Nearly a Happy Ending (1980)
A play by Victoria Wood. Maureen has been faithfully attending the slimmers' club for months. Now the weeks of endless crispbreads have paid off - but is her optimism misplaced? Sequel to Wood's earlier play Talent, featuring the same characters of lifelong friends Maureen and Julie.
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Cast
Victoria Wood
as Maureen
Victoria Wood CBE (19 May 1953 – 20 April 2016) was an English comedian, actress, singer and songwriter, screenwriter and director. Wood wrote and starred in sketches, plays, films and sitcoms, and he...
Julie Walters
as Julie
Dame Julia Mary Walters DBE (born February 22, 1950), known professionally as Julie Walters, is an English actress, author, and comedian. She is the recipient of four British Academy Television Awards...
Paul Seed
as Tony
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Paul Seed (1947-2026) was a British television director and former actor.
Born in Bideford in Devon, he began his career as an actor, appearing in numerous tel...
Freddie Fletcher
as Tim
Grimethorpe born Freddie Fletcher is an actor who is best known for his role as Jud Casper, the bullying brother in Ken Loach's classic 1969 film Kes. Prior to the film, Fletcher had no acting experie...
Christopher Godwin
as Barman
Christopher Godwin (born 5 August 1943) is a British actor who has been active since the late 1960s.
He made his TV debut at the age of 25, when he took on the role of PC Grange in an episode of Soft...
Peter Martin
as Les Dickey
Born 1934, Peter Martin was an English actor best known for playing Joe Carroll in The Royle Family and Len Reynolds in Emmerdale. As well as this, he appeared in many other productions on both screen...
Director
Baz Taylor