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A series of comedy documentaries, examining one hit comedy show per episode, with cast and crew interviews providing additional background info.
Victoria Wood's canteen was staffed with a dazzling array of talent including stalwarts of Acorn Antiques, Duncan Preston and Celia Imrie and, revelling in the chance to bring her own brand of inspired chaos to the series, Julie Walters.
To celebrate its 20th birthday and to honour its creator - the late Victoria Wood - this three-part UKTV Original documentary series goes behind the scenes of one of the most loved British sitcoms of all time to tell the full story of its creation and inception, all based on Wood's personal diaries.
In Episode One, Victoria Wood describes why she wanted to have a go at making a sitcom, and there's a look at the on-screen coupling of Thelma Barlow and Anne Reid as Dolly and Jean.
Victoria Wood describes the making of dinnerladies, how she did her own warm-up comedy for the show and how she persuaded the BBC to record each episode, not once, but twice.
Victoria Wood describes why she decided to close the canteen for good after just two series and what she went on to do next...
