Bren prepares to play for the grand prize on Totally Trivial and Stan hopes for a proposal.
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.
The peaks and the valleys. Find the essential episodes — and the ones to skip.
Bren prepares to play for the grand prize on Totally Trivial and Stan hopes for a proposal.
The canteen prepares for the Christmas party.
Friday 9th April 1999: It's the start of the day, Bren and Tony check the year planner to confirm that the canteen is being painted at the weekend and that a work experience girl is visiting today.
Philippa, the new Human Resources lady, starts work at the factory.
Each point is an episode, plotted in order. Colored bands mark season boundaries. Look for the rise, the plateau, or the decline.
High votes + high rating = beloved classic. High votes + low rating = notorious stinker. Low votes + high rating = hidden gem.
Did each season build or fizzle? Green means the finale outscored the premiere. Red means the opposite. Longer arrows, bigger swings.
How steady is each season? Tightly clustered dots mean reliable quality. Scattered dots mean a wild ride.
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