Editing Victoria Wood (section)

==Awards and recognition==
In 1979, Wood received the [[Evening Standard Theatre Awards|Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright]] at the [[Evening Standard Theatre Awards]] for her play ''[[Talent (play)|Talent]]''.<ref name="ev.std.1955.1979">{{Cite news|title=Evening Standard theatre awards: 1955-1979 |url= https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/theatre/evening-standard-theatre-awards-19551979-7236386.html|date=10 April 2012|newspaper=standard.co.uk}}</ref>

In 1997, Wood was appointed an [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[1997 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{cite web |title =Victoria Wood&nbsp;– A Chronology |publisher =prestel.co.uk |date =July 2003 |url=http://www2.prestel.co.uk/cello/Chronology.htm |access-date =18 October 2007 }}</ref> Earlier in 1994, she was made an honorary [[honorary degree|Doctor of Letters]] by the [[University of Sunderland]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Alumni |publisher=University of Sunderland |date=July 2003 |url=http://alumni.sunderland.ac.uk/htmlver/FAQdowehave.htm |access-date=18 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070113070309/http://alumni.sunderland.ac.uk/htmlver/FAQdowehave.htm |archive-date=13 January 2007 }}</ref> She was appointed a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[2008 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=58729 |date=14 June 2008 |page=8 |supp=y}}</ref>

In 2003, she was listed in ''[[The Observer]]'' as one of the ''50 Funniest Acts in British Comedy''.<ref>{{cite news |title =The A-Z of laughter (part two) |newspaper =[[The Guardian]] |date =7 December 2003 |url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1101525,00.html |access-date =18 October 2007 |location=London}}</ref> In the 2005 [[Channel 4]] poll the ''Comedians' Comedian'', she was voted 27th<ref>{{cite web |title =The comedians' comedian : News 2004 : Chortle | work=The UK Comedy Guide |publisher =chortle.co.uk |year =2004 |url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2004/12/01/26/ |access-date =28 October 2013 }}</ref> out of the top 50 comedy acts by fellow comedians and comedy insiders. She was the highest-ranked woman on the list, above [[French and Saunders]] (who paid tribute to her in their ''Lord of the Rings'' spoof, where a map of Middle-Earth shows a forest called 'Victoria Wood'), [[Joan Rivers]] and [[Joyce Grenfell]].<ref>{{cite web |title =Eric Idle // Idleized Heaven // The Daily Dirty Fork&nbsp;– 2005 |publisher =eric-idle.com |year =2005 |url=http://www.eric-idle.com/ddf05.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071003135357/http://www.eric-idle.com/ddf05.html |archive-date=3 October 2007 |access-date =31 October 2007 }}</ref>

Her sketch show ''[[Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV]]'' won [[BAFTA]] awards for its two series and Christmas Special.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bafta Television and Craft |publisher=Bafta |url=http://www.bafta.org/site/page230.html |access-date=1 June 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070601153403/http://www.bafta.org/site/page230.html |archive-date=1 June 2007 }}</ref> In 2007, she was nominated<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6543857.stm |title=Wood nominated for record BAFTA | work=[[BBC News]] | date=11 April 2007 | access-date=6 January 2010}}</ref> for and won<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6670797.stm |title=Victoria Wood scoops Bafta double | work=[[BBC News]] | date=20 May 2007 | access-date=6 January 2010}}</ref> the [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]] awards for "Best Actress" and for "Best Single Drama" for her role in the British war-time drama ''[[Housewife, 49]]'', in which she played the part of a housewife dominated by her moody husband. Wood's character eventually stands up to him and helps the WRVS (Women's Royal Voluntary Service) in their preparations for British soldiers.

Her popularity with the British public was confirmed when she won 'Best Stand-Up' and 'Best Sketch Show' by ''[[Radio Times]]'' readers in 2001.<ref>{{cite news |title =Radio Times Comedy Poll results |work =[[BBC News]] |date =21 August 2001 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/entertainment/tv_and_radio/1501357.stm |access-date =18 October 2007 }}</ref> Wood was also voted 'Funniest Comedian' by the readers of ''[[Reader's Digest]]'' in 2005<ref>{{cite news|title=Victoria Wood voted funniest woman |newspaper=Manchester Evening News |date=17 August 2005 |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/comedy/c/170126_victoria_wood_voted_funniest_woman.html?page_size=50 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421035946/http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/comedy/c/170126_victoria_wood_voted_funniest_woman.html?page_size=50 |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 April 2013 |access-date=18 October 2007 }}</ref> and came eighth in ITV's poll of the public's ''50 Greatest Stars'', four places behind long term regular co-star [[Julie Walters]].

Wood was the recipient of six [[British Comedy Awards]]: Best stand-up live comedy performer (1990); Best female comedy performer (1995); [[WGGB]] Writer of the year (2000); Best live stand-up (2001); Outstanding achievement award (jointly awarded to Julie Walters) (2005); Best female TV comic (2011).<ref>{{cite web|title=Past Winners|url=http://www.britishcomedyawards.com/past-winners.aspx|website=British Comedy Awards|access-date=15 May 2017}}</ref> Wood was nominated for the 1991 [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment|Olivier Award for Best Entertainment]] for ''Victoria Wood Up West''.

===BAFTA nominations===
Wood was a 14-time [[British Academy Television Awards|BAFTA TV Award]] nominee, winning four. She received a special BAFTA at a tribute evening in 2005.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://awards.bafta.org/keyword-search?keywords=victoria%20wood| publisher = [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]] | access-date = 20 April 2016 | title = BAFTA Awards&nbsp;– Victoria Wood}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Award
!Nominated work
!Result
|-
|1986
|rowspan=5|Best Light Entertainment Performance
|rowspan=3|''[[Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|1987
|{{nom}}
|-
|1988
|{{nom}}
|-
|1989
|''[[An Audience With Victoria Wood]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|1990
|''[[Victoria Wood (1989 TV series)|Victoria Wood]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=3|1995
|[[British Academy Television Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|rowspan=2|''[[Pat and Margaret]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Single Drama
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Light Entertainment Performance
|''Victoria Wood: Live in Your Own Home''
|{{nom}}
|-
|1999
|Best Comedy Programme or Series
|rowspan=2|''[[Dinnerladies (TV series)|dinnerladies]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|2000
|Best Situation Comedy
|{{nom}}
|-
|2001
|Best Comedy Programme or Series
|''[[Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2|2007
|[[British Academy Television Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|rowspan=2|''[[Housewife, 49]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan=2|Best Single Drama
|{{won}}
|-
|2011
|''[[Eric and Ernie]]''
|{{nom}}
|}
* ''Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV'' won the BAFTA for Best Entertainment Programme in 1986, 1987 and 1988; these awards went to the producer, [[Geoff Posner]].
* ''An Audience With Victoria Wood'' won the BAFTA for Best Entertainment Programme in 1989; this award went to David G. Hillier.