Editing Victoria Wood (section)

===2006–2010===
Wood wrote the one-off [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] serious drama ''[[Housewife, 49]]'' (2006), an adaptation of the diaries of [[Nella Last]], and played the eponymous role of an introverted middle-aged character who discovers new confidence and friendships in Lancashire during the [[Second World War]]. ''Housewife, 49'' was critically acclaimed, and Wood won [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]]s for both her acting and writing for this drama; a rare double.<ref>{{cite news |title =Victoria Wood Scoops BAFTA Double |work =[[BBC News]] |date =20 May 2007 |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6670797.stm |access-date = 18 October 2007 }}</ref> The film also starred [[Stephanie Cole]] and David Threlfall as well as, in a small role, [[Sue Wallace]] with whom Wood had worked before and studied alongside at Birmingham.

In November 2006, Wood directed a revival production of ''Acorn Antiques: The Musical!'' with a new cast. The musical opened at [[the Lowry]] in [[City of Salford|Salford]] in December and toured the United Kingdom from January to July 2007.<ref>{{cite news |title =Acorn Antiques: The Musical! |newspaper =The Stage |date =28 August 2007 |url =http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/15334/acorn-antiques-the-musical- |access-date =18 October 2007 }}</ref>

In January 2007, she appeared as herself in a series of advertisements featuring famous people working for the supermarket chain [[Asda]]. They featured Wood working in the bakery and introduced a catchphrase&nbsp;– "there's no place like ASDA".<ref>{{cite news |title =A Touch of Class? |work = Ad Breakdown |publisher =[[BBC News]] |date =2 May 2007 |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6592007.stm |access-date = 18 October 2007 }}</ref> Wood was the subject of an episode of ''[[The South Bank Show]]'' in March 2007, and is the only woman to be the subject of two ''South Bank'' programmes (the previous occasion was in September 1996).<ref>{{cite web |title =The South Bank Show |publisher =epguides.com |date =2 May 2007 |url = http://epguides.com/SouthBankShow/ |access-date = 18 October 2007 }}</ref>

Wood appeared in a three-part travel documentary on [[BBC One]] called ''[[Victoria's Empire]]'', in which she travelled around the world in search of the history, cultural impact and customs the [[British Empire]] placed on the parts of the world it ruled. She departed Victoria Station, London, for [[Calcutta]], Hong Kong and [[Borneo]] in the first programme. In programme two she visited [[Ghana]], [[Jamaica]] and [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]] and in the final programme, [[New Zealand]], Australia and [[Zambia]], finishing at the [[Victoria Falls]].<ref>{{cite news |last =Mangan |first =Lucy |title =The Weekend's TV: Victoria's Empire |newspaper =[[The Guardian]] |date =30 April 2007 |url = https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/apr/30/tvandradio.comment |access-date = 18 October 2007 |location=London}}</ref>

In a tribute to Wood, the British television station [[UKTV Gold]] celebrated her work with a weekend marathon of programmes between 3 and 4 November 2007, featuring programmes such as ''Victoria Wood Live'' and ''[[Dinnerladies (TV series)|dinnerladies]]'' and ''Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV''&nbsp;– its first screening on British television since 1995.

Wood returned to stand-up comedy, with a special performance for the celebratory show ''Happy Birthday BAFTA'' on 28 October 2007, alongside other household names. The programme was transmitted on [[ITV1]] on Wednesday 7 November 2007.<ref>{{cite web |work=BAFTA Heritage |url=http://www.bafta.org/heritage/features/happy-birthday-bafta,165,BA.html |title=''Happy Birthday BAFTA'' |access-date= 15 December 2013 |date=8 November 2007}}</ref> On Boxing Day 2007 she appeared as "Nana" in the Granada dramatisation of [[Noel Streatfeild]]'s novel ''[[Ballet Shoes (film)|Ballet Shoes]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last =Hemley |first =Matthew |title =Wood to star in a BBC1 adaptation of Ballet Shoes |newspaper =[[The Stage]] |date =20 July 2007 |url = http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/17473/wood-to-star-in-a-bbc1-adaptation-of-ballet |access-date = 18 October 2007 }}</ref>

In December 2007, when a guest on the radio programme ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'', Wood said she was about to make her first foray into film, writing a script described as a contemporary comedy about a middle-aged person. On Thursday, 12 June 2008, Wood was a member of the celebrity guest panel on the series ''[[The Apprentice: You're Fired!]]'' on BBC Two. In June 2009, she appeared as a panellist on the first two episodes of a series of ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]''.

In 2009, Wood provided the voice of [[God]] for ''Liberace, Live From Heaven'' by [[Julian Woolford]] at London's [[Leicester Square Theatre]]. Wood returned to television comedy for a one-off Christmas sketch-show special, her first for nine years, ''[[Victoria Wood's Mid Life Christmas]]'', transmitted on BBC One at 21:00 on Christmas Eve 2009.<ref>{{cite web |last =Brown |first =Mark |title =BBC One Christmas special for Victoria Wood |publisher =Seen It |date =17 September 2009 |url = http://www.seenit.co.uk/bbc-one-christmas-special-for-victoria-wood/094152/ |access-date = 19 September 2009 }}</ref> It reunited Wood with Julie Walters in ''Lark Pies to Cranchesterford'', a spoof of BBC period dramas ''[[Lark Rise to Candleford (TV series)|Lark Rise to Candleford]]'', ''[[Little Dorrit (TV series)|Little Dorrit]]'' and ''[[Cranford (TV series)|Cranford]]''; a spoof documentary, ''Beyond the Marigolds'', following ''[[Acorn Antiques]]'' star Bo Beaumont (Walters); highlights from the ''Mid Life Olympics 2009'' with Wood as the commentator; parodies of personal injury advertisements; and a reprise of Wood's most famous song "The Ballad of Barry and Freda" ("Let's Do It"), performed as a musical number with tap-dancers and a band. ''Victoria Wood: Seen On TV'', a 90-minute documentary looking back on her career, was broadcast on BBC Two on 21 December, whilst a behind-the-scenes special programme about ''Midlife Christmas'', ''Victoria Wood: What Larks!'', was broadcast on BBC One on 30 December.