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From her first piece of comic prose, for the school magazine, through to material written for the great TV shows of her maturity, this joyful hoard of unreleased material spans nearly half a century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVictoria Wood: Unseen on TV\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique and intimate insight into the working of an irreplaceable genius of comedy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the first to the last, here are sketches, songs and stand-up monologues that no one else could have written, which will make you laugh in the way that only she could.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'He was a lovely man he had a lovely gap between his two front teeth. I specially noticed it cos he had a mushy pea stuck in it. He said can I take you home I said hang on I haven't finished my Tizer. So, we get home he says can I come in for a coffee. 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