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
Network & Production Companies
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".