Happy Since I Met You

Happy Since I Met You
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GenreComedy
Created byVictoria Wood
Directed byBaz Taylor
StarringJulie Walters
Duncan Preston
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series1
No. of episodes1
Production
ProducerPeter Eckersley
Running time52 min.
Original release
NetworkITV
Release9 August 1981 (1981-08-09)
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Happy Since I Met You is a television play written by Victoria Wood, and broadcast on ITV on 9 August 1981.[1]

It stars Julie Walters and Duncan Preston and was directed by Baz Taylor as part of ITV's Screenplay series.[2] In Happy Since I Met You, Duncan Preston, who would later become one of her regular co-stars, worked with Victoria Wood for the first time.[1] It was the last full-length drama by Wood to be televised for some years, the next being Pat and Margaret (1994).[3] The film was notable for early TV appearances in minor roles by rising stars Maggie Steed, Tracey Ullman and George Costigan.[4] Although Wood does not appear in the film, she sings several of her compositions including the opening song and other songs performed over the on-screen action.

  1. ^ a b "Nearly A Happy Ending (1981)(TV)". IMDb. 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2007.
  2. ^ "Screenplay (1979)(Episode list)". IMDb. 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2007.
  3. ^ Duguid, Mark. "Screenonline – Pat & Margaret (1994)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 30 December 2007.
  4. ^ "Happy since I Met You (1981)". BFI. Archived from the original on 25 July 2017.