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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 208062" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>On a whim last night I popped my <em>dinnerladies</em> DVD into the player. It's many a year since I last watched it.</p><p></p><p>I haven't laughed so hard in ages. What a bloody brilliantly written series it is. Every line is a gem. It's got it all: pithy sarcasm, pop culture references, observational humour. It's very British and very Northern English while still (I would hope) having universal appeal. Victoria Wood was such a brilliant writer.</p><p></p><p>It's also perfectly cast. What with the <em>Corrie</em> faces from every era of the show: from Valerie Barlow and Mavis Riley through Debbie Webster to Sunita and Eileen Grimshaw. Plus all those familiar faces from Victoria Wood's earlier series: Celia Imrie, Julie Walters, Duncan Preston. AND the amazing guest stars: Thora Hird, Dora Bryan, Eric Sykes (all three in the same episode); Lynda Barron.</p><p></p><p>Thelma Barlow and Anne Reid are just priceless. Reid is a terrific actress, full of gusto and very formidable, while Barlow can deadpan for England as she pulls her sourpuss face.</p><p></p><p>And it's very quotable, as I'll post below...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 208062, member: 23"] On a whim last night I popped my [I]dinnerladies[/I] DVD into the player. It's many a year since I last watched it. I haven't laughed so hard in ages. What a bloody brilliantly written series it is. Every line is a gem. It's got it all: pithy sarcasm, pop culture references, observational humour. It's very British and very Northern English while still (I would hope) having universal appeal. Victoria Wood was such a brilliant writer. It's also perfectly cast. What with the [I]Corrie[/I] faces from every era of the show: from Valerie Barlow and Mavis Riley through Debbie Webster to Sunita and Eileen Grimshaw. Plus all those familiar faces from Victoria Wood's earlier series: Celia Imrie, Julie Walters, Duncan Preston. AND the amazing guest stars: Thora Hird, Dora Bryan, Eric Sykes (all three in the same episode); Lynda Barron. Thelma Barlow and Anne Reid are just priceless. Reid is a terrific actress, full of gusto and very formidable, while Barlow can deadpan for England as she pulls her sourpuss face. And it's very quotable, as I'll post below... [/QUOTE]
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