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| - The November fog has allowed a convicted murderer to escape from Strangeways prison, just a few miles away from the factory. The National Blood Service comes to encourage people to donate – Bren's secret fear of needles means she feels faint whenever they are mentioned and refuses to give blood, causing her colleagues to speculate that she might be pregnant. Jean talks about her "handsome" new boyfriend but when he arrives to pick her up, Philippa panics and calls the police, thinking he is the escaped convict. In the confusion, the real fugitive, disguised as one of the nurses, escapes. Philippa tries to pluck up the courage to leave Mr Michael and is furious when he dumps her just before she gets round to it.
Guest stars: Sue Cleaver as Glenda, Howard Crossley as Barry, Angela Curran as Customer, Sue Devaney as Jane, Mark Drewry as Tom, Christopher Greet as Mr. Michael, Nick Malinowski as Policeman, Tina Malone as Bobbie, Christine Moore as Woman, Gillian Perry as Customer, Paul Rider as Sue (en)
- With Anita away on maternity leave, new girl Christine joins the team. While Dolly is very taken with her, Christine's backhanded compliments and paranormal beliefs, combined with her dreadful personal hygiene and flatulence problem, leave her very unpopular with the others, especially Stan. After a mixup involving Viagra and mugs of tea, Dolly turns against Christine, who flees the canteen in tears. Meanwhile, Bren stands up to a social worker over Petula's living arrangements, Norman develops a fear of bread, and Stan worries about his sexual prowess with Jean.
Guest stars: Kay Adshead as Christine, Sue Cleaver as Glenda, Adrian Hood as Norman, Lynn Whitehead as Mrs. Holcombe (en)
- A merger with a Japanese company means that the factory's Christmas party has an Oriental theme to it. Tony and Bren plan to go as a couple, but Petula invites herself along as Bren's partner. Dolly and Jean are not impressed with their husbands' flirtatious and ignorant behaviour; Anita gets very drunk at the party and makes a fool of herself, while Twinkle and her friend Tiffany are unimpressed by the older workers' dancing. Petula flings herself at every man in sight, including Jean's husband Keith. Bren and Tony try to salvage their night together, fending off the respective advances of Stan and Jean, but Petula mistakes Tony for Stan, and messes things up for Bren.
Guest stars: Christopher Greet as Mr. Michael, Ann-Louise Grimshaw as Tiffany, Eiji Kusuhara as Mr. Tashimoto, Adam Leese as Hugo, Peter Lorenzelli as Keith, Kate Robbins as Babs, Jack Smethurst as Bob, and Julie Walters as Petula (en)
- There is trouble afoot after Jean's husband leaves her for a Welsh dental hygienist, prompting Jean to pick fights with everyone. Meanwhile, an anonymous bunch of flowers sent to Bren provokes rumours of a secret lover , and Anita's continual stories about her new boyfriend bore the others. Tony invites Bren on Jane's holiday; after losing her place, it opens up again after Steve Greengrass is injured. Bren's elderly mother claims to be pregnant by Leonardo DiCaprio.
Guest stars: Linda Bassett as Peggy, Sue Devaney as Jane, Judy Flynn as Val, Steve Huison as Steve, Jonathan Magnanti as Man, Kaleem Janjua as Reg, and Julie Walters as Petula (en)
- The dinnerladies are very excited about an impending royal visit, though they are not impressed to find out that they have been allocated Prince James, The Duke of Danby, with the exception of Stan, who met him thirty years earlier at Catterick Garrison army base. Despite much rehearsing, Twinkle finds she is unable to string a sentence together, while Anita's mouth runs away with her on the topic of nipples. Dolly and Jean compete with each other to perform the best curtsey, and Bren is shocked at the Duke's love of sex and bacon.
Guest stars: Richenda Carey as Lady Pamela, Christopher Greet as Mr. Michael, Steve Huison as Man Worker , Lesley Nicol as Woman Worker, Graham Seed as David (en)
- Everyone is very excited about their holidays – Bren and Tony are going to Marbella and Dolly is going on a luxury cruise. Petula's caravan blows up, prompting her to ask Bren for her holiday money to fix it. Although her workmates tell her she should keep the money and tell selfish Petula to find it elsewhere, Stan's poem reflecting on his father's death prompts Bren to give it to her. Meanwhile, Dolly and Anita discuss breast implants and biryanis.
Absent: Anne Reid as Jean (en)
- It is a typical Monday in the canteen. Jean is frantically preparing for her daughter's wedding, but while she searches for an accordionist, Lisa has an attack of nerves and gets married in secret. Bren and Dolly discuss the weekend's television offerings in great detail and Twinkle arrives late again. New Human Resources manager Philippa Moorcroft tries to rope everyone in to a group Scottish country dancing session, without much success. Meanwhile, Tony tries to keep everyone focused on actually making some food.
Guest stars: Julia Booth as Girl, Sue Devaney as Secretary , Gordon Glenn as Accordionist, Christopher Greet as Mr. Michael, Jane Hazlegrove as Lisa, Katisha Kenyon as Carly, Bernard Wrigley as Man, and Julie Walters as Petula (en)
- All the staff are moving on in their lives. Tony and Bren consider moving to Scotland, while Twinkle applies to become a lap dancer and Dolly makes plans to move to Mobberley. The new self-clear system proves difficult to maintain, and Petula arrives in an ambulance and announces she has only three weeks left to live. Tony finally tells Bren he loves her. They start making financial calculations for their move and quickly realise they do not have enough money. Bren discovers that she has been accepted as a contestant on the quiz show Totally Trivial where she could win the money after Jean applied on her behalf. On the show, Bren gets through to the final round and is invited to come back to play for the grand prize.
Guest stars: Henry Kelly as TV Presenter, David Hatton as Ken, Adrian Hood as Norman, Francis Lee as Brian, Katharine Page as Betty, and Julie Walters as Petula (en)
- Special guest: Simon Williams as The Duke of Danby (en)
- Bren leaves the canteen for the Totally Trivial studios and plans to stop at the hospital to visit her mother on the way. The remaining staff tune in to watch Bren, but she does not appear on the show. Bren arrives with a large rubbish bag and a video cassette and tells them that Petula died while she was visiting. They watch her video will in which Petula reveals that there is money in the bag. Dolly is horrified as she has thrown it away, and Stan says the skip lorry will have already taken it. Philippa reveals that the canteen will be closing, and the staff will lose their jobs; they discuss their plans to move on. They hear the lorry arrive and Stan realises the unreliable watch Jean gave him had the wrong time. They retrieve the bag, which contains tens of thousands of pounds, which Bren gives out to the rest of the gang.
Guest stars: Henry Kelly as TV Presenter, Sue Cleaver as Glenda, Sue Devaney as Jane, Adrian Hood as Norman, and Julie Walters as Petula (en)
- Tony and Bren's developing relationship is the subject of a bet between the dinnerladies and the Planning department: if they "get it on" before Christmas, the canteen staff win £50. Bren and Tony spark gossip when they turn up late together the next day, but this is due to Bren accompanying Tony to a late-night hospital appointment. Meanwhile, Philippa looks forward to having sex at Christmas, Dolly searches for novelty hot-water bottles and Anita's awful taste in Christmas presents appalls the rest of the team. Just after Tony and Bren finally have their first kiss, a most unexpected visitor arrives: Bren's husband, Martin.
Guest stars: Sue Devaney as Jane, Mark Drewry as Tom, Adrian Hood as Norman, Liz Hume-Dawson as Girl, Brian Stephens as Martin, Graham Turner as Pieman, Bernard Wrigley as Bob (en)
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