dinnerladies
Victoria Wood's factory canteen, written and performed by her across two series.
One opening sequence is catalogued for dinnerladies, covering season 1.
It arrived on BBC One in 1998, when A Question of Sport, Grandstand and This Is Your Life were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
No usable clip verified. The only result is a DVD box-set opening rather than the broadcast titles.
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