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 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

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Monday 21st December 2009 10:55pm BBC2
Wednesday 8th June 2011 12:15am Gold
Friday 8th July 2011 1:20am Gold
Friday 22nd July 2011 1:55am Gold
Monday 1st August 2011 11:25pm Gold
Friday 7th October 2011 12:40am Gold
Friday 7th October 2011 9:20pm Gold
Saturday 5th November 2011 1:15am Gold
Wednesday 11th January 2012 6:40pm Gold
Thursday 12th January 2012 2:40pm Gold
Tuesday 27th March 2012 12:30am Gold
Tuesday 27th March 2012 2:15am Gold
Wednesday 25th April 2012 1:40pm Gold
Wednesday 25th April 2012 7:40pm Gold
Sunday 26th August 2012 11:30pm Gold
Monday 27th August 2012 1:25am Gold
Saturday 15th September 2012 11:50pm Gold
Sunday 16th September 2012 2:25am Gold
Saturday 26th January 2013 2:00am Gold
Sunday 28th April 2013 1:00am Gold
Saturday 7th September 2013 9:40pm Gold
Sunday 8th September 2013 1:00am Gold
Tuesday 24th September 2013 1:00am Gold
Sunday 1st December 2013 9:40pm Yesterday
Monday 16th December 2013 2:25am Gold
Tuesday 22nd April 2014 12:10am Gold
Tuesday 22nd April 2014 2:05am Gold
Monday 30th June 2014 9:00pm Gold
Friday 26th September 2014 9:40pm Yesterday
Saturday 27th September 2014 7:40pm Yesterday
Wednesday 1st October 2014 8:40pm Gold
Thursday 2nd October 2014 1:35am Gold
Tuesday 28th October 2014 10:50pm Gold
Wednesday 29th October 2014 2:00am Gold
Monday 23rd February 2015 11:00pm Gold
Tuesday 24th February 2015 1:30am Gold
Saturday 13th June 2015 3:25am Gold
Wednesday 17th June 2015 12:40am Gold
Wednesday 17th June 2015 3:00am Gold
Friday 31st July 2015 7:40pm Gold
Monday 14th December 2015 12:55am Gold
Thursday 17th March 2016 11:20pm Gold
Friday 18th March 2016 3:00am Gold
Sunday 24th April 2016 7:40pm Gold
Tuesday 28th June 2016 9:00pm Gold
Wednesday 29th June 2016 2:05am Gold
Monday 19th September 2016 7:25am Gold
Monday 19th September 2016 2:40pm Gold
Tuesday 24th January 2017 9:50am Gold
Friday 19th May 2017 9:20am Gold
Friday 19th May 2017 2:40pm Gold
Tuesday 30th May 2017 3:40pm Yesterday
Wednesday 7th February 2018 8:00pm Gold
Thursday 8th February 2018 2:00pm Gold
Thursday 15th March 2018 8:00pm Gold
Friday 16th March 2018 12:40pm Gold
Thursday 29th March 2018 8:00pm Gold
Saturday 31st March 2018 5:50pm Gold
Wednesday 25th April 2018 11:40pm Yesterday
Thursday 26th April 2018 9:40pm Yesterday
Monday 21st May 2018 6:40pm Gold
Saturday 16th June 2018 6:10pm Gold
Sunday 17th June 2018 3:10pm Gold
Monday 23rd July 2018 8:50pm Gold
Thursday 4th October 2018 1:20pm Gold
Thursday 4th October 2018 6:00pm Gold
Friday 11th January 2019 10:20pm Gold
Wednesday 6th February 2019 11:40pm Yesterday
Thursday 7th February 2019 9:40pm Yesterday
Friday 5th April 2019 1:40pm Gold
Friday 5th April 2019 6:20pm Gold
Monday 24th June 2019 11:40pm Yesterday
Tuesday 25th June 2019 9:40pm Yesterday
Friday 19th July 2019 1:40pm Gold
Friday 19th July 2019 9:00pm Gold
Saturday 21st September 2019 1:40pm Gold
Sunday 22nd September 2019 11:10am Gold
Friday 10th January 2020 2:20pm Gold
Friday 10th January 2020 6:20pm Gold
Monday 10th February 2020 10:00pm Gold
Tuesday 11th February 2020 2:00pm Gold
Sunday 10th May 2020 10:40pm Yesterday
Monday 11th May 2020 9:40pm Yesterday
Thursday 4th June 2020 9:00pm Gold
Friday 5th June 2020 3:00pm Gold
Friday 5th June 2020 7:00pm Gold
Friday 7th August 2020 7:30am Gold
Friday 7th August 2020 12:40pm Gold
Sunday 6th September 2020 5:40pm Drama
Monday 16th November 2020 8:00pm Gold
Tuesday 17th November 2020 1:40pm Gold
Tuesday 17th November 2020 6:40pm Gold
Wednesday 10th February 2021 9:00pm Gold
Thursday 11th February 2021 12:15am Gold
Thursday 11th February 2021 12:20pm Gold
Friday 5th March 2021 11:00am Gold
Friday 5th March 2021 2:20pm Gold
Sunday 4th April 2021 1:00pm Gold
Tuesday 27th April 2021 11:40pm Yesterday
Wednesday 28th April 2021 9:40pm Yesterday
Wednesday 14th July 2021 8:00pm Gold
Thursday 15th July 2021 2:00pm Gold
Sunday 18th July 2021 8:00pm Gold
Monday 19th July 2021 2:00pm Gold
Friday 23rd July 2021 8:40pm Gold
Saturday 25th September 2021 8:40pm Yesterday
Thursday 21st October 2021 5:20pm Drama
Tuesday 7th December 2021 9:00pm BBC4
Monday 21st February 2022 8:00pm Gold
Tuesday 22nd February 2022 12:40pm Gold
Sunday 6th March 2022 4:00pm Gold
Monday 14th March 2022 8:10am Gold
Wednesday 22nd June 2022 6:05pm Gold
Wednesday 13th July 2022 7:40am Gold
Wednesday 13th July 2022 8:00pm Gold
Thursday 14th July 2022 12:35am Gold
Thursday 10th November 2022 8:00am Gold
Thursday 10th November 2022 11:55am Gold
Wednesday 11th January 2023 8:00pm Gold
Saturday 4th March 2023 12:00pm Gold
Sunday 5th March 2023 10:35am Gold
Sunday 30th April 2023 3:20pm Drama
Friday 12th May 2023 9:40pm Gold
Saturday 27th May 2023 5:00pm Gold
Tuesday 30th January 2024 8:00pm Gold
Tuesday 30th January 2024 11:35pm Gold
Wednesday 31st January 2024 2:40pm Gold
Friday 12th April 2024 9:00am Gold
Friday 12th April 2024 1:00pm Gold
Friday 12th April 2024 3:40pm Gold
Friday 12th 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
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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