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 1, Episode 1 repeated Monday 6th January at 8pm on U&Gold
Streaming rank this week: 571
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 5 - Party
The canteen are tasked with catering the factory's Christmas do, and must stick to a Japanese theme as a multi-national merger is being negotiated.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 10th December 1998
- Time
- 9:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Upcoming repeats
- Friday 10th January 2025 at 8:00pm on U&Gold
- Friday 10th January 2025 at 10:35pm on U&Gold
- Saturday 11th January 2025 at 8:40am on U&Gold
Cast & crew
| 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 |
| Christopher Greet | Mr. Michael |
| Ann-Louise Grimshaw | Tiffany |
| Eiji Kusuhara | Mr Tashimoto |
| Adam Leese | Hugo |
| Peter Lorenzelli | Keith |
| Kate Robbins | Babs |
| Jack Smethurst | Bob |
| Victoria Wood | Writer |
| Geoff Posner | Director |
| Victoria Wood | Producer |
| Geoff Posner | Producer |
| Phil McIntyre (as Philip McIntyre) | Executive Producer |
| David Tyler | Executive Producer |
| Mykola Pawluk | Editor |