dinnerladies diaries

First aired in 1998, Victoria Wood’s sitcom dinnerladies has stood the test of time

First aired in 1998, Victoria Wood’s sitcom dinnerladies has stood the test of time.

In the second episode of this series marking the 20th anniversary of the show, the cast remembers how Victoria would make changes to the script right up until filming.

‘It was terrifying,’ says Thelma Barlow, who played Dolly, while Duncan Preston came to rue the day he asked for his character, Stan the handyman, to have more to do.

‘In the next script there were tongue-twisters and everything!’