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 - Christmas

It's Christmas Eve, also Bren's birthday, and after an awkward interruption the previous night, she's worried that everything with Tony is ruined - but is resignation her only option?

Broadcast details

Date
Friday 24th December 1999
Time
9:30pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

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Date Time Channel
Friday 10th December 2010 7:20pm Gold
Monday 25th July 2011 5:15pm Gold
Monday 25th July 2011 8:35pm Gold
Tuesday 18th October 2011 3:55pm Gold
Tuesday 18th October 2011 9:15pm Gold
Tuesday 6th December 2011 8:15pm Gold
Wednesday 7th December 2011 3:25pm Gold
Wednesday 14th December 2011 11:00pm Gold
Thursday 15th December 2011 5:10pm Gold
Thursday 29th December 2011 3:10pm Gold
Friday 30th December 2011 11:15am Gold
Saturday 31st December 2011 12:00pm Gold
Wednesday 25th January 2012 7:20pm Gold
Thursday 26th January 2012 3:15pm Gold
Wednesday 2nd May 2012 7:35pm Gold
Thursday 3rd May 2012 1:35pm Gold
Friday 22nd June 2012 2:25pm Gold
Friday 22nd June 2012 8:15pm Gold
Wednesday 24th October 2012 9:40am Gold
Wednesday 24th October 2012 3:40pm Gold
Saturday 1st December 2012 10:15am Gold
Saturday 1st December 2012 4:20pm Gold
Friday 10th May 2013 3:35pm Gold
Friday 13th December 2013 9:15pm Gold
Saturday 14th December 2013 8:15am Gold
Sunday 15th December 2013 3:15pm Yesterday
Friday 20th December 2013 7:55pm Gold
Saturday 21st December 2013 7:35am Gold
Monday 24th February 2014 12:20pm Gold
Monday 24th February 2014 8:20pm Gold
Sunday 18th May 2014 7:45am Gold
Wednesday 4th June 2014 2:30pm Gold
Monday 14th July 2014 7:35am Gold
Monday 14th July 2014 8:50pm Gold
Friday 18th July 2014 6:55am Gold
Friday 22nd August 2014 11:35am Gold
Friday 10th October 2014 10:20pm Yesterday
Saturday 11th October 2014 8:20pm Yesterday
Sunday 7th December 2014 10:00pm Gold
Monday 8th December 2014 6:00pm Gold
Tuesday 9th June 2015 7:40pm Gold
Monday 3rd August 2015 7:40pm Gold
Tuesday 4th August 2015 3:00pm Gold
Tuesday 8th December 2015 8:20pm Gold
Wednesday 9th December 2015 12:45pm Gold
Friday 1st April 2016 12:10pm Gold
Friday 1st April 2016 6:40pm Gold
Thursday 7th July 2016 1:05pm Gold
Thursday 7th July 2016 8:20pm Gold
Wednesday 28th September 2016 7:30am Gold
Wednesday 28th September 2016 2:30pm Gold
Friday 3rd February 2017 8:00am Gold
Friday 3rd February 2017 10:00am Gold
Sunday 30th April 2017 12:20pm Gold
Monday 1st May 2017 9:20am Gold
Wednesday 31st May 2017 9:20am Gold
Wednesday 31st May 2017 2:40pm Gold
Monday 4th December 2017 5:50pm Gold
Tuesday 5th December 2017 12:40pm Gold
Tuesday 20th March 2018 8:40pm Gold
Wednesday 21st March 2018 1:15pm Gold
Thursday 10th May 2018 12:20am Yesterday
Thursday 10th May 2018 10:20pm Yesterday
Saturday 7th July 2018 2:50pm Gold
Sunday 8th July 2018 11:55am Gold
Monday 15th October 2018 1:20pm Gold
Monday 15th October 2018 6:00pm Gold
Wednesday 20th March 2019 8:40pm Gold
Thursday 21st March 2019 2:15pm Gold
Tuesday 9th July 2019 12:20am Yesterday
Tuesday 9th July 2019 10:20pm Yesterday
Tuesday 30th July 2019 9:00pm Gold
Wednesday 31st July 2019 9:40am Gold
Tuesday 21st January 2020 2:15pm Gold
Tuesday 21st January 2020 6:15pm Gold
Wednesday 19th February 2020 9:40pm Gold
Sunday 24th May 2020 11:20pm Yesterday
Monday 25th May 2020 10:20pm Yesterday
Monday 15th June 2020 9:00pm Gold
Tuesday 16th June 2020 2:40pm Gold
Tuesday 16th June 2020 7:20pm Gold
Tuesday 18th August 2020 7:40am Gold
Tuesday 18th August 2020 1:00pm Gold
Wednesday 19th August 2020 7:05am Gold
Sunday 27th September 2020 6:15pm Drama
Wednesday 11th November 2020 8:40pm Gold
Thursday 12th November 2020 2:20pm Gold
Thursday 12th November 2020 7:15pm Gold
Tuesday 16th March 2021 10:55am Gold
Tuesday 16th March 2021 2:15pm Gold
Tuesday 16th March 2021 9:00pm Gold
Sunday 4th April 2021 5:35pm Gold
Wednesday 12th May 2021 12:20am Yesterday
Wednesday 12th May 2021 10:20pm Yesterday
Saturday 19th June 2021 8:35am Gold
Sunday 20th June 2021 7:40am Gold
Monday 19th July 2021 8:40pm Gold
Tuesday 20th July 2021 2:35pm Gold
Saturday 14th August 2021 4:45pm Gold
Sunday 15th August 2021 2:50pm Gold
Saturday 9th October 2021 8:40pm Yesterday
Monday 1st November 2021 5:20pm Drama
Saturday 4th December 2021 1:50pm Gold
Sunday 5th December 2021 12:30pm Gold
Friday 10th December 2021 11:35am Gold
Friday 10th December 2021 4:00pm Gold
Saturday 11th December 2021 1:05pm Gold
Saturday 11th December 2021 6:55pm Gold
Wednesday 15th December 2021 1:50pm Gold
Tuesday 21st December 2021 9:00pm BBC4
Thursday 24th February 2022 7:30pm Gold
Friday 25th February 2022 12:35pm Gold
Wednesday 23rd March 2022 8:00am Gold
Wednesday 23rd March 2022 5:20pm Gold
Monday 18th July 2022 1:20pm Gold
Monday 18th July 2022 8:40pm Gold
Tuesday 19th July 2022 3:10am Gold
Monday 21st November 2022 8:00am Gold
Monday 21st November 2022 11:55am Gold
Monday 21st November 2022 7:15pm Gold
Monday 19th December 2022 10:40am Gold
Monday 19th December 2022 4:20pm Gold
Sunday 25th December 2022 5:15pm Drama
Monday 26th December 2022 12:45am BBC4
Monday 16th January 2023 4:35pm Gold
Monday 16th January 2023 8:40pm Gold
Monday 1st May 2023 5:15pm Drama
Tuesday 23rd May 2023 9:00pm Gold
Wednesday 24th May 2023 1:40pm Gold
Wednesday 24th May 2023 6:15pm Gold
Sunday 28th May 2023 1:15pm Gold
Sunday 28th May 2023 5:30pm Gold
Monday 7th August 2023 8:00pm Gold
Monday 7th August 2023 11:00pm Gold
Thursday 7th December 2023 8:15pm Gold
Friday 8th December 2023 12:50am Gold
Friday 8th December 2023 5:50pm Gold
Saturday 9th December 2023 5:40pm Gold
Wednesday 13th December 2023 6:20pm Gold
Wednesday 20th December 2023 8:00pm BBC4
Saturday 23rd December 2023 1:55pm Gold
Friday 2nd February 2024 8:40pm Gold
Saturday 3rd February 2024 12:55am Gold
Tuesday 23rd April 2024 8:25am Gold
Tuesday 23rd April 2024 12:30pm Gold
Tuesday 23rd April 2024 3:20pm Gold
Tuesday 23rd April 2024 6:50pm 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
Christopher Greet Mr. Michael
Rachel Gleaves Customer
Janette Tough (as Janet Tough) Janice
Bernard Wrigley (as Bernard Wrightley) 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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