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

Quotes

There's no such thing as gay. It's just laziness.

Linda (Kathy Burke) in Series 1, Episode 3
Beryl explains why she hasn't been able to dance since November 1990

I had an unfortunate incident with an apple pie in a well-known fast food chain. I can't tell you the name for libel reasons, but he was old - and he had a farm.

Beryl (Rosalind Knight) in Series 1, Episode 4

Sugar: "Look, I had nowhere else to go. I'm on the run from the press, and they wouldn't expect to find me in a shithole like this."

Linda gasps, insulted.

Linda: "You can only judge a shithole by the turds that pass through it."

Linda reacts to Tom's acquisition of a pet cat, Damoose

Tom, I ain't a pussy person. When people look at me they don't think 'cat', they think 'dog'.

Linda (Kathy Burke) in Series 2, Episode 3
Linda and Tom argue as he hits the big 3-0.

Linda: "Blimey, I hope I ain't going to be this vile when I hit thirty."

Tom: "You're thirty-six."

Linda: "Bollocks, I'm twenty-eight."

Tom: "Stone."

in Series 2, Episode 4
Linda reveals she's had a thought

Suze: "Actually Linda, I've just had a thought..."

Linda: "I had one of them last year. It's weird, innit?"

in Series 3, Episode 5

Jez: "Linda remember your body is a temple."

Tom: "Yup, the Taj Mahal. That's about the size of it."