Dinnerladies
Released: 1998
Comedy
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.
Starring: Maxine Peake, Thelma Barlow, Anne Reid, Shobna Gulati, Duncan Preston, Victoria Wood, Celia Imrie, Andrew Dunn
Created by: Victoria Wood
Language: English
Scenes
Season 2 Episode 1: Catering
A ladder gets stuck across the restaurant kitchen, trapping Glenda (Sue Cleaver) behind it because she has just had surgery and cannot crawl underneath. She has been chugging water since she needs a full bladder for her check-up, so she is desperate for the toilet. There is a lot of talk about her predicament between her and the other cast members. As the closing credits start to roll and they are taking a hacksaw to the ladder, we see one of her co-workers holding up a blanket for privacy as if Glenda is preparing to pee right there.