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.

  • Series 2, Episode 9 repeated at 1pm on Gold

Episode menu

Series 2, Episode 9 - Gravy

Petula makes a surprise announcement, and Bren is excited to have been picked to appear on TV quiz show Totally Trivial. Tony's hoping she'll come away with him to a new life in Scotland.

Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 20th January 2000
Time
9:30pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

  1. Friday 26th April 2024 at 1:00pm on Gold
  2. Friday 26th April 2024 at 3:40pm on Gold
  3. Friday 26th April 2024 at 7:00pm on Gold

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Friday 29th July 2011 5:20pm Gold
Friday 29th July 2011 8:40pm Gold
Tuesday 25th October 2011 4:00pm Gold
Tuesday 25th October 2011 9:20pm Gold
Wednesday 1st February 2012 7:20pm Gold
Thursday 2nd February 2012 3:20pm Gold
Thursday 10th May 2012 1:40pm Gold
Thursday 10th May 2012 7:40pm Gold
Wednesday 27th June 2012 2:30pm Gold
Wednesday 27th June 2012 8:20pm Gold
Saturday 30th June 2012 10:20am Gold
Friday 17th August 2012 11:40am Gold
Friday 17th August 2012 6:20pm Gold
Friday 26th October 2012 9:40am Gold
Friday 26th October 2012 3:40pm Gold
Tuesday 18th December 2012 9:00am Gold
Tuesday 18th December 2012 1:40pm Gold
Friday 17th May 2013 3:00pm Gold
Saturday 18th May 2013 11:50am Gold
Monday 8th July 2013 8:50am Gold
Monday 8th July 2013 2:40pm Gold
Monday 14th October 2013 12:20pm Gold
Monday 14th October 2013 7:40pm Gold
Saturday 2nd November 2013 5:30pm Gold
Sunday 22nd December 2013 1:40pm Yesterday
Wednesday 26th February 2014 12:25pm Gold
Wednesday 26th February 2014 8:20pm Gold
Thursday 17th July 2014 9:00pm Gold
Friday 29th August 2014 11:40am Gold
Friday 29th August 2014 7:40pm Gold
Friday 17th October 2014 10:20pm Yesterday
Saturday 18th October 2014 8:20pm Yesterday
Sunday 4th January 2015 1:40pm Gold
Wednesday 11th February 2015 5:40pm Gold
Saturday 7th March 2015 4:40pm Gold
Sunday 8th March 2015 12:55pm Gold
Thursday 18th June 2015 7:40pm Gold
Monday 10th August 2015 7:40pm Gold
Tuesday 11th August 2015 3:00pm Gold
Thursday 7th April 2016 12:10pm Gold
Thursday 7th April 2016 6:40pm Gold
Friday 8th July 2016 12:35pm Gold
Friday 8th July 2016 8:30pm Gold
Monday 3rd October 2016 2:10pm Gold
Monday 1st May 2017 11:20am Gold
Friday 2nd June 2017 9:20am Gold
Friday 2nd June 2017 2:40pm Gold
Tuesday 17th October 2017 7:45am Gold
Friday 23rd March 2018 8:00pm Gold
Saturday 24th March 2018 11:50am Gold
Thursday 17th May 2018 12:40am Yesterday
Thursday 17th May 2018 10:20pm Yesterday
Sunday 24th June 2018 5:05pm Gold
Wednesday 27th June 2018 2:05pm Gold
Saturday 7th July 2018 5:00pm Gold
Sunday 8th July 2018 2:05pm Gold
Monday 20th August 2018 8:40pm Gold
Tuesday 28th August 2018 8:40am Gold
Tuesday 28th August 2018 8:40pm Gold
Thursday 18th October 2018 1:40pm Gold
Thursday 18th October 2018 6:20pm Gold
Friday 22nd March 2019 8:00pm Gold
Saturday 23rd March 2019 1:45pm Gold
Thursday 18th April 2019 2:20pm Gold
Thursday 18th April 2019 7:00pm Gold
Monday 22nd July 2019 11:40pm Yesterday
Tuesday 23rd July 2019 9:40pm Yesterday
Friday 2nd August 2019 9:00pm Gold
Saturday 3rd August 2019 9:15am Gold
Friday 24th January 2020 2:30pm Gold
Friday 24th January 2020 6:20pm Gold
Tuesday 25th February 2020 9:40pm Gold
Thursday 18th June 2020 9:00pm Gold
Friday 19th June 2020 3:55pm Gold
Friday 21st August 2020 7:45am Gold
Friday 21st August 2020 1:00pm Gold
Saturday 22nd August 2020 7:10am Gold
Sunday 11th October 2020 5:20pm Drama
Friday 13th November 2020 8:00pm Gold
Saturday 14th November 2020 8:50am Gold
Friday 19th March 2021 11:00am Gold
Friday 19th March 2021 2:20pm Gold
Friday 19th March 2021 9:00pm Gold
Sunday 4th April 2021 7:45pm Gold
Wednesday 19th May 2021 12:20am Yesterday
Wednesday 19th May 2021 10:20pm Yesterday
Saturday 19th June 2021 10:50am Gold
Sunday 20th June 2021 9:50am Gold
Wednesday 21st July 2021 8:00pm Gold
Thursday 22nd July 2021 2:00pm Gold
Sunday 15th August 2021 4:55pm Gold
Monday 16th August 2021 2:00pm Gold
Saturday 16th October 2021 8:40pm Yesterday
Friday 22nd October 2021 11:40pm Yesterday
Saturday 23rd October 2021 8:40pm Yesterday
Thursday 4th November 2021 5:20pm Drama
Friday 25th February 2022 8:40pm Gold
Monday 28th March 2022 8:30am Gold
Wednesday 20th July 2022 7:40am Gold
Wednesday 20th July 2022 8:00pm Gold
Thursday 21st July 2022 2:05am Gold
Friday 22nd July 2022 1:30pm Gold
Friday 22nd July 2022 8:40pm Gold
Saturday 23rd July 2022 2:35am Gold
Thursday 24th November 2022 8:25am Gold
Thursday 24th November 2022 12:15pm Gold
Thursday 24th November 2022 7:25pm Gold
Wednesday 18th January 2023 8:00pm Gold
Thursday 19th January 2023 2:55am Gold
Monday 1st May 2023 6:40pm Drama
Friday 26th May 2023 9:00pm Gold
Saturday 27th May 2023 1:40am Gold
Sunday 28th May 2023 3:30pm Gold
Sunday 28th May 2023 7:40pm Gold
Thursday 10th August 2023 8:00pm Gold
Thursday 10th August 2023 11:20pm Gold
Wednesday 7th February 2024 8:00pm Gold
Thursday 8th February 2024 12:05am Gold
Thursday 8th February 2024 2:40pm Gold
Friday 26th April 2024 9:00am 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
Guest cast
Katharine Page Violet
Adrian Hood Norman
Henry Kelly TV Presenter
David Hatton Ken
Francis Lee Brian
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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