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…
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
Twinkle
Thelma Barlow
Dolly Bellfield
Anne Reid
Jean
Shobna Gulati
Anita
Duncan Preston
Stan Meadowcroft
Victoria Wood
Brenda
Celia Imrie
Philippa Moorcroft
Andrew Dunn
Tony Martin
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Set in the canteen of a factory in Manchester, these two BBC series follow the day-to-day antics of it's workers. Writer and star Victoria Wood has assembled a formidable array of character actors to portray an eclectic mix of characters to ensure that there are a plethora of daft scenarios to explore across the sixteen episodes. Everyone works for the cancer-suffering "Tony" (Andrew Dunn) who has a bit of a crush…
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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…
When was dinnerladies released?
dinnerladies was released in 1998.
What genres does dinnerladies belong to?
dinnerladies is categorised as Comedy.
Who stars in dinnerladies?
The cast of dinnerladies includes Maxine Peake, Thelma Barlow, Anne Reid, Shobna Gulati, Duncan Preston.
How many seasons of dinnerladies are there?
dinnerladies has 2 season(s) and 16 episodes.