Dinnerladies (TV series)

dinnerladies
The title card from the first episode, showing the canteen in which the show is set
Also known as	dinnerladies
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Victoria Wood
Written by	Victoria Wood
Directed by	Geoff Posner
Starring	Victoria Wood Julie Walters Andrew Dunn Thelma Barlow Anne Reid Maxine Peake Shobna Gulati Duncan Preston Celia Imrie
Theme music composer	Victoria Wood
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	16 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Philip McIntyre David Tyler
Producers	Geoff Posner Victoria Wood
Production location	BBC Television Centre
Camera setup	Multiple-camera setup
Running time	27–34 minutes
Production companies	Good Fun Pozzitive Television[1]
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	12 November 1998 (1998-11-12) – 27 January 2000 (2000-01-27)
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Dinnerladies (stylised as dinnerladies) is a British television sitcom created, written and co-produced by Victoria Wood. Two series were broadcast on BBC One from 1998 to 2000, with sixteen episodes in total. The programme is repeated on Gold,^[2] and Drama. The complete series was released on DVD in November 2004.^[3]

The series is set almost entirely in the canteen of HWD Components, a fictional factory in Manchester, featuring the caterers and regular customers as the main characters. It depicts the lives and social and romantic interactions of the staff, and is centred around the main character of Brenda Furlong, played by Wood.