Victoria Wood’s final projects will never be broadcast after the comedy legend died
VICTORIA Wood's final projects will never be broadcast after the comedy legend tragically died last year.
The comic died of cancer aged 62 last April and is believed to have been writing jokes and scripts days before her death but they won't be released.
The TV favourite kept her six-month cancer battle a secret and devastated many when the news of her death became public.
Her pal Michael Ball has revealed she was working on new material before she passed away but wouldn't have wanted others to bring them to life.
He told the : "She was an absolute one-off. She was writing but she was so involved in the production process – she would have wanted to direct and produce her scripts.”
The actor also revealed her pals are coming together to perform her songs and sketches at a special memorial gig which will be broadcast on the BBC.
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He added: “It will be what she would have wanted – a nostalgia fest.”
Michael, 54, will also take part in an upcoming six-part documentary called Our Friend Victoria in which he will remember his pal along with Julie Walters and Celia Imrie.
The musical star revealed the producers discovered a huge amount of previously unseen material when they were researching her archives.
He said: “They found so much they didn’t know existed, particularly stand-up. She just had this vast wealth of material.”
The rest went to family and friends but her ex-husband of 22 years Geoffrey Durham was left with nothing.
- Our Friend Victoria airs on Tuesday at 9.30pm on BBC1.
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