Gimme Gimme Gimme | |
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Genre | Sitcom |
Created by | Jonathan Harvey |
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Opening theme | "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" by ABBA |
Ending theme | "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" by ABBA |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 3 |
No. of episodes | 19 (+1 Comic Relief sketch) (list of episodes) |
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Running time | 30 minutes |
Production companies | Tiger Aspect Productions Hartswood Films (series 2) |
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Release | 8 January 1999 14 December 2001 | –
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Gimme Gimme Gimme is a BBC television sitcom by Tiger Aspect Productions that was first aired in three series from 1999 to 2001. It was written by Jonathan Harvey, who developed the series with Kathy Burke, who stars as loudmouthed Londoner Linda La Hughes, with James Dreyfus co-starring as her gay flatmate, actor Tom Farrell.
The title from the show stems from both the main characters' continual search for a male partner, and the theme music is a cover of ABBA's "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)". The first two series were originally shown on BBC Two and were deemed successful enough for the third series to be shown on BBC One.
Burke received two BAFTA nominations for Best Comedy Performance for playing the lead character, Linda La Hughes. The show received a nomination in the Best Scripted Comedy category for its third series.