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.

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Series 2 - Minnellium

It's New Year's Eve 1999, and the canteen is preparing for a special millennium dinner. But an abandoned baby and a riot in the city centre begin to throw everyone's plans into chaos.

Notes

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

Broadcast details

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

Repeats

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Date Time Channel
Thursday 31st December 2009 8:25pm BBC2
Tuesday 26th July 2011 5:20pm Gold
Tuesday 26th July 2011 8:40pm Gold
Friday 21st October 2011 4:00pm Gold
Friday 21st October 2011 9:15pm Gold
Wednesday 1st February 2012 6:00pm Gold
Thursday 2nd February 2012 2:00pm Gold
Tuesday 8th May 2012 1:40pm Gold
Tuesday 8th May 2012 7:40pm Gold
Monday 25th June 2012 2:20pm Gold
Monday 25th June 2012 8:20pm Gold
Saturday 13th October 2012 11:15pm Gold
Sunday 14th October 2012 1:35am Gold
Thursday 25th October 2012 9:40am Gold
Thursday 25th October 2012 3:40pm Gold
Monday 17th December 2012 8:40am Gold
Monday 17th December 2012 1:40pm Gold
Thursday 21st February 2013 7:40pm Gold
Friday 22nd February 2013 12:20am Gold
Friday 17th May 2013 2:20pm Gold
Saturday 18th May 2013 11:10am Gold
Friday 5th July 2013 8:50am Gold
Friday 5th July 2013 2:40pm Gold
Monday 7th October 2013 1:00pm Gold
Monday 7th October 2013 7:40pm Gold
Monday 25th November 2013 5:25pm Gold
Tuesday 26th November 2013 11:25am Gold
Sunday 22nd December 2013 1:00pm Yesterday
Tuesday 25th February 2014 12:30pm Gold
Tuesday 25th February 2014 8:20pm Gold
Tuesday 15th July 2014 7:40am Gold
Tuesday 15th July 2014 9:00pm Gold
Friday 22nd August 2014 12:20pm Gold
Friday 17th October 2014 9:00pm Yesterday
Saturday 18th October 2014 7:00pm Yesterday
Wednesday 18th February 2015 5:00pm Gold
Tuesday 31st March 2015 12:40pm Gold
Thursday 11th June 2015 7:40pm Gold
Wednesday 12th August 2015 7:40pm Gold
Thursday 13th August 2015 3:00pm Gold
Tuesday 29th March 2016 2:25am Gold
Monday 4th April 2016 12:00pm Gold
Monday 4th April 2016 6:40pm Gold
Thursday 7th July 2016 9:05pm Gold
Thursday 29th September 2016 7:35am Gold
Thursday 29th September 2016 2:20pm Gold
Monday 1st May 2017 10:00am Gold
Thursday 1st June 2017 9:20am Gold
Thursday 1st June 2017 2:40pm Gold
Friday 9th February 2018 8:40pm Gold
Thursday 22nd March 2018 8:00pm Gold
Friday 23rd March 2018 12:40pm Gold
Friday 27th April 2018 10:45pm Gold
Saturday 28th April 2018 11:55am Gold
Wednesday 16th May 2018 11:15pm Yesterday
Thursday 17th May 2018 9:00pm Yesterday
Saturday 7th July 2018 3:40pm Gold
Sunday 8th July 2018 12:40pm Gold
Tuesday 16th October 2018 1:20pm Gold
Tuesday 16th October 2018 6:00pm Gold
Friday 18th January 2019 9:20pm Gold
Saturday 19th January 2019 1:15pm Gold
Thursday 21st March 2019 8:00pm Gold
Friday 22nd March 2019 1:35pm Gold
Tuesday 16th April 2019 1:35pm Gold
Tuesday 16th April 2019 6:35pm Gold
Monday 15th July 2019 11:40pm Yesterday
Tuesday 16th July 2019 9:40pm Yesterday
Wednesday 31st July 2019 9:00pm Gold
Thursday 1st August 2019 7:00pm Gold
Wednesday 22nd January 2020 2:20pm Gold
Wednesday 22nd January 2020 6:20pm Gold
Thursday 20th February 2020 9:40pm Gold
Sunday 22nd March 2020 12:15pm Gold
Tuesday 16th June 2020 9:00pm Gold
Wednesday 17th June 2020 2:40pm Gold
Wednesday 17th June 2020 6:35pm Gold
Wednesday 19th August 2020 7:40am Gold
Wednesday 19th August 2020 1:00pm Gold
Thursday 20th August 2020 7:05am Gold
Sunday 4th October 2020 4:35pm Drama
Thursday 12th November 2020 8:00pm Gold
Friday 13th November 2020 2:00pm Gold
Friday 13th November 2020 6:35pm Gold
Wednesday 17th March 2021 11:00am Gold
Wednesday 17th March 2021 2:20pm Gold
Wednesday 17th March 2021 9:00pm Gold
Sunday 4th April 2021 6:25pm Gold
Tuesday 18th May 2021 11:00pm Yesterday
Wednesday 19th May 2021 9:00pm Yesterday
Saturday 19th June 2021 9:25am Gold
Sunday 20th June 2021 8:25am Gold
Tuesday 20th July 2021 8:00pm Gold
Wednesday 21st July 2021 2:00pm Gold
Sunday 15th August 2021 3:35pm Gold
Saturday 9th October 2021 9:30pm Yesterday
Tuesday 2nd November 2021 5:20pm Drama
Friday 31st December 2021 7:20am Gold
Friday 31st December 2021 10:50pm Gold
Saturday 1st January 2022 2:35am Gold
Saturday 1st January 2022 7:05am Gold
Thursday 24th February 2022 8:20pm Gold
Friday 25th February 2022 1:20pm Gold
Thursday 24th March 2022 8:25am Gold
Tuesday 19th July 2022 7:35am Gold
Tuesday 19th July 2022 8:00pm Gold
Wednesday 20th July 2022 2:25am Gold
Tuesday 22nd November 2022 8:10am Gold
Tuesday 22nd November 2022 12:10pm Gold
Tuesday 22nd November 2022 7:15pm Gold
Tuesday 13th December 2022 4:35pm Gold
Wednesday 14th December 2022 12:35pm Gold
Friday 23rd December 2022 12:25pm Gold
Tuesday 17th January 2023 8:00pm Gold
Wednesday 18th January 2023 2:40am Gold
Saturday 11th February 2023 9:35am Gold
Sunday 12th February 2023 7:40am Gold
Sunday 19th February 2023 8:50am Gold
Saturday 11th March 2023 9:00am Gold
Wednesday 24th May 2023 9:00pm Gold
Thursday 25th May 2023 1:40pm Gold
Thursday 25th May 2023 6:20pm Gold
Sunday 28th May 2023 2:05pm Gold
Sunday 28th May 2023 6:20pm Gold
Tuesday 8th August 2023 8:00pm Gold
Tuesday 8th August 2023 11:00pm Gold
Saturday 30th December 2023 3:25am Gold
Saturday 30th December 2023 11:35pm Gold
Monday 5th February 2024 8:00pm Gold
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Tuesday 6th February 2024 2:35pm Gold

Cast & crew

Cast
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
Guest cast
Peter Lorenzelli Keith
Kaleem Janjua Reg
Tej Patel Baby
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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