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- Nominated for 4 BAFTA Awards
- 3 wins & 7 nominations total
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- TriviaMaxine Peake (whose first significant role this was, after leaving drama school) sought Victoria Wood's advice about her acting career during the series. Wood advised her that, in the long term, she should lose weight ,or she would be playing comedy characters like "Twinkle" for the rest of her career. Taking Wood's advice, in-between the first and second seasons, Peake went on a major diet and returned for the second season much thinner, to the great surprise of Wood, the producers, and cast, none of whom knew of her intentions. However, Wood and Producer Geoff Posner were angry with Peake for not discussing her plans with them first, as they felt she had changed the character of Twinkle with her weight loss and new appearance, and as a result, Peake had to wear a "fat suit" under her costume for the second season.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Best of British: Victoria Wood (1998)
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The wit and charm of Dinner Ladies
I have watched on DVD hundreds of times All the episodes of Dinner Ladies. Those who did not like or maybe not quite understood some of the humour, check it out again, there are a great many hidden gems as to the brilliant mind of Victoria woods writing. "He played my body like a pinball machine. I lit up, paid out, and no tilting" was the brilliant line of Bren (victoria wood) mother (Julie Walters) describing her relationship with her young man. It was everyday folk, talking about everyday issues. Hidden behind the charm and the humour the show showed its emotional side, with Bren giving up her holiday to help her mother financially, single mothers, and redundancy. The show lasted two series. I look with great hesitation Victoria Woods next project.
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- May 22, 2005
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