Dinner Ladies

[Caran]

Just watching 3 episodes I recorded tonight on the Yesterday channel.
I had forgotten how funny it is. Really made me laugh out loud.
Very cleverly written by a much missed comedienne.

[andy-hughes]

It is fabulous - VW's ear for dialogue is unsurpassed in comedy.


She also realised the value of showing that comedy and tragedy are a hairsbreadth apart, and if you skate the line properly, you can work magic.

[Caran]

Very well put andy-hughes.

[Smowball]

She was absolutely brilliant and died way way too young.

[naomi24]

Sad that she died too young but I never liked her humour much.

[woofgang]

There hasn't been a female observer of human life like her since Joyce Grenfell.

[Cloverjo]

I loved everything she did apart from dinnerladies.

My sister and I can still make each other laugh almost to the point of weeing ourselves by just saying ‘Two soups?’ :)))

[woofgang]

I thought that Dinner Ladies was her best ever. She went beyond comedy to penetrating observation of life while still making it funny.

[Canary42]

For observational comedy, Victoria was the Alan Bennett of "the gentler sex" - and naturally superior at it also, which is quite an achievement.

[This is just my opinion, I do not expect you all to agree with it]

[Mamyalynne]

I only ever saw clips of Dinner Ladies but totally agree on Victoria's great observational skills - you make a good comparison there Canary.

[woofgang]

Yes, Alan Bennett is a good comparison. I find him sadder though, often too sad to watch

[roopower]

I love Victoria Wood's work. She was fabulous live too.

[gulliver1]

I think Naomi was a Dinner Lady.

[MargoTester]

I've just watched both series on Gold, brilliant cast and superb writing. It's also worth watching Dinnerladies Diaries with members of the cast reminiscing.

[zebo]

Such a brilliant performer, we saw her in the early 80s, when she was just starting out, at the Octagon , oh how we miss that, in Bolton. We laughed all the way down to Felixstowe on our way back to Germany.
I still wonder if sperm can get through a sash window!

[Arrods]

Not about Dinnerladies (which I loved), but it reminded me of one of the classic lines she gave to Julie Walters in a sketch about them queuing up in a self-service restaurant. Two rather large ladies pushed past them saying "We're not having dessert" to which Julie Walters replied "I'm not surprised with those hips".

[237SJ]

Never did anything for me but comedy is subjective.