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dinnerladies

1998–2000 · 2 seasons, 16 episodes · 30m episodes · Comedy · BBC Two · United Kingdom · Rated 12 (GB)

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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Victoria Wood
Starring
Maxine Peake, Thelma Barlow, Anne Reid, Shobna Gulati, Duncan Preston, Victoria Wood
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7.2Smart score

The TMDB rating, pulled toward the TV average (7.08) as if it had 85 extra average votes. Few votes means more pull.

TMDB7.5

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Not available to stream, rent or buy in United States.

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Now TV: available in 2 countries
Subscription · 2Ireland, United Kingdom

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canteenhandymanmanagermothernorthern englandsitcomstaffworking classworkplaceworkplace comedy
Rating12 (GB)

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