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Nearly a Happy Ending

Field	Value
image	Nearly_a_Happy_Ending.jpg
caption	Opening title
genre	Comedy
runtime	66 minutes
creator	Victoria Wood
director	Baz Taylor
starring	Victoria Wood
Julie Walters
country	United Kingdom
network	ITV
released
num_series	1
num_episodes	1
producer	Peter Eckersley

Julie Walters Nearly A Happy Ending is a television play written by Victoria Wood, which ITV broadcast on 1 June 1980.{{cite web

It is a sequel to Wood's earlier play Talent, with the same lead characters: Julie (played by Julie Walters) and Maureen (played by Wood); although some minor plot points from Talent are either ignored or contradicted in this play.

According to the BFI's Screenonline website, the plot concerns "Maureen's ill-fated attempts to lose her virginity at a dismal salesmen's party in a Manchester hotel".{{cite web

Cast

Victoria Wood as Maureen
Julie Walters as Julie
Paul Seed as Tony
Rosemary Williams as Madge
Freddie Fletcher as Tim
Mike Kelly as Ken
Christopher Godwin as Barman
Peter Martin as Les Dickey
Jill Summers as Attendant
Roger Brierley as A.J. Germany
Patricia Roe as Evelyn (as Pat Roe)
Johnnie Tweed as Accountant (as Johnny Tweed)
The Square Pegs as Businessmen Quartet
Rebecca Storm as Tina
Bert Oxley as Taxi Driver
Pamela Austin as Slimmers' Chorus
Julie Bennett as Slimmers' Chorus
Brenda Castle as Slimmers' Chorus
Helen Dean as Slimmers' Chorus
Lorna Doone as Slimmers' Chorus
Doreen Driver as Slimmers' Chorus
Paula Greca as Slimmers' Chorus
Norma Hardy as Slimmers' Chorus
Lola Morice as Slimmers' Chorus
Hazel Sutton as Slimmers' Chorus

References

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