dinnerladies (1998)
dinnerladies is a 1998 comedy series created by Victoria Wood. It stars Maxine Peake, Thelma Barlow and Anne Reid.
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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What is dinnerladies about?
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.
When was dinnerladies released?
dinnerladies was released on 12 November 1998.
How many episodes does dinnerladies have?
dinnerladies has 16 episodes across 2 seasons.
Who made dinnerladies?
dinnerladies was created by Victoria Wood.
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Cast
- Maxine Peake as Twinkle
- Thelma Barlow as Dolly Bellfield
- Anne Reid as Jean
- Shobna Gulati as Anita
- Duncan Preston as Stan Meadowcroft
- Victoria Wood as Brenda
- Celia Imrie as Philippa Moorcroft
- Andrew Dunn as Tony Martin
- Sue Devaney as Jane
- Julie Walters as Petula
- Christopher Greet as Mr. Michael
- Adrian Hood as Norman
