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 1 - Catering
It's Friday 9th April 1999, the date to conceive a 'millennium baby'. Whilst Tony attempts to humour a rather dim-witted work-experience girl, Bren's main concern is having workmen in to paint the canteen without closing for the duration.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 25th November 1999
- Time
- 9:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
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 |
| Sue Devaney | Jane |
| Sue Cleaver | Glenda |
| Helen Cotterill | Betty |
| Colin Edwynn | Bert |
| Liam Fox | Derwent |
| Joanne Frogatt (as Joanne Froggatt) | Sigourney |
| Kevin Maxwell | Paul |
| 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 |
Press
Dinnerladies (BBC1) returned to soothe and confuse with its extraordinarily tangential conversations, as if each thought were bumping off the one in front and shooting away at an angle.
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 26th November 1999