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.

Episode menu

Series 1, Episode 4 - Moods

dinnerladies. Image shows from L to R: Connie (Dora Bryan), Brenda (Victoria Wood), Enid (Thora Hird), Jim (Eric Sykes). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions
Twinkle's worried she's pregnant, and everyone else is in a bad mood for their own reasons. Philippa decides the best way of cheering everyone up is to organise a tea party to bring their mothers along for.

Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 3rd December 1998
Time
9:35pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Thursday 14th July 2011 5:20pm Gold
Thursday 14th July 2011 8:40pm Gold
Thursday 6th October 2011 2:00pm Gold
Thursday 6th October 2011 9:20pm Gold
Wednesday 11th January 2012 6:00pm Gold
Thursday 12th January 2012 2:00pm Gold
Tuesday 24th April 2012 1:40pm Gold
Tuesday 24th April 2012 7:40pm Gold
Monday 11th June 2012 2:20pm Gold
Monday 11th June 2012 8:20pm Gold
Saturday 16th June 2012 9:40am Gold
Tuesday 14th August 2012 11:40am Gold
Tuesday 14th August 2012 6:20pm Gold
Monday 15th October 2012 9:40am Gold
Monday 15th October 2012 3:40pm Gold
Thursday 6th December 2012 9:00am Gold
Thursday 6th December 2012 2:20pm Gold
Tuesday 12th February 2013 7:40pm Gold
Wednesday 13th February 2013 12:20am Gold
Saturday 13th April 2013 12:20am Gold
Friday 19th April 2013 3:00pm Gold
Saturday 20th April 2013 12:20am Gold
Tuesday 25th June 2013 2:15pm Gold
Wednesday 26th June 2013 8:50am Gold
Friday 16th August 2013 6:40pm Gold
Saturday 17th August 2013 10:05am Gold
Monday 9th September 2013 8:20pm Gold
Sunday 1st December 2013 2:40pm Yesterday
Sunday 1st December 2013 9:00pm Yesterday
Thursday 13th February 2014 12:30pm Gold
Thursday 13th February 2014 8:20pm Gold
Sunday 1st June 2014 11:25am Gold
Sunday 1st June 2014 7:40pm Gold
Friday 27th June 2014 7:40am Gold
Friday 27th June 2014 9:00pm Gold
Friday 8th August 2014 11:00am Gold
Wednesday 24th September 2014 8:40pm Gold
Thursday 25th September 2014 1:30am Gold
Friday 26th September 2014 9:00pm Yesterday
Saturday 27th September 2014 7:00pm Yesterday
Saturday 14th February 2015 4:40pm Gold
Sunday 15th February 2015 1:00pm Gold
Sunday 22nd February 2015 1:20pm Gold
Tuesday 12th May 2015 7:00pm Gold
Wednesday 13th May 2015 1:20pm Gold
Monday 20th July 2015 7:40pm Gold
Tuesday 21st July 2015 10:20am Gold
Monday 14th December 2015 11:20am Gold
Tuesday 15th December 2015 7:30am Gold
Thursday 17th March 2016 12:00pm Gold
Thursday 17th March 2016 6:40pm Gold
Sunday 24th April 2016 7:00pm Gold
Tuesday 28th June 2016 1:05pm Gold
Tuesday 28th June 2016 8:20pm Gold
Friday 16th September 2016 7:35am Gold
Friday 16th September 2016 2:40pm Gold
Monday 23rd January 2017 10:00am Gold
Tuesday 2nd May 2017 4:20pm Yesterday
Thursday 18th May 2017 9:20am Gold
Thursday 18th May 2017 2:40pm Gold
Tuesday 6th February 2018 8:40pm Gold
Wednesday 7th February 2018 2:40pm Gold
Tuesday 13th March 2018 8:40pm Gold
Wednesday 14th March 2018 1:20pm Gold
Tuesday 27th March 2018 8:40pm Gold
Wednesday 28th March 2018 1:20pm Gold
Wednesday 28th March 2018 9:00pm Gold
Saturday 31st March 2018 5:10pm Gold
Wednesday 25th April 2018 11:00pm Yesterday
Thursday 26th April 2018 9:00pm Yesterday
Saturday 16th June 2018 5:30pm Gold
Sunday 17th June 2018 2:30pm Gold
Monday 16th July 2018 8:40pm Gold
Wednesday 3rd October 2018 1:20pm Gold
Wednesday 3rd October 2018 6:00pm Gold
Friday 11th January 2019 8:40pm Gold
Saturday 12th January 2019 12:40pm Gold
Wednesday 6th February 2019 11:00pm Yesterday
Thursday 7th February 2019 9:00pm Yesterday
Thursday 4th April 2019 1:40pm Gold
Thursday 4th April 2019 6:20pm Gold
Sunday 21st April 2019 4:00pm Gold
Sunday 21st April 2019 9:00pm Gold
Monday 24th June 2019 11:00pm Yesterday
Tuesday 25th June 2019 9:00pm Yesterday
Thursday 18th July 2019 1:40pm Gold
Thursday 18th July 2019 9:00pm Gold
Saturday 21st September 2019 1:00pm Gold
Sunday 22nd September 2019 10:35am Gold
Thursday 9th January 2020 2:20pm Gold
Thursday 9th January 2020 6:20pm Gold
Thursday 6th February 2020 9:55pm Gold
Friday 7th February 2020 2:10pm Gold
Sunday 10th May 2020 10:00pm Yesterday
Monday 11th May 2020 9:00pm Yesterday
Wednesday 3rd June 2020 9:40pm Gold
Thursday 6th August 2020 7:30am Gold
Thursday 6th August 2020 12:40pm Gold
Sunday 6th September 2020 5:00pm Drama
Tuesday 9th February 2021 9:40pm Gold
Wednesday 10th February 2021 1:15am Gold
Wednesday 10th February 2021 1:00pm Gold
Thursday 4th March 2021 11:00am Gold
Thursday 4th March 2021 2:20pm Gold
Sunday 4th April 2021 12:20pm Gold
Tuesday 27th April 2021 11:00pm Yesterday
Wednesday 28th April 2021 9:00pm Yesterday
Tuesday 13th July 2021 8:40pm Gold
Wednesday 14th July 2021 2:40pm Gold
Sunday 18th July 2021 7:25pm Gold
Friday 23rd July 2021 8:00pm Gold
Saturday 25th September 2021 8:00pm Yesterday
Wednesday 20th October 2021 5:20pm Drama
Tuesday 30th November 2021 9:00pm BBC4
Friday 18th February 2022 8:40pm Gold
Saturday 19th February 2022 10:40am Gold
Sunday 6th March 2022 3:15pm Gold
Friday 11th March 2022 8:05am Gold
Friday 11th March 2022 5:20pm Gold
Tuesday 21st June 2022 6:00pm Gold
Tuesday 12th July 2022 1:30pm Gold
Tuesday 12th July 2022 8:40pm Gold
Wednesday 13th July 2022 1:40am Gold
Wednesday 20th July 2022 1:30pm Gold
Wednesday 20th July 2022 8:40pm Gold
Thursday 21st July 2022 2:35am Gold
Wednesday 9th November 2022 8:10am Gold
Wednesday 9th November 2022 12:00pm Gold
Tuesday 10th January 2023 4:40pm Gold
Tuesday 10th January 2023 8:40pm Gold
Friday 20th January 2023 8:00pm Gold
Saturday 21st January 2023 2:20am Gold
Saturday 4th March 2023 11:30am Gold
Sunday 5th March 2023 10:00am Gold
Sunday 30th April 2023 2:40pm Drama
Thursday 11th May 2023 9:00pm Gold
Friday 12th May 2023 1:40pm Gold
Friday 12th May 2023 6:20pm Gold
Saturday 27th May 2023 4:20pm Gold
Monday 29th January 2024 8:40pm Gold
Tuesday 30th January 2024 12:15am Gold
Thursday 11th April 2024 9:00am Gold
Thursday 11th April 2024 1:00pm Gold
Thursday 11th April 2024 3:40pm Gold
Thursday 11th April 2024 7:00pm 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
Sue Devaney Jane
Guest cast
Liz Hume-Dawson Woman in Queue
Jackie Downey Bev
Judy Flynn Secretary
Rachel Gleaves Kirsty
Elspet Gray Hilary
Anthony Renshaw Veg Man
Shireen Shah Reena
Katharine Page Violet
Dora Bryan Connie
Thora Hird (as Dame Thora Hird) Enid
Eric Sykes Jim
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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