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Gimme Gimme Gimme. Image shows from L to R: Linda (Kathy Burke), Tom (James Dreyfus). Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions
Gimme Gimme Gimme

Gimme Gimme Gimme

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One / BBC Two
  • 1999 - 2001
  • 19 episodes (3 series)

Repulsive, overweight, loudmouth cretin Linda La Hughes shares a flat with Tom Farrell, an extremely camp gay man: both are obsessed with men. Stars Kathy Burke, James Dreyfus, Rosalind Knight, Beth Goddard and Brian Bovell

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Series 3, Episode 1 - Down And Out In Kentish Town

Tom's outraged when Linda reveals that she has turned their garden into a campsite. The residents are hardly normal holidaymakers, however - specifically the hardest screw from Linda's old Borstal, Miss Twitch, and her peculiar young male companion, the bearded, bedraggled Si.

Notes

This episode is also known as Down And Out.

Broadcast details

Date
Friday 2nd November 2001
Time
9:30pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Kathy Burke Linda
James Dreyfus Tom
Rosalind Knight Beryl
Beth Goddard Suze
Brian Bovell Jez
Guest cast
Ann Mitchell Miss Twitch
Simon Shepherd Self
Writing team
Jonathan Harvey Writer
Kathy Burke Script Editor
Production team
Tristram Shapeero Director
Matthew Francis Producer
Jon Plowman Executive Producer
Mark Chapman Executive Producer
Sue Vertue Executive Producer
Mykola Pawluk Editor
James Dillon Production Designer
Philip Pope Composer

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