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dinnerladies. Image shows from L to R: Jean (Anne Reid), Stan (Duncan Preston), Brenda (Victoria Wood), Twinkle (Maxine Peake), Dolly (Thelma Barlow), Tony (Andrew Dunn), Anita (Shobna Gulati). Copyright: Good Fun / Pozzitive Productions
dinnerladies

dinnerladies

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1998 - 2000
  • 16 episodes (2 series)

The day-to-day work lives of the kitchen staff in a factory canteen. The staff are managed by Tony who is in love with dinnerlady Bren. Stars Victoria Wood, Thelma Barlow, Andrew Dunn, Shobna Gulati, Celia Imrie and more.

  • Series 1, Episode 1 repeated Monday 6th January at 8pm on U&Gold
  • JustWatch Streaming rank this week: 876

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Series 1, Episode 5 - Party

The canteen are tasked with catering the factory's Christmas do, and must stick to a Japanese theme as a multi-national merger is being negotiated.

Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 10th December 1998
Time
9:30pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Upcoming repeats

  1. Friday 10th January 2025 at 8:00pm on U&Gold
  2. Friday 10th January 2025 at 10:35pm on U&Gold
  3. Saturday 11th January 2025 at 8:40am on U&Gold

Cast & crew

Cast
Victoria Wood Brenda
Thelma Barlow Dolly
Andrew Dunn Tony
Shobna Gulati Anita
Celia Imrie Philippa Moorcroft
Maxine Peake Twinkle
Duncan Preston Stan
Anne Reid Jean
Julie Walters Petula Gardeno
Guest cast
Christopher Greet Mr. Michael
Ann-Louise Grimshaw Tiffany
Eiji Kusuhara Mr Tashimoto
Adam Leese Hugo
Peter Lorenzelli Keith
Kate Robbins Babs
Jack Smethurst Bob
Writing team
Victoria Wood Writer
Production team
Geoff Posner Director
Victoria Wood Producer
Geoff Posner Producer
Phil McIntyre (as Philip McIntyre) Executive Producer
David Tyler Executive Producer
Mykola Pawluk Editor

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