Gimme Gimme Gimme

A show set in 69, Paradise Passage, Kentish Town.

Gimme Gimme Gimme ran for three series on the BBC between 1999 and 2001. It was written by Jonathan Harvey, who appeared in two episodes. The theme song for this comedy was ABBA's "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)".

Gimme Gimme Gimme stars comedienne and director Kathy Burke as loudmouthed Londoner Linda La Hughes. Much of Gimme Gimme Gimme's humour springs from sexual innuendo subplot, which springs from the mouths of both Tom and Linda.

Linda is pretty unattractive but is convinced she is a "hot", and is diagnosed with reversed-body dysmorphic disorder in series three.

Her flatmate is gay and extremely camp actor Tom Farrell, played by James Dreyfus. It is suggested that Linda and Tom first met at a club, bonded instantly (due to both being on ecstasy) and decided to live together. What follows is, as writer Jonathan Harvey described; "one long come-down".

Tom, like Linda is self deluded, and believes himself to be truly gifted in the art of acting, and blames everybody,his agents or society itself when he unsuccessful in his search for roles. He did appear in one episode of EastEnders and often brags about it, and attempts to hide the fact that he was only in one scene, and had only one line and did nothing but buy a cagoule from a stall. He also appeared in Daylight Robbery as an extra standing in a queue in the background. He had one line but it was cut due to timekeeping. He insists that the entire series was ruined due to the axing of his line.

Although they appear to loathe each other Tom and Linda are mutually dependant as quite frankly nobody else can stand them. They are in many ways very alike, selfish, unsuccessful, and physically and personally unattractive. The hapless duo live in a Kentish Town flat rented from elderly ex-prostitute Beryl Merit (Rosalind Knight). Other regular characters are Jez (Brian Bovell), a man who both Tom and Linda lust after, and his wife Suze (Beth Goddard), a horny couple. Another returning character is Sugar Walls (Elaine Lordan), Linda's superstar sister.

At the end of series three, Tom left the flat having finally got his big break in TV soap opera Crossroads. The last episode ended with Linda taking off her hair (revealing it to be a wig) and sitting in the flat alone.