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This old Dinnerladies clip has been going wildly viral and it’s 18 seconds to make your day so much better
The fabulous sitcom Dinnerladies by the late, great Victoria Wood has been going wildly viral on Twitter and it’s just the escape we needed from everything else going on right now.
It was shared by writer and biographer @JamesAHogg2 – something of a past master at sharing golden nuggets of entertainment past – and this one’s a proper cracker.
If I'd written this line I'd have retired to an island somewhere with a permanent grin on my face.
Prepare for genius. pic.twitter.com/eA7024hCnQ
— James Hogg (@JamesAHogg2) December 10, 2023
Golden!
Is it sad that I could say all the lines before opening the clip.
— wizz2022 (@wizz2022) December 10, 2023
No it isn't!
— James Hogg (@JamesAHogg2) December 10, 2023
Thanks James…just spat coffee over the dog!!!
— Nic Sands (@Beachsnads10) December 10, 2023
Thelma’s viagra monologue is the high water mark of the British sitcom genre. Dinnerladies is even better than Fawlty Towers and I’ll fight anyone who says otherwise.
— Brontë Country Landscapes (@AFowlerPhoto) December 10, 2023
I see that and raise you this… pic.twitter.com/oXPS1ufT58
— Pete J (@Zakalwe1970) December 10, 2023
I try to ensure that I never chance upon a repeat of dinnerladies when flicking through the channels, because if I do I always end up watching the whole thing – by which I mean both series.
— Tim Parker (@TimP43) December 10, 2023
My sister has been buying me ‘Charlie’ for Christmas every year because of this!
Obviously, I oblige with the line.
We’re still laughing.— Theresa Bee (@chalkntalk1) December 10, 2023
We’re with this person.
I'd forgotten about this scene. What a line. ❤️ https://t.co/IxNQzfL5cs
— Ioan Humphreys (@ioan_humphreys) December 10, 2023
And if that’s put you in the mood for a full episode, it’s back on BBC4 at 8pm on 20 December.
Source @JamesAHogg2