Which housewife, who had three of her war-time diaries published between 1981-2010, was Housewife, 49 based on?
Housewife, 49 Housewife, 49 is a 2006 television film based on the wartime diaries of Nella Last. 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. It was first broadcast in the UK by ITV on 10 December 2006.
Nora Beloff Leah Nora Beloff (24 January 1919 – 12 February 1997) was an English journalist and political writer. She worked for "The Observer" for three decades, from 1948 to 1978, and became a political correspondent in 1964, making her the first woman in such a role for a British newspaper.