Nearly a Happy Ending (1980)
1h 6m
Running Time
May 31, 1980Release Date
Nearly a Happy Ending (1980)
1h 6m
Running Time
May 31, 1980Release Date
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Plot.
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 & Crew.

Victoria Wood
Maureen / Writer / Music

Julie Walters
Julie

Paul Seed
Tony

Rosemary Williams
Madge

Freddie Fletcher
Tim

Mike Kelly
Ken

Christopher Godwin
Barman

Peter Martin
Les Dickey

Jill Summers
Attendant

Roger Brierley
AJ Germany

Patricia Roe
Evelyn

Johnnie Tweed
Accountant

Rebecca Storm
Tina

Bert Oxley
Taxi Driver

Baz Taylor
Director

Jack Dardis
Editor

Stuart Wilson
Lighting Design

Ron Swain
Editor

D.L. Heyes
Editor

Judi Hayfield
Casting Director

Eleanor Fazan
Choreographer

Colin Pocock
Production Design

Peter Eckersley
Producer
Media.

Details.
Wiki.
Nearly A Happy Ending is a television play written by Victoria Wood, which ITV broadcast on 1 June 1980.
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".