dinnerladies(1998)
Overview
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.
Victoria Wood
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Dinnerladies - Series 2 - Episode 2 - Part 3
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Written on September 27, 2020
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.
