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 8 - Christine

After the events of New Year's Eve, Anita's left the canteen. Her replacement, Christine, has chronic flatulence and manages to upset, annoy, and/or anger everyone within a couple of hours. On top of that, the social services want Petula to live with Bren!

Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 13th January 2000
Time
9:30pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

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