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Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas (2009)
Directed by Tony Dow
Overview
This is the time of year when friends and family gather round the television to exchange the traditional greeting -“Don’t bother, there’s nothing on”. Well this Christmas join Victoria Wood for her ‘Mid Life Christmas’ featuring highlights from the Mid Life Olympics 2009, with the most unlikely sporting events and a dance number that brings together the killer combo of midriff bulge. Victoria then dons a bonnet and corset, for the popular costume drama Lark Pies to Cranchesterford, and revel in the further adventures of soap star Bo Beaumont played by long term collaborator Julie Walters. DVD extras include the searing in-depth documentary (!) ‘What larks!’
Length 58 minutes
Actors
Victoria Wood | Julie Walters | Jason Watkins | Lorraine Ashbourne | Daniel Ryan | Marcia Warren | Anton du Beke | Dorothy Atkinson | Gina Bramhill | Emily Atack | Bel Powley | Sylvestra Le Touzel | Naomi Bentley | Delia Smith | Jayne Torvill | Christopher Dean | Sinead Keenan | Neil Bell | Peta Cornish | Richard Lintern | Bob Cryer | Jennie Dale | Tony Maudsley | Wendy Nottingham | Abdul Salis | Reece Shearsmith | Harriet Thorpe