Podcasts about dinnerladies

Duncan Preston is best known for his appearances in Victoria Wood's television productions, including his roles of Clifford in the soap opera parody sketches Acorn Antiques and Stan in the sitcom Dinnerladies. He reprised his role of Clifford in Acorn Antiques The Musical in 2005. Duncan has made many guest appearances in various TV series, including Secret Army, The Professionals, All Creatures Great and Small, Robin of Sherwood, Bergerac, The New Statesman, Press Gang, Chalk, Boon, Casualty, Heartbeat, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Holby City, Peak Practice, Midsomer Murders, Dalziel and Pascoe and My Family. He was also a regular cast member in the sitcom Surgical Spirit and appeared as Dennis Stokes in Coronation Street in 2004. Duncan played Doug Potts in Emmerdale for a number of years and played Kevin's dad in Harry Enfield and Chums. A renowned Shakespearean actor, Duncan has performed in many productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company, including playing Angus in Trevor Nunn's version of Macbeth, starring Ian McKellen and Judi Dench .Duncan Preston is our guest in episode 456 of My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he'd like to preserve and one he'd like to bury and never have to think about again .Follow My Time Capsule on Instagram: @mytimecapsulepodcast & Twitter & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people . Get bonus episodes and ad-free listening by becoming a team member with Acast+! Your support will help us to keep making My Time Capsule. Join our team now! https://plus.acast.com/s/mytimecapsule. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sue Cleaver is an actor best known for playing Eileen Grimshaw in Coronation Street since 2000, as well as appearing in Dinnerladies, Casualty, A Touch of Frost, and The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper. She took part in a I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here in 2022, and is a regular panellist on Loose Women. She is currently touring the UK as Mother Superior in Sister Act. Her first book, A Work in Progress, is a call-to-arms for women as they get older to remember their value and hold on to their confidence, with Sue sharing experiences from her incredible life (many of which she has never spoken about before and will be revealed for the first time in the book) and advice (she is a trained therapist).Sue Cleaver is guest number 429 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things she'd like to put in a time capsule; four she'd like to preserve and one she'd like to bury and never have to think about again .Sue's book “A Work in Progress” is available here - https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/work-in-progress-9781526678706Follow Sue Cleaver on Twitter: @Sue_Cleaver & Instagram: @officialsuecleaver . Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens and Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people . Get bonus episodes and ad-free listening by becoming a team member with Acast+! Your support will help us to keep making My Time Capsule. Join our team now! https://plus.acast.com/s/mytimecapsule. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt and Luke board the TV machine to examine the TV landscape of November 1998. However, they are joined by a stowaway in the form of Dawn Glen who joins them to review ITV's beloved relationship drama Cold Feet, Victoria Wood's first foray into sitcom with dinnerladies. Plus, BBC sketch show Big Train starring a very talented group who went on to big things and the mostly forgotten Channel 4 teen comedy, A Youngperson's guide to Becoming a Rock Star.

In part 2 of our look at Victoria Wood's dinnerladies, we take a closer look at Julie Walters and Maxine Peake and see how the series came to an end.

This week we start our look at Victoria Wood's dinnerladies. In many ways it is classic sitcom in its purest form but does it also break the rules occasionally?

Maxine Peake is an actor and writer who first came to public attention in 1998 as Twinkle in the Victoria Wood sitcom Dinnerladies. She went on to play Veronica in Paul Abbott's series Shameless and later became known for playing real people, including the Hillsborough campaigner Anne Williams, and Sara Rowbotham, the former health worker who exposed the sexual abuse scandal in Rochdale in 2012. Maxine was born in Bolton and after a rocky start at college – she was asked to leave her performing arts course after just two weeks but stuck it out – she won a scholarship to study at RADA. Three months before she was due to graduate she auditioned for Victoria Wood and won her first television role starring alongside Wood, Julie Walters and Anne Reid. Victoria Wood advised her to take on a diverse range of roles in order to avoid being typecast as what Maxine calls the “fat, funny northerner”. She took the advice to heart and extended her range playing Myra Hindley, Martha Costello QC in the legal drama Silk and Hamlet in a critically acclaimed production at the Royal Exchange theatre in Manchester. Maxine has also written plays including Beryl: A Love Story on Two Wheels about Beryl Burton, a Yorkshire woman who dominated 1960s cycling and held the record for the men's 12-hour time trial for two years. DISC ONE: Mersey Paradise by The Stone Roses DISC TWO: Puff the Magic Dragon by Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Red DISC THREE: Joe Hill by Paul Robeson DISC FOUR: The Four Horsemen by Aphrodite's Child DISC FIVE: Evening of Light by Nico DISC SIX: Promised Land by Joe Smooth DISC SEVEN: A Whistling Woman by The Unthanks DISC EIGHT: I Saw the Light by Todd Rundgren BOOK CHOICE: One Moonlit Night by Caradog Prichard LUXURY ITEM: A solar-powered epilator CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Joe Hill by Paul Robeson Presenter: Lauren Laverne Producer: Paula McGinley

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Episode 3 of series 3 bursts into your ears as soon as you press play on your listening device. And joining Alex and Emi is a comedy producer who has worked on such classic UK comedies as Paul Merton: The Series, Spitting Image, Absolutely, Dinnerladies and The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon... it's David Tyler!We chat about New York, Edinburgh and being... 'that guy'.Guest: David Tyler (@DavidTylerPozz)Hosted by Alex Sievewright and Emi WebberAdditional vocals by Hayley Pettitt@alexsievewright@krunchie_frog@pettitt_hayley https://www.patreon.com/twtwtwwi Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Join Maria Lovelady & Michael Alan-Bailey as they chat to Paulus, The Cabaret Geek, during his run of 'Looking For Me Friend' at the Edinburgh fringe. This critically acclaimed show celebrates the wonderful body of work by the late, great Victoria Wood and we can't think of a more fitting person to do so. Paulus also takes us on a journey through the history of cabaret itself and offers tips for budding performers. We also find out who Michael threw his knickers at last weekend, have a guess who and then listen to find out... What are you waiting for? Grab your tickets for 'Looking For Me Friend' now! Links below… https://thecabaretgeek.com/ https://www.liverpooltheatrefestival.com/ Appear on the show and leave us a voice message at https://www.speakpipe.com/TwiceNightlyThePodcast Get in touch - twicenightlythepodcast@gmail.com IG - twicenightlytheatrepodcast Twitter - @twicenightlypod Facebook - Twice Nightly: The Podcast Brought to you by Frame This Presents... Key words: Cabaret, West End, Vaudeville, Broadway, Queer Performance, Dinnerladies, Stand up, Comedian, Comediennes, Cabaret Performer, Le Chat Noir, Let's Do it, The Ballad of Barry and Freda, The Royal Variety Performance, Tom Jones, The Minnack Theatre, The Crazy Coqs

Join Maria Lovelady & Michael Alan-Bailey on Music Hall and Variety Day 2022 as they chat to one of Britain's best-loved actresses Anne Reid, and two-time Tony nominee composer Jason Carr, ahead of their upcoming show ‘A Night at Pictures'. Find out which much-loved comedian boarded with Anne and actor Patrick Stewart in digs, and which musical legend gave Jason notes that came directly from Mr Cole Porter himself. Tickets are still available for ‘A Night at The Pictures' at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zédel from the 20th to the 22nd of May, but we warn you, they are selling fast. What are you waiting for? Links below… https://www.brasseriezedel.com/events/anne-reid-jason-carr-a-night-at-the-pictures/ Appear on the show and leave us a voice message at https://www.speakpipe.com/TwiceNightlyThePodcast Get in touch - twicenightlythepodcast@gmail.com IG - twicenightlytheatrepodcast Twitter - @twicenightlypod Facebook - Twice Nightly: The Podcast Brought to you by Frame This Presents... Key words: Last Tango in Halifax, Dinnerladies, Victoria Wood, Cole Porter, Cabaret, Crazy Coq, Zedels, MGM Musicals, Sanditon, Lorna Luft, Kander and Ebb, Nanette Fabray, Elisabeth Welch, Derek Jacobi, Kitty Carlisle, Kander and Ebb, Betty Garret, Michael Feinstein, Vaudeville , Broadway, West End, Soho, Love Actually

Episode 8 This week on Small Screen 90s Barnes and AMJ start there epic task to rate every 90s TV show out of 90. Bear with us it's not as shit as it sounds     This week's TV shows     Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge / I'm Alan Partridge Pingu Dinnerladies Animals of Farthing Wood What is this then ? Each episode Chris Barnes and AMJ (The King of Comedy ) sit down to rate 90s TV shows out of 90 and they won't give up until every single TV show is rated. Is this pointless yes --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smallscreen90s/support

David McClemont (Twitter: @DavoMc82), Debra Torrance (@HeathPeaPict) and Brian Finlay (@WeeSociologist) discuss the latest events in Scottish and UK politics NEWS - Plans To Exploit Cambo Oil Field Scrapped - Is the Johnson Regime About To Fall? - Labour MSP Begs Scotland To Abandon SNP - Free School Meals Delayed  Music by @HippyMuzic Art by @HeathPeaPict Edited by @HeathPeaPict

Today's Electronically Yours episode features major TV and film star Maxine Peake. She is best known for her outstanding portrayals of strong, characterful women (Silk, Dinnerladies, Shameless, The Village, Black Mirror) - she plays Hamlet and comedy roles with equal aplomb… But why is she on EY? Her singer/narrator work with The Eccentronic Research Council and The Moonlandingz (Part of the Sheffield electronic axis created by Dean Honer and Adrian Flanagan) is as epically strange as you could wish for. Ladies and gentlemen - enter the creative multiverse of the magnificent Maxine Peake... If you can, please support the Electronically Yours podcast via my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/electronicallyours

This episode sees Andy and Verso discussing the work of Victoria Wood from 1981's Wood and Walters through to an all star cast including Maxine Peake and Celia Imrie in Dinnerladies.  Their journey through time will also see them stopping off at Acorn Antiques, just don't order two soups lads!They also jump into their sitcom time machine to be transported back to 1991, to watch Chris Barrie in The Brittas Empire, Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson in Bottom and Dawn French lead an immense cast of guest stars in Murder Most Horrid.

Shobna can currently be seen in Going The Distance, a new digital comedy by Henry Filloux-Bennett and Yasmeen Khan. Directed by Felicity Montagu, Going The Distance is a co-production from the Lawrence Batley Theatre, Oxford Playhouse, The Dukes and The Watermill Theatre. The cast also includes Sara Crowe, Nicole Evans, Sarah Hadland, Merch Husey, Matthew Kelly, Emma McDonald and Penny Ryder with Stephen Fry as the Narrator. Going The Distance is available to stream until 17th October via www.goingthedistanceplay.com.Shobna can currently be seen on screen as Ray in the film adaptation of Everybody's Talking About Jamie. She previously played the role in the musical's West End production, and is currently reprising her performance on the UK tour.Next year Shobna will be starring alongside Christina Bianco in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice on tour.  Shobna became a household name for her role as Anita in Victoria Wood's Dinnerladies and as Sunita in Coronation Street.  Just a few of her theatre credits include: Cinderella (Lyric Hammersmith), Richard II (The Globe), Anita & Me (Birmingham Rep/Touring Consortium), Grease (Leicester Curve) and she played Tanya in the Mamma Mia! International Tour.Shobna recently wrote her debut book Remember Me.You can see Shobna on tour in Jamie until January 2022. The Jamie movie is out now on Amazon Prime.Hosted by Andrew Tomlins. @Andrew_Tomlins Thanks for listening! Email: andrew@westendframe.co.ukVisit westendframe.co.uk for more info about our podcasts. 

The actor Sue Devaney has starred in some of the UK's biggest TV shows, from Casualty and Dinnerladies, to Coronation Street. But when peri menopause hit, she had to stop everything. Sue's really come through it, but she's come out the other side and has a wise, positive and inspirational story to tell you. The Effin Hormones gang also get the lowdown on collagen and find out what you can do to get the spring in your skin back. Connect with Effin Hormones! https://effinhormones.com/ (Website) https://www.instagram.com/effinhormones/ (Instagram) https://twitter.com/effinhormones (Twitter)

Simon Williams is best known for playing James Bellamy in the period drama Upstairs, Downstairs and Charles Cartwright in the sitcom Don't Wait Up. Since 2014, he has played the character of Justin Elliott in the BBC Radio 4 series The Archers. He’s also appeared in Bergerac, Dangerfield, Dinnerladies, Doctor The, Scarlet Pimpernel, Dalziel and Pascoe, Bad Girls, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, Cutting It, Kingdom and Spooks. Simon Williams is guest number 97 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by Matthew Boxall .Social media support by Harriet Stevens .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lee is joined by Shobna Gulati who played Sunita Alahan in Coronation Street.They chat about Snoop Dogg’s love of Corrie, how Barbara Windsor was always supportive, being cast for Eastenders and Corrie in the same week and appearing in both a Boy George video and Bollywood. Shobna also tells all about her iconic role in Dinnerladies, her work in soon to be released feature film Everyone’s Talking About Jamie and her book Remember Me?: Discovering My Mother As She Lost Her Memory.They reminisce about Shobna’s appearance in the Children In Need special East Street, that combined Eastenders and Corrie and was directed by Lee.  Relive it here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGTYY3qONHMYou can find Shobna on Instagram and Twitter @shobnagulati ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————Lee Salisbury directed Continuing Drama for over 10 years.  Notable episodes including the Cot Death in Emmerdale and Barbara Windsor’s leaving episodes for Eastenders.  He s now a Series Producer… and of course a Podcaster!Thanks to David Stevens at The Bothy for editing and technical wizardry.@davidstevens_editor @the__bothyThanks to Iain McCallum for his press help.Find us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @soapfromthebox

In this episode of Talking Law Sally Penni is interviewing actor Maxine Peake, famous for many roles including that of Martha Costello in BBC drama ‘Silk’. Maxine looks back over her career, including highlights such as working with Victoria Wood on sitcom Dinnerladies, as well as how she prepared for roles in legal procedural dramas. She also shares why she believes actors and lawyers have much in common, and why she is so passionate about access to justice. Presented by Sally Penni MBE, barrister at law at Kenworthy’s Chambers Manchester and founder and chair of Women in the Law UK. Follow Sally on Twitter @SallyPenni1  Find us on LinkedIn or at WomenInTheLawUK.com

Joining Kate this week is actress and presenter Shobna Gulati. The star of Dinnerladies has written a new book; Remember Me? Discovering My Mother as She Lost Her Memory, all about her mother's battle with dementia. Shobna discusses her own battle with COVID, as well as her relationship with her mum Asha, and what she faced before the passing of her mother in 2019 at the age of 79. This episode will make you laugh, cry and ponder, grab a glass of something and listen in! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's time to get a bit of wisdom and perspective from actress and author Shobna Gulati! In this special episode of The Thing About That, we hear from Shobna Gulati, star of Coronation Street, Dinnerladies and Everybody's Talking About Jamie. She opens up about the expectations of marriage within her Hindu Punjabi family, what her favourite bits of a Hindu wedding are and what happens when your marriage doesn't actually last forever... Take a listen and then drop us a review or give us a cheeky star-rating! Also be sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss any of our other episodes. Email us on thethingaboutthatpodcast@gmail.com or comment on our social media accounts with your questions and suggestions for future conversation. Follow us on twitter & instagram: @TTAT_Podcast Follow us on facebook: @TheThingAboutThatPodcast Guest Special length: 34 mins 36 seconds Marriage expectations within a North Indian family (02:24) Cultural pressures added to patriarchal pressures. Match-making and rishta. What makes a good match? When losing a father pushes you into the arms of a husband too quickly. Gender specific pressures (09:32) Why hasn't the world caught up with the idea that you can be an unmarried woman and secure. Expectation to join the Indian Society at university and meet a husband there. Shobna's favourite hallmarks of a Hindu wedding (12:01) Promises around the fire. Enormous guest lists of people you don't necessarily know. Mehndi ceremonies and beautifying the bride and groom. What happens after divorce? (19:51) Is your identity tied up in your relationship with your husband? Sense of injustice and guilt when the marriage didn't work out. The idea of a marriageable age. Kamala Harris: "I'm speaking now." The finances of a Hindu wedding (28:20) Bollywood productions. Dowries. Punjabi wedding traditions (29:30) Girls stealing the man's shoes, like bridesmaid gifts. Bringing the family in and joining 2 families together. And you can find Shobna's book Remember Me? here: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Remember-Me-by-Shobna-Gulati-author/9781788402477 Thank you for listening!

For my first ever Life & Soul podcast episode, I am absolutely honoured to be joined by a bona fide national treasure, the wonderful Dame Julie Walters. Julie is one of the most loved English actresses, a comedienne and a star of countless film and TV productions including Billy Elliot, Harry Potter, Paddington and the much-loved Mamma Mia films. Julie was also an extremely close friend of the late Victoria Wood and worked with her on many TV shows like Dinnerladies and the soap spoof Acorn Antiques. Julie has most recently been seen in the heart-warming remake of The Secret Garden (currently on Sky Cinema) playing the prickly Mrs Medlock. Julie joins me to talk about her lockdown experience, her incredible recovery from bowel cancer and the joys of tree hugging. Oh, and I ask her whether this really is the end of her acting career. This will certainly be one of the highlights of my career and I hope it provides you with some light relief during this incredibly challenging time.   ***   If you enjoyed this episode, Julie's new film, The Secret Garden is out now and definitely worth a watch!   Life and Soul is hosted by Emma Forbes, Produced by Georgie Rutherford and Georgie Futong and Edited by Steve Campen.   If you're looking for more content by Emma, please take a look at her new website which is a curation of everything she loves in life - from fashion and food to health & wellbeing: https://www.byemma.co   Social Media: Emma Forbes @emmaforbeslifestyle Life & Soul @byemma.forbes  

In this 30th episode of the season of the Her Spirit podcast BBC Breakfast presenter Louise Minchin and BBC Triathlon presenter Annie Emmerson talk to actor Maxine Peake.Maxine has appeared as Twinkle in Dinnerladies and Veronica Ball in Shameless, barrister Martha Costello in the BBC legal drama Silk, and Grace Middleton in the BBC drama series The Village, and starred in the Black Mirror episode "Metalhead". She has also played the title role in Hamlet.Maxine went to college in Salford when she was 16 and it was all-singing, all-dancing, and everyone had their sweatpants on and their jazz shoes and I was like, 'What? I've got to change into my what gear? Dance gear?'. I knew I wanted to act but I didn't want to be your typical actor, I suppose." said Peake.Sport was something Peake always enjoyed and played Rugby League for Wigan for several years, before she left and spent more time in the acting world and eventually being accepted at RADA.Her teachers at Rada told Maxine to go on a diet, but it was Victoria Wood, creator and co-star on her first major TV series, the BBC sitcom Dinnerladies, who finally persuaded her to shift an impressive five stone. "Victoria did it in a better way than they did at drama school," she says. "I was told by one teacher, 'If you don't lay off the chips you'll never play Juliet' and I was kind of, 'Juliet? She's a wimp anyway'. Victoria said, 'Look, you're big, you're northern, it's going to be funny roles... it's going to be really difficult for you'. Beryl Burton was one of Britain's greatest cyclists, but did not get the recognition she deserved. Maxine Peake has tried to rectify that by writing a stage play about Burton while juggling TV shows, films and preparations for playing Hamlet on stage.In 1967, Beryl Burton was competing in a 12-hour time trial when she came to overtake the leading men's cyclist Mike McNamara. McNamara was on his way to setting a new men's record of 276 miles in 12 hours. On her way past him, Burton took pity and offered him a liquorice allsort."Poor Mac," she later wrote. "His glory, richly deserved, was going to be overshadowed by a woman."Burton covered 277 miles that day. It would be two years before a man beat that distance. Despite advances in design and fitness, no woman has done so yet.Maxine also loves two wheels and is an avid cyclist and loves the freedom and friendship it brings. Lockdown has also got Peake running and am sure will go on to do a triathlon in 2021 with Annie and Louise. Her #BestYearYet tips for every woman are great and you can find them at www.herspirit.co.uk and by listening to this podcast.These podcasts have been made possible through the support of Medichecks www.medichecks.com and Sport England www.sportengland.org. Medichecks offers an easy and affordable way to check your health from the comfort of your own home with their simple and personal at-home blood tests. From hormones and nutrition, to cholesterol and diabetes, there is something for everyone. Visit Medichecks.com to find out more.For more information on Her Spirit and "Your Best Year Yet" go to www.herspirit.co.uk

A look back this week at 1998's Dinnerladies, Victoria Wood's sitcom set in a factory canteen and featuring an all star cast of the best women in British comedy and drama. We discuss the show's theatricality, humour and bittersweet taste as we consider ourselves through the lens Victoria gives us. It's emotional. Email: dougandelly@outlook.com Twitter: @dandewatchtv

Victoria Wood grew up in a bungalow high up on the moors in Lancashire. The rooms were partitioned off with plywood, and she loved to play the piano on her own. She became the biggest comedy star in the UK, writing, directing, acting, and winning BAFTAS for being funny, and being serious too. Nominating the star of Wood and Walters, Dinnerladies and Housewife, 49 is Daniel Rigby. He won a BAFTA playing Eric Morecambe in 2011, and Victoria Wood played his mum. She also became his landlady. Joining the often joyful discussion is Jasper Rees - author of the upcoming authorised biography of Victoria Wood. The presenter is Matthew Parris, the producer in Bristol Miles Warde

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It's half of our name but we don't talk often enough about the situation. Dave and James talk to producer David Tyler (Cabin Pressure, Dinnerladies, Milton Jones and loads more) about what makes a good sit, plus James's chapter on this from Writing That Sitcom.

Never scared to speak her truth its Tina Malone. Born in Toxteth Tina is well known for playing larger than life characters on TV from Mo McGee in Brookside to  Mimi Maguire on Shameless from 2005 until 2013. Other television roles include playing a nurse called Bobbie in Victoria Wood’s Dinnerladies but on 2nd January 2009, Malone entered the Celebrity Big Brother house. She was the seventh person to enter and was immediately picked up on her loudness. On 16 January, Malone was the second person to be evicted from the Celebrity Big Brother House. Tina appeared on Celebrity Four Weddings in December 2010, which she won. More recently  she played Elaine McDermott in the 5Star prison drama Clink. Despite her success in May 2012, Tina was declared bankrupt. Aged 50 she gave birth to a second daughter named Flame Chase and recently pleaded guilty to Contempt of court, having shared a social media post which purported to reveal the identity of a killer, contrary to a court order. She was given an eight month prison sentence which was suspended for two years. We have so much to talk about! This is not to be missed x

Maxine Peake is widely regarded as one of the finest actors of her generation, from her early roles in Shameless and Dinnerladies to the more complex parts she has subsequently chosen, including Hamlet, Myra Hindley, and Winnie in Beckett’s Happy Days. On a rainy spring morning, she takes us to Rivington Pike, near to her childhood home in Lancashire, to discuss the path that carried her from local youth theatre to revered performer and her decision to return to live in the North West. This episode is part of our second podcast series, The Unknown Path, following the writer and broadcaster Laura Barton as she journeys across the country to meet six authors, actors and naturalists. Taken to places from their past and present, we learn about the various, and often unexpected, routes their lives have taken.

Joining Tom Jackson to discuss the postcards from their pasts are BBC Radio 4 newsreader and announcer and author ZEB SOANES (Gaspard The Fox) and musician, Britain's Got Talent star and crumble enthusiast, Lorraine Bowen (Billy Bragg, The Dinnerladies, The Damned). In this episode we ride a funicular, look under a flamenco dancer's skirts, travel to Hearst Castle and do our best to avoid bouncing bombs. Along the way we learn the trouble with Scottish scenery and ponder a missing jar of chutney. Wish you were here? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

So this is Shitmas and what have we done? Another year over, another sitcom of dross. Part 2 we're watching Dinnerladies. Bren, as played by the late Victoria Wood, goes on an emotional rollercoaster on what is not only Christmas Eve but her birthday. Will all Bren's wishes come true? (Apologies for the quality of the recording across these 3 episodes. The laptop had switched mic inputs) www.greatbritishshitcom.com Twitter / Instagram / Facebook @britishshitcom / #shitcom

Another chance to listen to the comedian speaking to Kirsty Young in 2007. For decades she was one of our best-loved writers and performers. The television series she made - including Acorn Antiques, Dinnerladies and Housewife 49 - won her a devoted following as well as stacks of awards. But, in a moving and open interview, she describes how, as a teenager, she felt she was a misfit - she had few friends, she struggled with her weight and at school she used to steal other people's homework. She joined a youth theatre and it was, she says, the saving of her. She found like-minded people and a sense that she had something to offer. She was very careful about how much of her own life she put into her work. She doesn't mind saying she cuts her pubic hair with nail-scissors, but rarely discusses her children on the stage. Favourite track: What a Fool Believes by The Doobie Brothers Book: A big book by Charles Dickens Luxury: A bumper book of Sudoku with blank pages & pens

The actor and writer Maxine Peake meets the musician and performance artist Cosey Fanni Tutti. Maxine Peake was born just outside Bolton. Her television credits include leading roles in the series Dinnerladies, Shameless and Silk. In 2014 she played Hamlet at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. She has written for radio and the stage, and her play about Lillian Bilocca - who campaigned for better safety in the fishing industry - was part of Hull's City of Culture celebrations. Cosey Fanni Tutti was born in Hull, and began her artistic career there in 1969, when she joined a subversive art collective called COUM Transmissions. Founded by Genesis P-Orridge, the group staged surreal events or interventions around Hull and beyond. Cosey worked for two years as a model for sex magazines and films to create a show about pornography and the sex industry called Prostitution. When it opened at the Institute of Contemporary Art in 1976, it prompted walkouts, made headlines, and provoked questions in Parliament. Cosey co-founded the industrial music band Throbbbing Gristle with Genesis P-Orridge, Peter Christopherson and Chris Carter. Chris and Cosey later created their own band and now perform under the name Carter Tutti. Producer Clare Walker.

Bruce Dickinson is best known as lead singer one of the most successful heavy metal bands in history, Iron Maiden. But he's also a airline captain, international fencer, radio presenter, and writer, who has now written his autobiography. The man once billed a "Human air raid siren" joins Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir in the studio. Alby Shale's father, Christopher Shale, died of a heart attack aged 56 in 2011 when Alby was 20. Not long before he died, he'd taken Alby to Rwanda to show him the volunteering work he'd been doing there, which had resulted in a plan to open the country's first national Cricket stadium. After his father's sudden death, Alby decided to help complete the project and joins us after having just returned from Rwanda where he watched the stadium's opening ceremony and inaugural match. We also meet Shobna Gulati, actress, writer and dancer known for her roles in Dinnerladies and Coronation Street, about to star in Daisy Pulls it off. And listener Clorinda Goodman is a solicitor turned stone mason. She will join us to talk about what she's got out of turning to this physically demanding and creative craft in later life. We also have the inheritance tracks of television presenter, reality TV star, life coach and former professional footballer, Jeff Brazier. and JP gets an insiders tour of Birmingham Royal Ballet's Nutcracker. What does this Button do by Bruce Dickinson is out now Daisy Pulls it Off is at the Park Theatre in London until 13 January Birmingham Royal Ballet's production of The Nutcracker is at the Birmingham Hippodrome until the 13th of December Producer: Corinna Jones Editor: Beverley Purcell.

Migraine or no migraine - there is no stopping Punky! As we welcome November we bring you nine great songs from The Zipheads, Personal And The Pizzas, Lizzies, Missiles Of October, Face To Face, The Dustaphonics, The Gashers, Pete Bentham And The Dinnerladies and Static Fiction.Zipheads, best albums of the year?, sub domains are fun, Tony has your Facebook comments, Joseph Sirborg gets in touch, Tony went to Skegnesss, the Lion, free chips and the pub quiz, Paul's triumphant return to Derby, Paul went to Bla Bla Bar, From the Vaults, Tony's International Gig Guide, Paulyb Picks A Gig In The World. Yeah, Deutschland 83, Las Vegas Punky, Tony has built a small wall, Paul has his gigs in Hitchin and Oslo this week, Pete Bentham and the Dinnerladies, no Izzatwat this week, Christmas Rappin', we discuss our Cafepress store and Tony mentions the stations which carry us.Song 1: The Zipheads – Last Man on EarthSong 2: Personal And The Pizzas – Joey Quit The PouchSong 3: Lizzies – 666 MilesSong 4: Missiles Of October – Blah Blah BlahSong 5: Face To Face – Major Tom (Coming Home)Song 6: The Dustaphonics – Johnny & BoSong 7: The Gashers – Rusted TrustSong 8: Pete Bentham And The Dinnerladies – Concert SquareSong 9: Static Fiction – Good Times

This week is our Summer special as we feature our top 8 tracks from the first 6 months of the year! So get ready for great tracks from Slap Betty, Skaciety, Tukatukas, White Ape, Bloodshot Bill & Shannon Shaw, Harry Violet And The Sharks, Pete Bentham & The Dinnerladies, Cabbage and Faintest Idea.Poetry Corner, Tony likes ska, Tony doesn't have your Facebook comments, Tony is currently in Germany, the end of Cameron, we talk about our Cafepress site, cafepress.com/punkyradio, thong, Paul's poem, From the Vaults, Tony's International (lack of) Gig Guide, Tony talks about iTunes, what if Tony dies?, no Izzatwat this week and Tony reminds you of the stations which carry the show.Song 1: Slap Betty - 27Song 2: Skaciety – Step BackSong 3: Tukatukas - ZombieSong 4: White Ape – Fucking A Dead Pig’s headSong 5: Bloodshot Bill & Shannon Shaw – Honey TimeSong 6: Harry Violet And The Sharks – Dance At The KorovaSong 7: Pete Bentham & The Dinnerladies - Queen Victoria’s KnobSong 8: Cabbage - KevinSong 9: Faintest Idea – Down Pressure

In a special Bank Holiday edition, The Sitcom Club discusses Victoria Wood's 1998 sitcom dinnerladies.

Actress Anne Reid is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs. For a long time the bedrock of Anne Reid's successful career seemed to be her perfectly nuanced portrayal of a variety of northern mums - what she calls "skirt and jumper roles". Her first major role was playing Valerie Tatlock in Coronation Street - her character's funeral was watched by millions. In 2003 the skirt and the jumper came off when she and Daniel Craig starred in the highly acclaimed movie The Mother, about a frumpy looking woman in her late 60s who passionately seduces her daughter's boyfriend. Anne Reid has appeared in Victoria Wood's comedy series Dinnerladies and is currently playing Celia in BBC drama Last Tango in Halifax about two widowed septuagenarians finding love again. She says, "...inner talent gives you that ease. It's not a remarkable thing - just a knack that gives you a very nice life." Producer: Paula McGinley.

Actress Anne Reid is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs. For a long time the bedrock of Anne Reid's successful career seemed to be her perfectly nuanced portrayal of a variety of northern mums - what she calls "skirt and jumper roles". Her first major role was playing Valerie Tatlock in Coronation Street - her character's funeral was watched by millions. In 2003 the skirt and the jumper came off when she and Daniel Craig starred in the highly acclaimed movie The Mother, about a frumpy looking woman in her late 60s who passionately seduces her daughter's boyfriend. Anne Reid has appeared in Victoria Wood's comedy series Dinnerladies and is currently playing Celia in BBC drama Last Tango in Halifax about two widowed septuagenarians finding love again. She says, "...inner talent gives you that ease. It's not a remarkable thing - just a knack that gives you a very nice life." Producer: Paula McGinley.

Actors Shobna Gulati and Joe McGann speak to BTG Midlands editor Steve Orme about touring in John Godber's two-hander April in Paris, directed by the author. Shobna Gulati is best known for playing Anita in Victoria Wood’s Dinnerladies and Sunita Alahan in Coronation Street from 2001 to 2006, a role to which she returned at the end of 2009 and departed again in 2013. Since then she has been a panellist on Loose Women. Joe McGann was Charlie Burrows, the “housekeeper”, in the hit TV comedy series The Upper Hand, which ran for six years. His major stage roles include Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls, Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof and Ray Say in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. April in Paris will open at Derby Theatre (27 June to 12 July) then tour to Brighton, Woking, Aylesbury, Malvern, Bromley, Glasgow, Crewe, Manchester, Richmond, Chesterfield, New Brighton, Dundee and Coventry.

This week Libby Purves is joined by Alistair Sutcliffe, Martha Fiennes, Celia Imrie and Amanda Vickery. Alistair Sutcliffe is a GP who became the first man to summit the highest mountain on each of the seven continents at the first attempt. He subsequently suffered a near fatal brain haemorrhage, and he describes his recovery as the most difficult climb of all in his book 'The Hardest Climb', published by Blue Moose. Martha Fiennes is a filmmaker, whose films include Onegin and Chromophobia. She also directs television commercials. For her latest project she has created her first digital installation, Nativity, a completely self-generating technological art-work based on the Christmas Nativity scene, on display in a specially constructed chalet in London's Covent Garden piazza. Celia Imrie plays Dotty Otley who plays Mrs Clackett, in Michael Frayn's 'Noises Off' at the Old Vic. She is perhaps best known for her regular characters in the award-winning TV series Acorn Antiques and Dinnerladies. Her many screen credits include Calendar Girls, Hilary and Jackie, and Aunt Una Alconbury in the Bridget Jones films and she will soon be seen on the big screen in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Amanda Vickery is the historian, writer and broadcaster and Professor of Early Modern History at Queen Mary College, University of London. She presents a BBC Two documentary 'The Many Lovers of Miss Jane Austen' to mark the 200th anniversary of the publication of Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen's first novel. She explores her enduring popularity through her plots and characters. Producer: Lucinda Montefiore.

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is Victoria Wood. For decades she has been one of our best-loved writers and performers. The television series she's made - including Acorn Antiques, Dinnerladies and Housewife 49 - have won her a devoted following as well as stacks of awards. But, in a moving and open interview, she describes how, as a teenager, she felt she was a misfit - she had few friends, she struggled with her weight and at school she used to steal other people's homework. She joined a youth theatre and it was, she says, the saving of her. She found like-minded people and a sense that she had something to offer.She is very careful about how much of her own life she puts into her work. She doesn't mind saying she cuts her pubic hair with nail-scissors, but rarely discusses her children on the stage. Now she is embarking on her next project. She says she is too anxious to talk about it, except to say it will look at the life of a middle-aged woman whose marriage has foundered.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]Favourite track: What a Fool Believes by The Doobie Brothers Book: A big book by Charles Dickens Luxury: A bumper book of Sudoku with blank pages & pens.

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is Victoria Wood. For decades she has been one of our best-loved writers and performers. The television series she's made - including Acorn Antiques, Dinnerladies and Housewife 49 - have won her a devoted following as well as stacks of awards. But, in a moving and open interview, she describes how, as a teenager, she felt she was a misfit - she had few friends, she struggled with her weight and at school she used to steal other people's homework. She joined a youth theatre and it was, she says, the saving of her. She found like-minded people and a sense that she had something to offer. She is very careful about how much of her own life she puts into her work. She doesn't mind saying she cuts her pubic hair with nail-scissors, but rarely discusses her children on the stage. Now she is embarking on her next project. She says she is too anxious to talk about it, except to say it will look at the life of a middle-aged woman whose marriage has foundered. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: What a Fool Believes by The Doobie Brothers Book: A big book by Charles Dickens Luxury: A bumper book of Sudoku with blank pages & pens.