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dinnerladies

dinnerladies

★ 7.4•1998•2 Seasons•ANIME
Comedy

Dinnerladies is a BBC sitcom written by and starring Victoria Wood that chronicles the antics of a group of workers in a canteen in the north of England. Bren tries to maintain a semblance of order in amongst the chaos, while dealing with the canteen supervisor, slightly sex-obsessed cancer sufferer Tony. Dolly and Jean are the bickering menopausal older women, always at odds but best friends beneath it all. Then there's thick-as-two-short-planks Anita, and the terminally uninterested Twinkle, more concerned with having a good time than anything else. Making up the motley crew are military man handyman Stan, all rules and regulations, and ditzy Philippa, who never seems to get anything right.

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Top Cast

Maxine Peake

Maxine Peake

Twinkle

Thelma Barlow

Thelma Barlow

Dolly Bellfield

Anne Reid

Anne Reid

Jean

Shobna Gulati

Shobna Gulati

Anita

Duncan Preston

Duncan Preston

Stan Meadowcroft

Victoria Wood

Victoria Wood

Brenda

Celia Imrie

Celia Imrie

Philippa Moorcroft

Andrew Dunn

Andrew Dunn

Tony Martin

Episodes

Monday

1. Monday

30m

On an otherwise typical Monday morning, Bren's canteen is thrown into crisis when Norman the bread man fails to deliver the granary torpedoes. Should she sign the docket or not? Meanwhile, Jean is preoccupied with planning her daughter's wedding and finding the entertainment. Bren's mother Petula drops in with some ideas, but they're probably not quite right. Tony has to go to the hospital to see how his cancer's going. In the midst of this, Anita's in floods of tears (it's her period), Twinkle can't spell minestrone, and nobody's put out the gravy. New Human Resources person Philippa makes her presence felt, bugging everyone to try some group activities. Scottish country dancing anyone?

Aired: 11/12/1998
Royals

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2. Royals

30m

There is excitement in the canteen when news of a royal visit to the factory comes through. Nobody's very sure who's coming - Princess Anne doesn't do factories, Prince Edward does theatres - but they're all getting into a flap. When it turns out it's someone called the Duke of Danby, nobody has heard of him, save for Stan, who met him at Catterick years ago. Everyone throws themselves into role play and preparations: Twinkle has to be warned not to say they serve ""arseholes on toast"" and Anita is worried about her nipples popping up. Tony is adamant that the royals aren't speaking to the girls - God help the Duke if he does. When they eventually turn up, Twinkle's struck dumb, Anita says the wrong thing and Stan's devastated that the Duke doesn't remember him. Meanwhile, all the Duke wants is a bit of sex with poor Bren.

Aired: 11/19/1998
Scandals

3. Scandals

30m

Bren's mum, Petula, brings shame on the factory when she acquires a new boyfriend.

Aired: 11/26/1998
Moods

4. Moods

30m

Twinkle has something weighing on her mind. In fact, everyone seems to be in a bad mood at the moment, so Philippa attempts to cheer everyone up by breaking the routine.

Aired: 12/3/1998
Party

5. Party

30m

Everyone is looking forward to this year's Christmas party, which has a Japanese theme.

Aired: 12/10/1998
Nightshift

6. Nightshift

30m

While Tony is in hospital having treatment, the staff are forced to suffer his formidable replacement.

Aired: 12/17/1998