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 6 - Nightshift

With Tony too ill to come into work, and his cover so bad-mannered, ill-tempered, horrible and bossy that everyone save Brenda walks out, it's not the best time to have to be open for a rare night shift!

Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 17th December 1998
Time
9:30pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Friday 15th July 2011 5:20pm Gold
Friday 15th July 2011 8:40pm Gold
Monday 10th October 2011 4:00pm Gold
Monday 10th October 2011 9:20pm Gold
Wednesday 11th January 2012 7:20pm Gold
Thursday 12th January 2012 3:20pm Gold
Thursday 26th April 2012 1:40pm Gold
Thursday 26th April 2012 7:40pm Gold
Tuesday 12th June 2012 2:20pm Gold
Tuesday 12th June 2012 8:20pm Gold
Saturday 16th June 2012 10:20am Gold
Tuesday 14th August 2012 12:20pm Gold
Tuesday 14th August 2012 7:00pm Gold
Tuesday 16th October 2012 9:40am Gold
Tuesday 16th October 2012 3:40pm Gold
Friday 7th December 2012 9:00am Gold
Friday 7th December 2012 2:20pm Gold
Wednesday 13th February 2013 7:40pm Gold
Thursday 14th February 2013 12:20am Gold
Friday 26th April 2013 1:00am Gold
Friday 26th April 2013 2:20pm Gold
Tuesday 25th June 2013 2:55pm Gold
Wednesday 26th June 2013 9:30am Gold
Friday 23rd August 2013 6:30pm Gold
Monday 16th September 2013 10:20am Gold
Monday 16th September 2013 7:40pm Gold
Sunday 1st December 2013 3:20pm Yesterday
Sunday 1st December 2013 10:20pm Yesterday
Friday 14th February 2014 12:25pm Gold
Friday 14th February 2014 8:20pm Gold
Wednesday 2nd July 2014 7:40am Gold
Wednesday 2nd July 2014 9:00pm Gold
Friday 8th August 2014 11:40am Gold
Friday 26th September 2014 10:20pm Yesterday
Saturday 27th September 2014 8:20pm Yesterday
Wednesday 8th October 2014 8:40pm Gold
Saturday 14th February 2015 5:20pm Gold
Sunday 15th February 2015 1:40pm Gold
Tuesday 19th May 2015 6:20pm Gold
Wednesday 20th May 2015 12:40pm Gold
Friday 24th July 2015 3:00pm Gold
Friday 24th July 2015 7:40pm Gold
Tuesday 15th December 2015 10:55am Gold
Wednesday 16th December 2015 7:05am Gold
Friday 18th March 2016 12:00pm Gold
Friday 18th March 2016 6:40pm Gold
Sunday 24th April 2016 8:20pm Gold
Wednesday 29th June 2016 1:05pm Gold
Wednesday 29th June 2016 8:20pm Gold
Tuesday 20th September 2016 7:35am Gold
Tuesday 20th September 2016 2:40pm Gold
Wednesday 25th January 2017 9:45am Gold
Monday 22nd May 2017 9:20am Gold
Monday 22nd May 2017 2:20pm Gold
Tuesday 30th May 2017 4:20pm Yesterday
Wednesday 7th February 2018 8:40pm Gold
Thursday 8th February 2018 2:40pm Gold
Thursday 15th March 2018 8:40pm Gold
Friday 16th March 2018 1:20pm Gold
Thursday 29th March 2018 8:40pm Gold
Saturday 31st March 2018 6:30pm Gold
Thursday 26th April 2018 12:20am Yesterday
Thursday 26th April 2018 10:20pm Yesterday
Tuesday 29th May 2018 6:40pm Gold
Saturday 23rd June 2018 4:35pm Gold
Sunday 24th June 2018 3:15pm Gold
Monday 6th August 2018 8:40pm Gold
Tuesday 7th August 2018 12:10am Gold
Friday 5th October 2018 1:20pm Gold
Friday 5th October 2018 6:00pm Gold
Friday 11th January 2019 11:00pm Gold
Thursday 7th February 2019 12:20am Yesterday
Thursday 7th February 2019 10:20pm Yesterday
Monday 8th April 2019 2:00pm Gold
Monday 8th April 2019 6:40pm Gold
Tuesday 25th June 2019 12:20am Yesterday
Tuesday 25th June 2019 10:20pm Yesterday
Monday 22nd July 2019 1:50pm Gold
Monday 22nd July 2019 9:00pm Gold
Saturday 21st September 2019 2:15pm Gold
Sunday 22nd September 2019 11:50am Gold
Monday 13th January 2020 2:20pm Gold
Monday 13th January 2020 6:20pm Gold
Tuesday 11th February 2020 10:00pm Gold
Wednesday 12th February 2020 2:00pm Gold
Sunday 10th May 2020 11:20pm Yesterday
Monday 11th May 2020 10:20pm Yesterday
Thursday 4th June 2020 9:40pm Gold
Friday 5th June 2020 12:50am Gold
Monday 10th August 2020 7:30am Gold
Monday 10th August 2020 12:40pm Gold
Tuesday 11th August 2020 7:05am Gold
Sunday 6th September 2020 6:20pm Drama
Monday 16th November 2020 8:40pm Gold
Tuesday 17th November 2020 7:20pm Gold
Wednesday 10th February 2021 9:40pm Gold
Thursday 11th February 2021 12:55am Gold
Thursday 11th February 2021 1:00pm Gold
Monday 8th March 2021 10:50am Gold
Monday 8th March 2021 2:10pm Gold
Sunday 4th April 2021 7:05am Gold
Sunday 4th April 2021 1:40pm Gold
Wednesday 28th April 2021 12:20am Yesterday
Wednesday 28th April 2021 10:20pm Yesterday
Wednesday 14th July 2021 8:40pm Gold
Thursday 15th July 2021 2:40pm Gold
Sunday 18th July 2021 8:40pm Gold
Monday 19th July 2021 2:40pm Gold
Saturday 25th September 2021 9:20pm Yesterday
Friday 22nd October 2021 5:20pm Drama
Tuesday 14th December 2021 9:00pm BBC4
Sunday 6th March 2022 4:40pm Gold
Tuesday 15th March 2022 8:00am Gold
Tuesday 15th March 2022 5:20pm Gold
Thursday 23rd June 2022 6:00pm Gold
Wednesday 13th July 2022 1:30pm Gold
Wednesday 13th July 2022 8:35pm Gold
Thursday 14th July 2022 1:15am Gold
Thursday 21st July 2022 1:30pm Gold
Thursday 21st July 2022 8:40pm Gold
Friday 22nd July 2022 2:55am Gold
Friday 11th November 2022 8:05am Gold
Friday 11th November 2022 12:00pm Gold
Wednesday 11th January 2023 4:40pm Gold
Wednesday 11th January 2023 8:40pm Gold
Thursday 12th January 2023 2:20am Gold
Saturday 4th March 2023 12:40pm Gold
Sunday 5th March 2023 11:15am Gold
Sunday 30th April 2023 4:00pm Drama
Monday 15th May 2023 9:00pm Gold
Tuesday 16th May 2023 1:40pm Gold
Tuesday 16th May 2023 6:20pm Gold
Saturday 27th May 2023 5:40pm Gold
Tuesday 30th January 2024 8:40pm Gold
Wednesday 31st January 2024 12:15am Gold
Monday 15th April 2024 9:00am Gold
Monday 15th April 2024 1:00pm Gold
Monday 15th April 2024 3:40pm Gold
Monday 15th 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
Sue Devaney Jane
Guest cast
Christopher Greet Mr. Michael
David Hatton Man in Queue
Sue Wallace Nicola Bodeux
Ozzie Yue Malcolm
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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