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 3 - Holidays

A place has become available for Bren to go on holiday to Marbella - with Tony. That's if her mother, Petula, doesn't get in the way.

Broadcast details

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

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Wednesday 20th July 2011 5:20pm Gold
Wednesday 20th July 2011 8:40pm Gold
Thursday 13th October 2011 4:00pm Gold
Thursday 13th October 2011 9:20pm Gold
Wednesday 18th January 2012 7:20pm Gold
Thursday 19th January 2012 3:20pm Gold
Saturday 28th January 2012 6:00pm Gold
Sunday 29th January 2012 11:00am Gold
Tuesday 1st May 2012 1:40pm Gold
Tuesday 1st May 2012 7:40pm Gold
Monday 18th June 2012 2:20pm Gold
Monday 18th June 2012 8:20pm Gold
Saturday 23rd June 2012 9:45am Gold
Friday 19th October 2012 9:40am Gold
Friday 19th October 2012 3:40pm Gold
Wednesday 12th December 2012 9:30am Gold
Wednesday 12th December 2012 2:10pm Gold
Monday 18th February 2013 7:40pm Gold
Tuesday 19th February 2013 12:20am Gold
Friday 3rd May 2013 3:00pm Gold
Tuesday 2nd July 2013 8:50am Gold
Tuesday 2nd July 2013 2:40pm Gold
Monday 23rd September 2013 8:20pm Gold
Sunday 8th December 2013 4:15pm Yesterday
Wednesday 19th February 2014 12:30pm Gold
Wednesday 19th February 2014 8:20pm Gold
Sunday 8th June 2014 1:00pm Gold
Sunday 8th June 2014 8:20pm Gold
Monday 7th July 2014 7:40am Gold
Monday 7th July 2014 9:00pm Gold
Wednesday 9th July 2014 7:00am Gold
Friday 15th August 2014 11:40am Gold
Friday 3rd October 2014 10:20pm Yesterday
Saturday 4th October 2014 8:20pm Yesterday
Saturday 3rd January 2015 1:40pm Gold
Saturday 28th February 2015 4:40pm Gold
Sunday 1st March 2015 10:40am Gold
Tuesday 11th August 2015 7:40pm Gold
Wednesday 12th August 2015 3:00pm Gold
Friday 18th December 2015 10:25am Gold
Saturday 19th December 2015 8:40am Gold
Thursday 24th March 2016 12:00pm Gold
Thursday 24th March 2016 6:40pm Gold
Monday 4th July 2016 1:00pm Gold
Monday 4th July 2016 8:20pm Gold
Friday 23rd September 2016 7:25am Gold
Friday 23rd September 2016 2:40pm Gold
Tuesday 31st January 2017 10:00am Gold
Saturday 18th March 2017 8:30am Gold
Sunday 30th April 2017 10:20am Gold
Monday 1st May 2017 8:00am Gold
Thursday 25th May 2017 9:20am Gold
Thursday 25th May 2017 2:40pm Gold
Thursday 8th February 2018 8:00pm Gold
Friday 9th February 2018 2:00pm Gold
Monday 19th March 2018 8:00pm Gold
Tuesday 20th March 2018 12:40pm Gold
Thursday 3rd May 2018 12:20am Yesterday
Thursday 3rd May 2018 10:20pm Yesterday
Saturday 30th June 2018 4:50pm Gold
Sunday 1st July 2018 3:00pm Gold
Wednesday 10th October 2018 1:20pm Gold
Wednesday 10th October 2018 6:00pm Gold
Wednesday 13th February 2019 11:40pm Yesterday
Thursday 14th February 2019 9:40pm Yesterday
Tuesday 19th March 2019 8:00pm Gold
Wednesday 20th March 2019 2:15pm Gold
Thursday 11th April 2019 2:20pm Gold
Thursday 11th April 2019 7:00pm Gold
Sunday 26th May 2019 1:10pm Gold
Tuesday 2nd July 2019 12:25am Yesterday
Tuesday 2nd July 2019 10:25pm Yesterday
Thursday 25th July 2019 1:45pm Gold
Thursday 25th July 2019 9:00pm Gold
Thursday 16th January 2020 2:20pm Gold
Thursday 16th January 2020 6:20pm Gold
Friday 14th February 2020 9:40pm Gold
Saturday 15th February 2020 8:40am Gold
Sunday 17th May 2020 11:20pm Yesterday
Monday 18th May 2020 10:20pm Yesterday
Wednesday 10th June 2020 9:00pm Gold
Thursday 11th June 2020 2:50pm Gold
Thursday 11th June 2020 6:50pm Gold
Thursday 13th August 2020 7:35am Gold
Thursday 13th August 2020 12:40pm Gold
Sunday 13th September 2020 6:15pm Drama
Tuesday 10th November 2020 8:00pm Gold
Wednesday 11th November 2020 2:00pm Gold
Wednesday 11th November 2020 6:40pm Gold
Friday 12th February 2021 9:00pm Gold
Saturday 13th February 2021 12:15am Gold
Thursday 11th March 2021 11:00am Gold
Thursday 11th March 2021 2:20pm Gold
Thursday 11th March 2021 9:00pm Gold
Sunday 4th April 2021 3:35pm Gold
Wednesday 5th May 2021 12:20am Yesterday
Wednesday 5th May 2021 10:15pm Yesterday
Saturday 12th June 2021 12:35pm Gold
Sunday 13th June 2021 10:20am Gold
Friday 16th July 2021 8:00pm Gold
Saturday 14th August 2021 2:45pm Gold
Sunday 15th August 2021 12:45pm Gold
Saturday 2nd October 2021 8:40pm Yesterday
Wednesday 27th October 2021 5:20pm Drama
Tuesday 22nd February 2022 8:35pm Gold
Wednesday 23rd February 2022 1:20pm Gold
Friday 18th March 2022 8:05am Gold
Friday 18th March 2022 5:20pm Gold
Tuesday 28th June 2022 7:00am Gold
Tuesday 28th June 2022 12:50pm Gold
Tuesday 28th June 2022 6:00pm Gold
Friday 15th July 2022 7:40am Gold
Friday 15th July 2022 8:00pm Gold
Saturday 16th July 2022 12:35am Gold
Wednesday 16th November 2022 8:15am Gold
Wednesday 16th November 2022 12:00pm Gold
Wednesday 16th November 2022 7:20pm Gold
Friday 13th January 2023 8:00pm Gold
Saturday 14th January 2023 7:15am Gold
Monday 1st May 2023 3:15pm Drama
Thursday 18th May 2023 9:00pm Gold
Friday 19th May 2023 1:40pm Gold
Friday 19th May 2023 6:20pm Gold
Saturday 27th May 2023 7:40pm Gold
Wednesday 2nd August 2023 8:00pm Gold
Thursday 3rd August 2023 12:20am Gold
Thursday 1st February 2024 8:00pm Gold
Friday 2nd February 2024 12:00am Gold
Friday 2nd February 2024 2:45pm Gold
Thursday 18th April 2024 9:00am Gold
Thursday 18th April 2024 1:00pm Gold
Thursday 18th April 2024 3:40pm Gold
Thursday 18th 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
Julie Walters Petula Gardeno
Sue Devaney Jane
Guest cast
Kate Robbins Babs
Steve Huison Steve
Adrian Hood Norman
Peter Martin Peter
Graham Turner Pieman
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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