Housewife, 49

Housewife, 49
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GenreDrama
Created byVictoria Wood
Written byVictoria Wood
Nella Last
Directed byGavin Millar
StarringVictoria Wood
David Threlfall
Christopher Harper
Ben Crompton
Lorraine Ashbourne
Sally Bankes
Stephanie Cole
Marcia Warren
Sylvestra Le Touzel
Wendy Nottingham
Jane Lowe
Dorothy Atkinson
Sian Brooke
Laura Power
Jason Watkins
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Production locationsBarrow-in-Furness, England
Original release
NetworkITV
Release10 December 2006 (2006-12-10)
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Housewife, 49 is a 2006 television film based on the wartime diaries of Nella Last.[1][2] Written by and starring English actress and comedian Victoria Wood, it follows the experiences of an ordinary housewife and mother in the northern English town of Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, during the Second World War.[3] It was first broadcast in the UK by ITV on 10 December 2006.[4]

  1. ^ "Housewife, 49 (2006)". BFI. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference bbcstagepremiere was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Housewife, 49". Radio Times.
  4. ^ "Housewife's war diary makes debut". 10 December 2006 – via news.bbc.co.uk.