My discovery of 80 unseen scripts that shine a light on Victoria Wood's genius The treasure trove of sketches for As Seen on TV are as good as anything she wrote 20 April 2021 • 5:00am 'I’d just chanced upon comedy’s Dead Sea Scrolls': Victoria Wood left behind boxes of unseen scripts Credit: ITV/Shutterstock Today is the fifth anniversary of the death of Victoria Wood. On social media, fans have never stopped sounding bereaved, even robbed. She was only 62, and there was obviously much more to come. The widespread grief expressed itself as a sadness that never again would we come across a new joke, sketch or monologue from that incomparable source.