dinnerladies - Series 2 - Episode 2 - trouble (GB - 12)
(Suitable only for persons of 12 years and over)
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monday 21st june 1999
There's trouble afoot after Jean's husband leaves her for a Welsh dental hygienist, prompting her to pick fights with everyone. Meanwhile, an anonymous bunch of flowers sent to Bren fuels rumours of a secret lover and Anita's continual stories about her new boyfriend starts to bore everyone senseless. And, while all this is going on, Tony wants to invite Bren on holiday, but it's not as straightforward as he'd hoped.
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monday 21st june 1999
There's trouble afoot after Jean's husband leaves her for a Welsh dental hygienist, prompting her to pick fights with everyone. Meanwhile, an anonymous bunch of flowers sent to Bren fuels rumours of a secret lover and Anita's continual stories about her new boyfriend starts to bore everyone senseless. And, while all this is going on, Tony wants to invite Bren on holiday, but it's not as straightforward as he'd hoped.
Transcript
00:18- On your own?
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undefined:undefinedup and called an ambulance.
00:29You sat with him for two hours while
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undefined:undefinedI think it's gonna be a good'un.
00:43Plastic, in raised squares, do you know,
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undefined:undefinedI'm so grateful dad's not dead.
01:11- Did you write that?
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01:26Oh, flip! Bren, have you ever had a
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01:39What do you want?
01:40Oh, I dunno.. romance, passion, some sort of
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undefined:undefinedam I doing with it? Big bog-all.
01:58What is it with Mr Michael, is it like
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undefined:undefinedbreathing in your ear hole first thing.
02:09Drives me bonkers.
02:11Morning, Stan.
02:12Hey, that's a trolley mop not a canteen muck.
02:17How's your plaster dust?
02:19Awful, driving us all mad.
02:20Ooh. It's well documented is that,
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02:35avoiding any chance of unwanted sexual
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02:46You'll be lucky, she's in a relationship.
02:48Well, I'm in a building society but it
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03:04- Is she in?
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03:18- How do you mean?
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03:33Is that how you say it? Ogling, ogling?
03:34Anyway, I mean if Gerald look
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03:44d'you know what I mean [CHUCKLES]
03:45Noo! It's not a bunny
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04:00So, Keith's definitely left
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04:15He's not moping.
04:17Where's she, Dolly?
04:18Oh, I don't know. I'd dropped her off.
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undefined:undefinedus today I've not to give it to you.
04:43That's right.
04:44- Are you sure?
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04:59- [ANITA] Hiya!
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undefined:undefinedVivaldi. Anyway they're on all week.
05:17Did Peda call you last night?
05:18Five times.
05:20- Peda?
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undefined:undefinedher hand bag. Been throwing up all week.
05:45Wish I’d thought of that!
05:48So you think Jean just sort
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undefined:undefinedit was a heritage centre.
06:09Well, look... she might be feeling better.
06:10It's Summer, the sun's shining.
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undefined:undefined- What?
06:23She hasn't got over it.
06:30Shutter's up five minutes.
06:32Oh, cripes! Anyway. The meeting's at 11:30.
06:35It'll be me and all the people
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undefined:undefinedthem on the counter if they want poppin'.
06:46What do you think I am, a flamin' Pop Tart?
06:50Come on, Jean! Let's not
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07:04What?
07:05I don't remember warranting
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07:21Jean!
07:22Pussyfooting around, lovely day
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07:38Well you can save your bloody chocolate.
07:41You try being left alone in a house where
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07:59She flung me a trouser-based
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undefined:undefined- Yes.
08:19- Can I have half of it?
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08:30- I wouldn't bother.
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08:50- Did you pull, Bren?
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09:06God, your life's not your own here,
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09:21Twink, get that shutter up.
09:26You all right, Jane?
09:27Not bad... [BURPS] I keep
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09:42What? Must be love, eh Bren? Wearing
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10:09You know with the 101 Dalmatians
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10:27Can you make two of them brown, Bren?
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undefined:undefinedthere anyone you want to bring?
10:43What, bring bring?
10:44Bring bring? No, not bring bring, just bring.
10:47You can get phones that do that.
10:52Could ask Bren. She hasn't booked a holiday.
10:55I know. She's told me she's
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11:10Why you and her have
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11:47and I don't think your tone's
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undefined:undefinedlast week in a power cut!
12:07- Why should I care about your bloody fish?
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12:36♫ dinnerladies THEME MUSIC BY VICOTRIA WOOD ♫
12:44- Do you want yours on the table, yeah?
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undefined:undefinedto you about her weekend? - eh?
12:58She had a date Friday night, I don't
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undefined:undefinedgave her a little buncha flowers.
13:15Oh, right... yeah... She's
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undefined:undefined- Oh, ta.
13:42Did you get it on Bren,
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undefined:undefined- Who?
13:55Old saddo, cardy man.
13:57Shut the hole in your doughnut, you.
13:59I saw a lovely nursery print the other day.
14:02Of course it's a bit early for me
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14:28- Uh!... What's her name?
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14:46I've only known him a fortnight
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15:04I have not!
15:05- Jean!
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15:20while he was having it off in Cardiff...
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15:34We've had enough, actually. We don't
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15:44And don't say anymore
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16:03Because... all my leggings
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16:14and my bus was coming.
16:18- No. Hey! You know that holiday in Marbella?
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16:34Can I think about it? You
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undefined:undefined- It's a very high class resort.
16:47How romantic, you and Tony!
16:49Do you think he does it with his hat on?
16:55I forgot that flippin' millennium meeting.
16:57Have you thought about it,
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17:09Anita... Can you tell Bren to call
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17:35[JANE] Bren! Can I grab a
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17:48- Cold ice?
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17:57I've told Steve Greengrass, he can come now.
17:59Look, have a word with him, tell him I
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18:14Oh, yeah, you have to have
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undefined:undefined- Well, this was in Carlisle.
18:33Oh, well, Carlisle! That's a much
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18:51- I ain't be on holiday for three years.
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19:02And, and while I was sitting in the
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19:16So, this year fingers crossed.
19:19- Why?
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19:33- No.
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19:51and I didn't phone her about
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undefined:undefined- Thank you.
20:15You used to be gargantuan!
20:20- Which one's Tony?
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20:39Oh, it won't worry me. I do two
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21:01What have you been cooking? Food?
21:07It's what people seem to want to eat.
21:09I used to like those slimming biscuits.
21:11Well, eh, Jean's in there, Peggy.
21:13They came in the shape of bourbon.
21:15How will you get back? Motorway?
21:16With no man in the car? No thank you!
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21:41I'm at the front.
21:46- See you, Jean.
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undefined:undefined- Oh, thanks.
22:08- See you tomorrow.
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undefined:undefinedinstead, I'll tell you tomorrow.
22:22Oh Bren, that's really manky.
22:25It is manky, isn't it?
22:28I've never been in a plane. Still,
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undefined:undefinedIt could be worse.
22:41- Bren! - What?
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undefined:undefinedso we called her Brenda.
23:10This is Reg. Did I say?
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23:36- I've got things to do...
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undefined:undefined- Yeah, come through, mate.
24:00What's happening?
24:05Sorry... Can you say that again?
24:11I'm pregnant... Only nine weeks so it's early
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undefined:undefinedyou know, the famous one,
24:38seeing if I could donate fallopian tube...
24:41[MOUTHS]
24:44Oh, forgot what I was gonna say.
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25:03Then... takes off those glasses of his...
25:06he says 'Petula Gordino, you have
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undefined:undefinedso they've used mine.
25:36She's too highly strung Gwynnie.
25:39They only got her through Shakespeare in Love
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26:04So, they asked me. Now, Bren, you must
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26:23Calm down, Reg, I won't be long.
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26:47He banged his head, his elbow, his knee.
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undefined:undefined- The ambulance's here, Philippa.
27:00I'll just make sure I have all this...
27:02- How is he?
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27:14[SIGHS] Who's bust the knee, Tony,
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undefined:undefined- You haven't got it, have you?
27:27What a flipping day! First I
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27:43- Flippin' heck.
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