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Victoria Wood - All The Trimmings [2000]
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings contains exactly what it says on the box. Harking back to the classic BBC Christmas comedy specials of yesteryear, the show features a star-studded cast: Alan Rickman, Richard E Grant, Michael Parkinson, Bob Monkhouse, Hugh Laurie, Angela Rippon, Roger Moore, Caroline Aherne, the list goes on. The show takes a typically idiosyncratic canter through a dream set of telly programmes for Christmas Day. Thus we get expertly played skits of A Christmas Carol (with Delia Smith as the cook); Brassed Off (in which Tony Blair solves the North/South divide by declaring everything The South); Brief Encounter (Parky as the station master, with a side order of drugs and lesbianism); a regency romantic drama (with the line "could you not stick your hand in your muff?") and lots more. What makes the production a true cut above, however, is the linking theme that takes a blatant pot shot at the modern BBC--or as Wood sees it--BBC Upmarket, BBC Downmarket, BBC Newmarket (for racing), BBC Makeover, BBC Takeover, etc. This is funny, cutting and achingly on the ball about the state of modern television.--Ian Watson
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Special Features
English
Region 2
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Synopsis
Britain's favourite funnywoman Victoria Wood returns for a Christmas special chock-full of the zany monologues and witty songs she is known for. Wood offers a variety of comedy sketches and musical numbers with the help of her numerous guest stars, including Alan Rickman, Julie Walters, Pete Postlethwaite, and many more.
Victoria Wood with all the Trimmings
Review date: 2005-12-08 Rating: 10 out of 10
Very different to her other one-woman shows on stage. Absolutely fabulous - all the cameo appearances made it a laugh a minute. Do buy it for Xmas
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Reviews
~ Funny ~
Review date: 2004-01-06 Rating: 8 out of 10
I bought it because of Alan Rickman, one of the guest stars - I've never seen anything from Victoria Wood before but I was really surprised how funny she is - it really is a laugh! However, sometimes I think you just have to have her sense of humour ... but anyway, I can only recommend it :)
Excellent! Why can't we have a series?!
Review date: 2002-08-26 Rating: 10 out of 10
Excellence from start to finish, probably Wood's most literate work so far that combines reference to Dickens with name dropping of teen pop idols. The overkill of celebrity cameos doesn't detract from the superb quality of the writing, while the lack of sketches to feature Julie Walters is the only real criticism of this special. On the acting front, Celia Imrie and Geraldine McEwan shine as does Wood herself, while the most impressive sketches are 'Brief Encounter', the wordy 'Plots and Proposals' and inspired ER spoof, 'WI'. The parodies are far more intelligent than recent French and Saunders offerings and the quality of this one-off programme makes the viewer long for a series. Sheer billiance and very Christmassy.
Heavenly
Review date: 2001-12-18 Rating: 10 out of 10
...this Christmas offering from Victoria Wood is absolutely heavenly. From a wonderful take-off of Brief Encounter to the inspired finale, this will provide the perfect tonic to those impending long winter evenings which "tradition" requires you to spend talking to your elderly relatives about what life was like during the war.
Enjoy the programme (don't bother watching the "out-takes" - they're simply not funny). Definitely one of Ms Wood's triumphs, almost eclipsing the seminal Acorn Antiques.
Christmas fun thanks to Victoria
Review date: 2001-11-29 Rating: 8 out of 10
Once again she's done it. Victoria wood creates a wonderfull blend of comic timing with the odd surprise guest thrown in whose not afraid to laugh at themselves. Watch out for Delia Smith as the very annoying "Victorian cook". Just wait till the end to see her finak skit including Victoria as afamous politician. This is class in a glass, or at least in a video box.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
James Bolam
Bruce Alexander
Susie Blake
Caroline Aherne
Victoria Wood
Creators:
Victoria Wood (Primary Contributor)
Caroline Aherne (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: Vision Video Ltd.
Manufacturer: Vision Video Ltd.
EAN: 3259190210493
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2001-11-26
Number of discs: 1
Audience rating: Parental Guidance
Region code: 2
Running time: 52 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2000-12-25
Language: English (Original Language)