dinnerladies - Episode Guide

Jean prepares for her daughter's wedding, Bren and Dolly discuss the weekend's television and the new HR head tries to rope everyone into a group Scottish country dancing session.

The dinner ladies are very excited about an impending visit from The Duke of Danby. Stan isn't, having had a previous run-in with him at Catterick Garrison army base.

Not only does Bren's mother Petula cause mayhem in the factory with her ill-considered romance, but her caravan gets in the way of Stan's work.

Tony and Bren are happy, but everyone else is in a bad mood. To lift the mood, a tea party is organised for everybody's parents.

The work-do becomes incredibly formal and mock-Japanese. Everything goes well for Bren until her mother turns up and gets stuck into the sake.

The factory is losing orders but is thrown a lifeline. The canteen needs to be open 24 hours, but the temporary manager has made everybody walk out.

Bren wants to show work experience girl Sigourney a typical day in the canteen, but a ladder is jammed across the kitchen.

Jean is taking the departure of her husband with a Welsh dental hygienist badly. Tony's thinking of asking Bren to Marbella.

Bren is very excited about her holiday, but Petula needs money. Will Bren succumb to the pressure?

Bren has an uncomfortable day. The blood donors van has come to the factory and a prisoner has escaped in the fog on his way to Strangeways.

The ladies are desperate for Bren and Tony to get together, as they've bet that a union will take place before Christmas. Dolly searches for novelty hot-water bottles.

It's nearly Christmas and all is not well in the canteen. Bren thinks she has blown it with Tony, and Petula's hopes of a family Christmas are thwarted.

The staff are catering for the firm's millennium dinner at a venue across town. However, Tony finds something on the fire escape which puts all thoughts of food right out of their minds.

Anita's replacement in the canteen is hated by everyone except for Dolly. A social worker suggests Bren's mother moves in with her. Will Viagra help anyone?

A self-clear system is introduced. Bren and Tony have plans, but not enough money. As her mother goes into hospital, Bren appears on Totally Trivial.

Having taken a variety of drugs to get her to relax - including Stan's cat powders - Bren leaves the canteen for the Totally Trivial studios.