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The following is a list of episodes of the BBC sitcom Gimme Gimme Gimme.
[edit] List of series
| Series |
Episodes |
Originally aired |
DVD release date |
DVD cover |
| Region 2 |
Discs |
|
1 |
6 |
8 January 1999–12 February 1999 |
Due for release on 30/04/2007 |
1 |
 |
| Gimme Gimme Gimme focuses on the lives of Linda La Hughes, an ugly, loudmouthed Londoner, and her flatmate Tom Farrell, an out of work actor, who are both trying to find a man and work. They appear to hate each other, but are beholden to each other due to the simple fact that nobody else can stand them. |
|
2 |
6 |
14 January 2000–18 February 2000 |
|
1 |
|
| Tom and Linda's antics continue, with more slapstick, and more stupidity. |
|
3 |
6 |
2 November 2001–14 December 2001 |
11 November 2002 |
1 |
|
| The final series of Gimme Gimme Gimme. |
[edit] Series 1: 1999
| # |
Title |
Original airdate |
Production code |
| 1 |
"Who's That Boy?" |
8 January 1999 |
IPEA066X |
| Linda and Tom wake up after a heavy night out to find a mystery man in their kitchen, and both think they brought him home the previous night. |
| 2 |
"The Big Break" |
15 January 1999 |
IPEA067R |
| Tom has an audition for Crimewatch UK, and Linda is certain that a love letter she finds is to her from their neighbour Jez. |
| 3 |
"Legs and Co" |
22 January 1999 |
IPEA068K |
| Tom is in a wheelchair with a broken leg, and his home help is a suicidal man named Shirley. Linda has a date with a delivery man. |
| 4 |
"Do They Take Sugar?" |
29 January 1999 |
IPEA069E |
| Linda's superstar sister, Sharon "Sugar Walls" Hughes comes to visit. |
| 5 |
"Saturday Night Diva" |
5 February 1999 |
IPEA060Y |
| Tom fears he is getting old and goes out clubbing. Linda stays in and tries to seduce Jez. |
| 6 |
"I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" |
12 February 1999 |
IPEA061S |
| Tom marries an American lesbian, Gloria, so she can stay in the UK with her girlfriend, India. |
[edit] Millennium special: 1999
| # |
Title |
Original airdate |
Production code |
| 7 |
"Millennium" |
29 December 1999 |
IPEA150S |
| Tom and Linda dream of their ideal millennium parties, but end up staying in together. |
[edit] Series 2: 2000
| # |
Title |
Original airdate |
Production code |
| 8 |
"Teacher's Pet" |
14 January 2000 |
IPEA151L |
| Tom tries to teach Sugar to act, while Linda babysits Jez and Suze's virtualy baby doll. |
| 9 |
"Stiff" |
21 January 2000 |
IPEA152F |
| Tom and Linda return home to find what appears to be Beryl's body in a coffin in their living room. |
| 10 |
"Prison Visitor" |
28 January 2000 |
IPEA153A |
| Linda starts writing to a convicted serial killer in prison, and Tom trains a cat to act on television. |
| 11 |
"Dirty 30" |
4 February 2000 |
IPEA154T |
| Tom's prudish parents come to visit for his thirtieth birthday. |
| 12 |
"Glad to be Gay?" |
11 February 2000 |
IPEA155N |
| Tom and Linda go out clubbing, and the next morning Tom wakes up with a weird security guard and Linda wakes up with a female taxi driver. |
| 13 |
"Sofa Man" |
18 February 2000 |
IPEA224X |
| Tom gets a job acting on a World of Sofas commercial, with smarmy actor Rick Cheesecloth. Linda gets a job working on a production line in a factory, where she fancies her co-worker Ron. |
[edit] Comic Relief special: 2001
[edit] Series 3: 2001
| # |
Title |
Original airdate |
Production code |
| 14 |
"Down and Out" |
2 November 2001 |
ICEB566T |
| Linda's ex-screw from Borstal, Miss Twitch, lives in the garden, as Linda opens it as a campsite. Tom writes a new drama for himself and his idol, Simon Shepherd to star in. |
| 15 |
"Lollipop Man" |
9 November 2001 |
ICEB565A |
| Tom is preparing for a walk on part in a play, but gets drunk in his dressing room with Linda, and ruins the whole production. |
| 16 |
"Secrets and Flies" |
23 November 2001 |
ICEB567N |
| Linda's long-lost son, Zippy, arrives in search of his mother, and Suze gives birth in Tom and Linda's flat. |
| 17 |
"Trauma" |
30 November 2001 |
ICEB564F |
| Linda is in hospital after falling off a bus conductor into a shop window, and has a saucepan stuck on her head. Meanwhile, Tom is starring in daytime soap opera Doctor Deaf. |
| 18 |
"Singing in the Drain" |
7 December 2001 |
ICEB568H |
| Tom hires a singing teacher, Heidi Honeycomb, for a role in a musical. Suze has a new job as a modelling agent, and hires Linda for a fashion show. |
| 19 |
"Decoy" |
14 December 2001 |
ICEB569B |
| Tom lands a role in Crossroads, and has to move out. Linda fakes a terminal illness in an attempt to stop him leaving. |
