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Arena
Arena: Andrea Dunbar And Victoria Wood

Arena: Andrea Dunbar And Victoria Wood

  • TV documentary
  • BBC Two
  • 1980
  • 1 episode

Profiles of comic Victoria Wood and playwright Andrea Dunbar as they put on new plays.

  • Repeated Monday 10th March at 9:55pm on BBC4

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Key details

Genre
Documentary
Broadcast
1980
Channel
BBC 2
Episodes
1
Features
Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
Producers
Alan Yentob and Nigel Williams
Company

In a programme first broadcast in 1980, Arena looks at writer and performer Victoria Wood and explores her talent to amuse through her witty and engaging songs.

The film also profiles (then) teenage playwright Andrea Dunbar, whose first play, The Arbor, written when she was only 15, was running at the Royal Court.

Additional details

Picture
Colour

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Wednesday 26th March 1980 at 8:25pm on BBC Two
Episode length
35 minutes
Next repeats
  1. Monday 10th March at 9:55pm on BBC4

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