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 10 - Toast

The toaster breaks down, but the company refuses to pay for a new one; Bren fails to make it to the TV studio in time to play for the final £10,000 prize; and Petula's time on this earth does indeed finally come to an end. Unfortunately, there's still more upsetting news in store for the canteen staff.

Notes

This episode's closing titles uses a version of the theme with lyrics.

Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 27th January 2000
Time
9:30pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Monday 1st August 2011 5:20pm Gold
Monday 1st August 2011 8:40pm Gold
Wednesday 26th October 2011 4:00pm Gold
Wednesday 26th October 2011 9:20pm Gold
Friday 11th May 2012 1:40pm Gold
Friday 11th May 2012 7:40pm Gold
Thursday 28th June 2012 2:30pm Gold
Thursday 28th June 2012 8:20pm Gold
Saturday 30th June 2012 11:00am Gold
Saturday 28th July 2012 8:50am Gold
Saturday 28th July 2012 1:40pm Gold
Friday 17th August 2012 12:20pm Gold
Friday 17th August 2012 7:00pm Gold
Monday 29th October 2012 9:40am Gold
Monday 29th October 2012 3:40pm Gold
Wednesday 19th December 2012 9:00am Gold
Wednesday 19th December 2012 1:40pm Gold
Friday 17th May 2013 3:40pm Gold
Saturday 18th May 2013 12:30pm Gold
Tuesday 9th July 2013 8:50am Gold
Tuesday 9th July 2013 2:40pm Gold
Monday 14th October 2013 1:00pm Gold
Monday 14th October 2013 8:20pm Gold
Thursday 28th November 2013 5:20pm Gold
Friday 29th November 2013 7:40am Gold
Sunday 22nd December 2013 2:20pm Yesterday
Thursday 27th February 2014 12:25pm Gold
Thursday 27th February 2014 8:20pm Gold
Friday 18th July 2014 7:40am Gold
Friday 18th July 2014 9:00pm Gold
Friday 29th August 2014 12:20pm Gold
Friday 29th August 2014 8:20pm Gold
Saturday 30th August 2014 1:50am Gold
Friday 24th October 2014 9:00pm Yesterday
Saturday 25th October 2014 7:00pm Yesterday
Sunday 4th January 2015 2:20pm Gold
Wednesday 18th February 2015 5:40pm Gold
Saturday 7th March 2015 5:20pm Gold
Sunday 8th March 2015 1:35pm Gold
Tuesday 23rd June 2015 8:20pm Gold
Monday 17th August 2015 7:40pm Gold
Tuesday 18th August 2015 3:00pm Gold
Friday 8th April 2016 12:10pm Gold
Friday 8th April 2016 6:40pm Gold
Friday 8th July 2016 1:15pm Gold
Friday 8th July 2016 9:10pm Gold
Monday 3rd October 2016 2:50pm Gold
Tuesday 21st February 2017 10:55pm Gold
Wednesday 22nd February 2017 2:00am Gold
Monday 1st May 2017 12:00pm Gold
Tuesday 2nd May 2017 10:00am Gold
Monday 5th June 2017 10:00am Gold
Monday 5th June 2017 2:40pm Gold
Monday 16th October 2017 7:45am Gold
Friday 23rd March 2018 8:40pm Gold
Saturday 24th March 2018 12:30pm Gold
Saturday 7th July 2018 5:35pm Gold
Sunday 8th July 2018 2:45pm Gold
Friday 19th October 2018 1:20pm Gold
Friday 19th October 2018 6:00pm Gold
Friday 18th January 2019 11:00pm Gold
Saturday 19th January 2019 3:00pm Gold
Friday 22nd March 2019 8:40pm Gold
Saturday 23rd March 2019 2:25pm Gold
Tuesday 23rd July 2019 12:20am Yesterday
Tuesday 23rd July 2019 10:20pm Yesterday
Friday 2nd August 2019 9:40pm Gold
Saturday 3rd August 2019 9:50am Gold
Tuesday 28th January 2020 2:20pm Gold
Wednesday 26th February 2020 9:40pm Gold
Thursday 18th June 2020 9:40pm Gold
Monday 24th August 2020 7:45am Gold
Monday 24th August 2020 1:00pm Gold
Tuesday 25th August 2020 7:15am Gold
Sunday 18th October 2020 5:20pm Drama
Friday 13th November 2020 8:40pm Gold
Saturday 14th November 2020 9:30am Gold
Friday 26th March 2021 8:20pm Gold
Friday 26th March 2021 11:35pm Gold
Sunday 4th April 2021 8:20pm Gold
Tuesday 25th May 2021 11:00pm Yesterday
Wednesday 26th May 2021 9:00pm Yesterday
Sunday 15th August 2021 5:35pm Gold
Monday 16th August 2021 2:40pm Gold
Saturday 16th October 2021 9:20pm Yesterday
Saturday 23rd October 2021 12:20am Yesterday
Saturday 23rd October 2021 9:20pm Yesterday
Friday 5th November 2021 5:20pm Drama
Saturday 17th September 2022 7:00am Gold
Friday 25th November 2022 8:15am Gold
Friday 25th November 2022 12:05pm Gold
Friday 25th November 2022 7:20pm Gold
Wednesday 18th January 2023 4:40pm Gold
Wednesday 18th January 2023 8:40pm Gold
Saturday 11th February 2023 10:20am Gold
Sunday 19th February 2023 9:30am Gold
Saturday 4th March 2023 9:00am Gold
Monday 1st May 2023 7:20pm Drama
Friday 26th May 2023 9:35pm Gold
Saturday 27th May 2023 2:15am Gold
Sunday 28th May 2023 4:10pm Gold
Sunday 28th May 2023 8:20pm Gold
Friday 11th August 2023 8:00pm Gold
Friday 11th August 2023 11:20pm Gold
Wednesday 31st January 2024 3:30am Gold
Monday 5th February 2024 11:00pm Gold
Friday 9th February 2024 8:00pm Gold
Saturday 10th February 2024 1:10am 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
Sue Cleaver Glenda
Adrian Hood Norman
Henry Kelly TV Presenter
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
Giles Hales-Tooke Editor

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