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Comics in Oxford Dictionary Of National Biography

Caroline Aherne, Victoria Wood and Ronnie Corbett and have been added to a prestigious and definitive list of the greatest ever Britons.

Victoria Wood statue unveiled in memory of comedian

The likeness sits across from the library where she stole books as a child because she was too shy to ask about membership.

Victoria Wood statue unveiling in Bury tomorrow

A life-size bronze statue of Prestwich-born comedy icon Victoria Wood is to be unveiled in Bury town centre tomorrow.

My comedy hero: Angela Barnes

Winner of the 2011 BBC New Comedy Award and Edinburgh Fringe favourite chooses her comic idols.

Fans claim Victoria Wood statue doesn't look like her

Comic's baffled fans say the planned statue looks nothing like her.

10 peerless funny women of British TV comedy

From Kathy Burke to Victoria Wood... a selection of some of the funniest female writers and comedians to have made their mark on British television.

My comedy hero: Jen Brister on Victoria Wood

As this self-dubbed 'stand-up comedian, writer, actor, dickhead' takes her Meaningless show on tour, she picks the northern comic who straddled the mainstream and alternative scene as her comic icon.

Sue Perkins is Sally Phillips's final guest of a series that has been more enjoyable than any clip show has a right to be. Among Perkins's choices are Not the Nine O'Clock News's Gerald the Gorilla, Will Ferrell's "more cowbell" SNL skit and a vintage bit from Julie Walters and the much-missed Victoria Wood.