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Release Date:
12 December 1999 (USA) moreGenre:
ComedyPlot:
Comedy about the workers in a factory canteen. full summaryAwards:
3 wins & 6 nominations moreNewsDesk:
The Online Encyclopaedia Of British Comedy at Pozzitive.co.uk(From The Cinema Post. 8 June 2009, 3:38 PM, PDT)
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Charming and delightful more (21 total)Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 11 of 26)| Victoria Wood | ... | Bren Furlong (16 episodes, 1998-2000) | |
| Thelma Barlow | ... | Dolly Belfield (16 episodes, 1998-2000) | |
| Andrew Dunn | ... | Tony Martin (16 episodes, 1998-2000) | |
| Shobna Gulati | ... | Anita (16 episodes, 1998-2000) | |
| Celia Imrie | ... | Philippa Moorcroft (16 episodes, 1998-2000) | |
| Maxine Peake | ... | Twinkle (16 episodes, 1998-2000) | |
| Duncan Preston | ... | Stan Meadowcroft (16 episodes, 1998-2000) | |
| Anne Reid | ... | Jean (15 episodes, 1998-2000) | |
| Sue Devaney | ... | Jane / ... (11 episodes, 1998-2000) | |
| Julie Walters | ... | Petula Gordino (9 episodes, 1998-2000) | |
| Christopher Greet | ... | Mr. Michael (7 episodes, 1998-1999) |
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30 min (16 episodes)Country:
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Victoria Wood insisted that the title "dinnerladies" should be spelled with a lower-case D. moreQuotes:
Stan: [on being asked what his Millennium regrets are] I failed to exploit the potential of the cross-head screwdriver. It was publicly pretty shameful. moreFAQ
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'dinnerladies' (sic) was a short lived but concise series which was a delight to watch. The scripts were quite simply charming. Victoria Wood's attention to character detail is so well refined, there is little like it elsewhere in the land of situation comedy. Even series which clock up over a hundred episodes do not have the brilliance or depth of character as can be seen here.
A lot of the credit also goes to the performers. Particularly Anne Reid and Thelma Barlow as the bickering friends Jean and Dolly respectively. We had seen aspects of Thelma Barlow's comic timing when she was in Coronation Street but it is brought to great fruition here.
It may not be as 'in your face' or as loud and bumptious as a lot of nineties comedies and I feel it is sad that 'dinnerladies' is often compared to these others. This is a series of pure classic comedy writing - showing off a great knowledge of idiolect and pathos.
Victoria Wood kept the series short to leave on a high note, and she certainly did. The second series proved just how brilliant a writer she is. I certainly hope she pens another sitcom of an equal standard sometime in the future.