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 2, Episode 1 - Catering

It's Friday 9th April 1999, the date to conceive a 'millennium baby'. Whilst Tony attempts to humour a rather dim-witted work-experience girl, Bren's main concern is having workmen in to paint the canteen without closing for the duration.

Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 25th November 1999
Time
9:30pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Monday 18th July 2011 5:20pm Gold
Monday 18th July 2011 8:40pm Gold
Tuesday 11th October 2011 4:00pm Gold
Tuesday 11th October 2011 9:20pm Gold
Wednesday 18th January 2012 6:00pm Gold
Thursday 19th January 2012 2:00pm Gold
Friday 27th April 2012 1:40pm Gold
Friday 27th April 2012 7:40pm Gold
Wednesday 13th June 2012 2:20pm Gold
Wednesday 13th June 2012 8:20pm Gold
Saturday 16th June 2012 11:00am Gold
Wednesday 15th August 2012 11:40am Gold
Wednesday 15th August 2012 6:20pm Gold
Wednesday 17th October 2012 9:40am Gold
Wednesday 17th October 2012 3:40pm Gold
Monday 10th December 2012 9:00am Gold
Monday 10th December 2012 2:20pm Gold
Thursday 14th February 2013 7:35pm Gold
Friday 15th February 2013 12:20am Gold
Friday 26th April 2013 3:00pm Gold
Saturday 27th April 2013 1:00am Gold
Tuesday 25th June 2013 3:35pm Gold
Wednesday 26th June 2013 10:10am Gold
Monday 16th September 2013 11:00am Gold
Monday 16th September 2013 8:20pm Gold
Sunday 8th December 2013 3:00pm Yesterday
Monday 17th February 2014 12:30pm Gold
Monday 17th February 2014 8:20pm Gold
Friday 11th April 2014 8:25pm Gold
Sunday 1st June 2014 12:00pm Gold
Sunday 1st June 2014 8:20pm Gold
Thursday 3rd July 2014 7:45am Gold
Thursday 3rd July 2014 9:00pm Gold
Friday 8th August 2014 12:20pm Gold
Friday 3rd October 2014 9:00pm Yesterday
Saturday 4th October 2014 7:00pm Yesterday
Saturday 21st February 2015 5:20pm Gold
Tuesday 19th May 2015 7:00pm Gold
Wednesday 20th May 2015 1:20pm Gold
Monday 27th July 2015 7:40pm Gold
Tuesday 28th July 2015 10:20am Gold
Wednesday 16th December 2015 11:00am Gold
Thursday 17th December 2015 7:00am Gold
Monday 21st March 2016 12:00pm Gold
Monday 21st March 2016 6:40pm Gold
Thursday 30th June 2016 1:00pm Gold
Thursday 30th June 2016 8:20pm Gold
Wednesday 21st September 2016 7:35am Gold
Wednesday 21st September 2016 2:40pm Gold
Thursday 26th January 2017 9:00am Gold
Saturday 11th March 2017 8:40am Gold
Sunday 12th March 2017 7:50am Gold
Sunday 30th April 2017 9:00am Gold
Tuesday 23rd May 2017 9:20am Gold
Tuesday 23rd May 2017 2:40pm Gold
Friday 16th March 2018 8:00pm Gold
Saturday 17th March 2018 10:30am Gold
Wednesday 2nd May 2018 11:00pm Yesterday
Thursday 3rd May 2018 9:00pm Yesterday
Saturday 23rd June 2018 5:15pm Gold
Sunday 24th June 2018 3:55pm Gold
Monday 8th October 2018 1:25pm Gold
Monday 8th October 2018 6:05pm Gold
Wednesday 13th February 2019 11:00pm Yesterday
Thursday 14th February 2019 9:00pm Yesterday
Monday 18th March 2019 8:00pm Gold
Tuesday 19th March 2019 2:15pm Gold
Tuesday 9th April 2019 2:00pm Gold
Tuesday 9th April 2019 6:40pm Gold
Saturday 25th May 2019 1:35pm Gold
Sunday 26th May 2019 12:00pm Gold
Monday 1st July 2019 11:00pm Yesterday
Tuesday 2nd July 2019 9:00pm Yesterday
Tuesday 23rd July 2019 1:55pm Gold
Tuesday 23rd July 2019 9:00pm Gold
Tuesday 14th January 2020 2:15pm Gold
Tuesday 14th January 2020 6:20pm Gold
Wednesday 12th February 2020 9:40pm Gold
Thursday 13th February 2020 2:20pm Gold
Sunday 17th May 2020 10:00pm Yesterday
Monday 18th May 2020 9:00pm Yesterday
Monday 8th June 2020 9:00pm Gold
Tuesday 9th June 2020 1:00pm Gold
Tuesday 9th June 2020 3:40pm Gold
Tuesday 9th June 2020 7:40pm Gold
Tuesday 11th August 2020 7:35am Gold
Tuesday 11th August 2020 12:40pm Gold
Wednesday 12th August 2020 7:05am Gold
Sunday 13th September 2020 5:00pm Drama
Monday 9th November 2020 8:00pm Gold
Tuesday 10th November 2020 2:00pm Gold
Tuesday 10th November 2020 6:40pm Gold
Thursday 11th February 2021 9:00pm Gold
Friday 12th February 2021 12:15am Gold
Friday 12th February 2021 12:20pm Gold
Tuesday 9th March 2021 11:00am Gold
Tuesday 9th March 2021 2:20pm Gold
Tuesday 9th March 2021 9:00pm Gold
Sunday 4th April 2021 2:20pm Gold
Tuesday 4th May 2021 11:00pm Yesterday
Wednesday 5th May 2021 9:00pm Yesterday
Saturday 12th June 2021 11:15am Gold
Sunday 13th June 2021 9:00am Gold
Thursday 15th July 2021 8:00pm Gold
Friday 16th July 2021 2:00pm Gold
Saturday 14th August 2021 1:30pm Gold
Sunday 15th August 2021 11:30am Gold
Saturday 25th September 2021 10:00pm Yesterday
Monday 25th October 2021 5:20pm Drama
Monday 21st February 2022 8:35pm Gold
Tuesday 22nd February 2022 1:20pm Gold
Wednesday 16th March 2022 8:10am Gold
Wednesday 16th March 2022 5:20pm Gold
Friday 24th June 2022 6:00pm Gold
Thursday 14th July 2022 7:40am Gold
Thursday 14th July 2022 8:00pm Gold
Friday 15th July 2022 12:35am Gold
Monday 14th November 2022 8:15am Gold
Monday 14th November 2022 12:05pm Gold
Monday 14th November 2022 7:20pm Gold
Thursday 12th January 2023 8:00pm Gold
Friday 13th January 2023 3:30am Gold
Sunday 30th April 2023 4:40pm Drama
Monday 1st May 2023 2:00pm Drama
Tuesday 16th May 2023 9:00pm Gold
Wednesday 17th May 2023 1:40pm Gold
Wednesday 17th May 2023 6:20pm Gold
Saturday 27th May 2023 6:20pm Gold
Monday 31st July 2023 8:00pm Gold
Monday 31st July 2023 11:00pm Gold
Wednesday 31st January 2024 8:00pm Gold
Wednesday 31st January 2024 11:35pm Gold
Thursday 1st February 2024 2:40pm Gold
Tuesday 16th April 2024 9:00am Gold
Tuesday 16th April 2024 1:00pm Gold
Tuesday 16th April 2024 3:40pm Gold
Tuesday 16th 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
Sue Cleaver Glenda
Helen Cotterill Betty
Colin Edwynn Bert
Liam Fox Derwent
Joanne Frogatt (as Joanne Froggatt) Sigourney
Kevin Maxwell Paul
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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