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Victoria Wood biography explores her ‘painful’ childhood – BBC News
The authorised account of the comedian’s life reveals the troubled origins of her public genius.
By Vincent DowdArts correspondent, BBC News
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image captionBiographer Jasper Rees was given access to Victoria Wood’s entire archive including letters and emails
Victoria Wood’s best work had a comic breadth and energy few contemporaries could match.
When she died in 2016, for some fans it was as though a family member had been taken from them. Now an authorised biography looks at what lay behind her extraordinary and multifaceted talent.
Journalist Jasper Rees fi…
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