Screen Classics: Housewife, 49

Our third season of classic films highlights the exciting film career of Victoria Wood - writer, director and star in a wide variety of fascinating films showcasing her amazing talent. Each screening will be introduced, and you’re invited to join us at 7pm before the film for a glass of wine, with cheese and biscuits. (included in the price)

Victoria Wood stars in this award-winning drama set in the late 1930s. Written by Victoria and based on the mass observation diaries of Nella Last, a 49-year-old housewife living in Barrow-in-Furness.

The Mass Observation Project was a non-governmental scheme designed to chronicle the lives of ordinary people. When war comes, Nella experiences a change in the relationship she has with her two sons and defies her over-protective husband to join the local Women's Voluntary Service. Initially diffident, she blossoms thanks to the dominant but kind Mrs. Waite and enjoys her independence as a useful war worker..