Editing Victoria Wood (section)

===2000–2005===
December 2000 saw the Christmas sketch show special ''[[Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings]]'', featuring her regular troupe of actors as well as a string of special guest stars including [[Hugh Laurie]], [[Angela Rippon]], [[Bob Monkhouse]], [[Bill Paterson (actor)|Bill Paterson]], [[Delia Smith]] and [[Roger Moore]].

2001 saw Wood embark on her final stand-up tour, ''Victoria Wood at It Again'' but was postponed slightly by Wood having to have an emergency [[hysterectomy]] shortly before the tour was due to begin. She re-wrote the entire first half of the show and incorporated the operation into her act. The 62-date tour included 12 nights at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] and had a further 23 dates in 2002.<ref name="Brandwood"/><ref name=bficat/>

During this period, Wood tended to move away from comedy to concentrate on drama. She continued to produce one-off specials including ''Victoria Wood's Sketch Show Story'' (2002) and ''Victoria Wood's Big Fat Documentary'' (2005).<ref>{{cite web |title =Victoria Wood's Sketch Show Story |publisher =Simply Stephanie Beacham |year =2007 |url =http://simplystephaniebeacham.com/SketchShow/sketchshowstory.html |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20060321165013/http://simplystephaniebeacham.com/SketchShow/sketchshowstory.html |url-status =dead |archive-date =21 March 2006 |access-date =18 October 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title =Victoria Wood's Big Fat Documentary |publisher =weightlossresources.co.uk |year =2004 |url=http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/diet/bigfatdocumentary.htm |access-date =18 October 2007}}</ref>

Wood wrote her first musical, ''[[Acorn Antiques: The Musical!]]'', which opened in 2005 at the [[Haymarket Theatre|Theatre Royal, Haymarket]], London, for a limited period, directed by [[Trevor Nunn]]. It starred several of the original cast, with [[Sally Ann Triplett]] playing Miss Berta (played in the series by Wood). Wood played Julie Walters' lead role of ''Mrs Overall'' for Monday and Wednesday matinee performances.<ref>{{cite news |first =Caroline |last =Briggs |title =Mrs Overall Sings Onto The Stage | work =[[BBC News]] |date =2 December 2004 |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4062051.stm}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Rees |first1=Jasper |author1-link=I Found My Horn |title=Let's Do It: the Authorised Biography of Victoria Wood |date=October 2020 |publisher=Trapeze |location=London |isbn=978-1409184102 |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/trapeze-triumphs-winning-wood-biography-766391 |access-date=27 December 2020 |language=en |oclc=1226752410}}</ref>