonks. He told me their tune was "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep"...' 'Joe Public never clocks a darn thing...' 'Watching unemployed cockneys tucking into jumbo sausage...' 'Could I find a thermal side-winding body belt? Could I buffalo...' 'Watching "Take The High Road" with the sound down..." Victoria Wood comedy lines float into my head and help me through the bad times in my life.
Two great minds. Still miss Victoria.
Hearing Dawn French saying "having the craic" 😂 rip Victoria xx
❤ Thanks for posting.
Beautiful woman
I never realized her eyes were such a beautiful, deep blue.
Bless Victoria, she died in 2016 but it still feels as if she’s here when you see her in clips these days
Both very good looking, both articulate intelligent and hilarious.
Stunning interview.
Loved her ❤️ ♥️ 💕 😍 💖 💗
Remembering some of the memorable sketches she wrote are beginning to make sense now, especially "swim the channel". Her describing her childhood as being largely left alone by her parents means you can kind of see the genesis of that one. A very dark sketch in a way but very funny
Lovely lady Victoria Wood, gone to soon :-(
Two very funny, talented and very beautiful women.
TH-cam is a great place to see talent with everyday people. I've been enjoying a dog playing a piano and singing, elderly men and ladies playing piano in shopping centres/ airports. And this morning I watched a sister of about 10 playing guitar and singing with her baby brother with down syndrome, he sung a word here and there, and her other little brother joined in.....they all make me smile as I am in awe of their talent....❤☺
Very revealing in its own way - I don't buy the bit about women being too old to do things... she was a complex person and so so talented.
Marvellous, cheers, from a Whitefield, Bury frequenter lad.
She speaks rather differently here to the hammed-up, mumsy northernness she is known for. She seems to have an air of melancholy about her. It doesn't seem like she had a good childhood or that she didn't get on with her mother.
Read the new biography by Jaspar Rees. Very powerful and brings out what you have picked up on. This woman was such a ground breaking writer and actor and stand up comedienne.
7:10: "People were always cross with me, people were always disappointed and saying "you're not good, you're not willing to work hard enough, you look a mess ..."
@@uterushaver8309 I think she must have had a terrible time..
Also listen to her interview on desert island discs. She opens up about her childhood
@@westardsleychurchnotices6667 was going to say the same. It's a great episode too.
I miss Victoria gone too soon how much more would she have given us if she had more time - bless sweetheart x
She was wonderful in Housewife 49 x
Lovely. Thank you
enjoyable indeed .
Id never seen joyce grenfell until now, just watched an extract of the nursery teacher monologue and can really see how Victoria was inspired by her.
Bless them both