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 5 - Gamble

Tony and Bren arrive at work together, causing much scandalous rumour amongst the girls. And a bet they'll "get it on" before Christmas.

Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 23rd December 1999
Time
9:30pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Friday 22nd July 2011 5:20pm Gold
Friday 22nd July 2011 8:40pm Gold
Monday 17th October 2011 4:00pm Gold
Monday 17th October 2011 9:20pm Gold
Wednesday 25th January 2012 6:40pm Gold
Thursday 26th January 2012 2:35pm Gold
Friday 4th May 2012 1:40pm Gold
Friday 4th May 2012 7:40pm Gold
Thursday 21st June 2012 2:30pm Gold
Thursday 21st June 2012 8:20pm Gold
Saturday 30th June 2012 9:40am Gold
Thursday 16th August 2012 11:40am Gold
Thursday 16th August 2012 6:20pm Gold
Tuesday 23rd October 2012 9:40am Gold
Tuesday 23rd October 2012 3:40pm Gold
Friday 14th December 2012 8:55am Gold
Friday 14th December 2012 2:25pm Gold
Wednesday 20th February 2013 7:40pm Gold
Thursday 21st February 2013 12:20am Gold
Friday 10th May 2013 2:55pm Gold
Saturday 11th May 2013 12:10pm Gold
Thursday 4th July 2013 9:00am Gold
Thursday 4th July 2013 2:50pm Gold
Monday 30th September 2013 1:40pm Gold
Monday 30th September 2013 8:20pm Gold
Sunday 15th December 2013 2:35pm Yesterday
Friday 21st February 2014 12:30pm Gold
Friday 21st February 2014 8:20pm Gold
Thursday 10th July 2014 7:40am Gold
Thursday 10th July 2014 9:00pm Gold
Friday 22nd August 2014 10:55am Gold
Friday 10th October 2014 9:40pm Yesterday
Saturday 11th October 2014 7:40pm Yesterday
Sunday 4th January 2015 1:00pm Gold
Wednesday 11th February 2015 5:00pm Gold
Saturday 7th March 2015 4:00pm Gold
Sunday 8th March 2015 12:15pm Gold
Thursday 4th June 2015 7:40pm Gold
Friday 5th June 2015 1:20pm Gold
Thursday 6th August 2015 7:40pm Gold
Friday 7th August 2015 3:00pm Gold
Thursday 31st March 2016 12:00pm Gold
Thursday 31st March 2016 6:40pm Gold
Wednesday 6th July 2016 12:50pm Gold
Wednesday 6th July 2016 8:20pm Gold
Tuesday 27th September 2016 7:30am Gold
Tuesday 27th September 2016 2:35pm Gold
Thursday 2nd February 2017 8:00am Gold
Thursday 2nd February 2017 10:00am Gold
Saturday 25th March 2017 9:40am Gold
Sunday 26th March 2017 9:30am Gold
Sunday 30th April 2017 11:40am Gold
Monday 1st May 2017 8:40am Gold
Tuesday 30th May 2017 9:20am Gold
Tuesday 30th May 2017 2:40pm Gold
Friday 9th February 2018 8:00pm Gold
Saturday 10th February 2018 9:30am Gold
Tuesday 20th March 2018 8:00pm Gold
Wednesday 21st March 2018 12:35pm Gold
Wednesday 28th March 2018 9:40pm Gold
Wednesday 9th May 2018 11:40pm Yesterday
Thursday 10th May 2018 9:40pm Yesterday
Saturday 30th June 2018 6:10pm Gold
Sunday 1st July 2018 4:20pm Gold
Friday 12th October 2018 1:15pm Gold
Friday 12th October 2018 6:00pm Gold
Wednesday 20th March 2019 8:00pm Gold
Thursday 21st March 2019 1:35pm Gold
Monday 15th April 2019 2:00pm Gold
Monday 15th April 2019 6:40pm Gold
Monday 8th July 2019 11:40pm Yesterday
Tuesday 9th July 2019 9:40pm Yesterday
Monday 29th July 2019 9:00pm Gold
Tuesday 30th July 2019 9:40am Gold
Monday 20th January 2020 2:15pm Gold
Monday 20th January 2020 6:15pm Gold
Tuesday 18th February 2020 9:40pm Gold
Sunday 15th March 2020 1:30pm Gold
Sunday 24th May 2020 10:40pm Yesterday
Monday 25th May 2020 9:40pm Yesterday
Thursday 11th June 2020 9:40pm Gold
Monday 17th August 2020 7:40am Gold
Monday 17th August 2020 1:40pm Gold
Tuesday 18th August 2020 7:05am Gold
Sunday 27th September 2020 5:30pm Drama
Wednesday 11th November 2020 8:00pm Gold
Thursday 12th November 2020 1:40pm Gold
Thursday 12th November 2020 6:30pm Gold
Monday 15th March 2021 11:00am Gold
Monday 15th March 2021 2:20pm Gold
Monday 15th March 2021 9:00pm Gold
Sunday 4th April 2021 4:55pm Gold
Tuesday 11th May 2021 11:40pm Yesterday
Wednesday 12th May 2021 9:40pm Yesterday
Saturday 12th June 2021 1:55pm Gold
Sunday 13th June 2021 11:40am Gold
Monday 19th July 2021 8:00pm Gold
Tuesday 20th July 2021 1:55pm Gold
Saturday 14th August 2021 4:05pm Gold
Sunday 15th August 2021 2:05pm Gold
Saturday 9th October 2021 8:00pm Yesterday
Friday 29th October 2021 5:20pm Drama
Wednesday 23rd February 2022 8:40pm Gold
Thursday 24th February 2022 1:00pm Gold
Tuesday 22nd March 2022 8:05am Gold
Tuesday 22nd March 2022 5:15pm Gold
Thursday 30th June 2022 7:00am Gold
Thursday 30th June 2022 12:50pm Gold
Thursday 30th June 2022 6:00pm Gold
Monday 18th July 2022 7:40am Gold
Monday 18th July 2022 8:00pm Gold
Tuesday 19th July 2022 2:35am Gold
Thursday 21st July 2022 7:40am Gold
Thursday 21st July 2022 8:00pm Gold
Friday 22nd July 2022 2:20am Gold
Friday 18th November 2022 8:00am Gold
Friday 18th November 2022 12:00pm Gold
Friday 18th November 2022 7:20pm Gold
Monday 16th January 2023 8:00pm Gold
Tuesday 17th January 2023 2:50am Gold
Monday 1st May 2023 4:35pm Drama
Monday 22nd May 2023 9:00pm Gold
Tuesday 23rd May 2023 1:40pm Gold
Tuesday 23rd May 2023 6:20pm Gold
Sunday 28th May 2023 12:35pm Gold
Sunday 28th May 2023 4:50pm Gold
Friday 4th August 2023 8:00pm Gold
Friday 4th August 2023 11:15pm Gold
Friday 2nd February 2024 8:00pm Gold
Saturday 3rd February 2024 12:10am Gold
Monday 22nd April 2024 9:00am Gold
Monday 22nd April 2024 1:00pm Gold
Monday 22nd April 2024 3:40pm Gold
Monday 22nd 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
Liz Hume-Dawson Woman in Queue
Adrian Hood Norman
Graham Turner Pieman
Mark Drewry Tom
Brian Stephens Martin
Bernard Wrigley 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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