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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

BBC One sitcom about a staff canteen. 16 episodes (2 series), 1998 - 2000. Stars Victoria Wood, Julie Walters, Thelma Barlow, Andrew Dunn and others.

dinnerladies. Brenda (Victoria Wood). Copyright: Good Fun / Pozzitive Productions.

dinnerladies

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

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Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
1998 - 2000
Channel
BBC One
Episodes
16   (2 series)
Starring
Victoria Wood, Julie Walters, Thelma Barlow, Andrew Dunn, Shobna Gulati, Celia Imrie, Maxine Peake, Duncan Preston and Anne Reid
Writer
Victoria Wood
Director
Geoff Posner
Producers
Victoria Wood and Geoff Posner

Victoria Wood's sitcom dinnerladies follows the daily goings-on in a factory canteen, staffed by a bunch of loveable misfits whose sometimes soap-like private lives often end up coming to work with them.

Production Details

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Live audience

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Thursday 12th November 1998 on BBC One at 9:30pm
Last new broadcast
Thursday 27th January 2000 on BBC One at 9:30pm
Length of episodes
30 minutes
Last repeat
Wednesday 26th February 2020 at 9:40pm on Gold

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