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Dinnerladies

    Comedy
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Nov 12, 1998
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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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  • Creators
  • Networks
    BBC Two
  • Vote Average
    7.4
  • Vote Count
    29
  • Popularity
    10
  • Language
    English
  • Origin Country
    GB

Seasons

Cast

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Maxine Peake
Twinkle
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Thelma Barlow
Dolly Bellfield
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Anne Reid
Jean
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Shobna Gulati
Anita
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Duncan Preston
Stan Meadowcroft
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Victoria Wood
Brenda
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Celia Imrie
Philippa Moorcroft
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Andrew Dunn
Tony Martin

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Reviews

(1)
Peter McGinn
90%
This show was a big hit in England, and rightly so, but I don’t know if it even crossed over here to the U.S. It is a gentle series, following a group of coworkers who genuinely like each other and spend the day dealing with little problems and commenting (gossiping) on life. Four members of the cast I know well from Coronation Street, which I loved until it turned into a violent, scandal-obsessed version of itself in the late 90s. It was great to see Anne Read and Thelma Barlow again after they left Corrie. I read that many more actors and actresses from the Street played on this show, so I will have to look for them when I watch it again. Lead actress Victoria Wood also wrote it. It is well-written and features a wonderful ensemble cast. Ms. Wood ended the show after two seasons, apparently, because she worried about the quality slipping. If only more shows did that.