Stars: Kathy Burke, James Dreyfus, Rosalind Knight

Director: Tristram Shapeero

Summary: Features all six episodes from series three of the television comedy programme. 'Down And Out', 'Lollipop Man', 'Secrets And Flies', 'Trauma', 'Singing In The Drain', and 'Decoy'.

Lewd Linda La Hughes (Kathy Burke) and dramatic Tom Farrell (James Dreyfus) are oddball flatmates in this wacky BBC sitcom. They're both dim bulbs looking for a good man--or any man at all. Witness more complaints, camaraderie, and comedy in the complete third series, which features episodes such as "Lollipop Man," "Secrets and Flies," "Singing in the Drain," and more.

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Gimme, Gimme, Gimme took situation comedy to new peaks of vulgarity when it returned for a third and final series in 2001, thanks to the full-on performances of James Dreyfus (Tom) and Kathy Burke (Linda) who suck up Jonathan Harvey's innuendo-laden scripts and spit them out like a couple of thespian tornados. "I don't think anything could relax my lips, baby," leers Burke, milking the endless supply of double entendres. "Mind you, after a couple of vodkas they're usually flapping around like flip-flops."

Tom's descent into self-parody--when he looks in the mirror, he sees the new Noel Coward--can have only one logical conclusion: the offer of a bit-part in Crossroads which eventually splits up this dysfunctional friendship. Sex-crazed Linda is deluded beyond all reason--when she looks in the mirror, she sees Catherine Zeta Jones--and here we finally get some insight into the reasons behind her grotesque traits: visits from her old Borstal wing governor (the excellent Ann Mitchell, sending up her Widows character), and the long-lost son she gave up for adoption.

Like all successful comedy, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme has its dark side. It also becomes increasingly surreal as the episodes pass: Tom fails miserably in a walk-on role in a conceptual Japanese drama presented in a fire station; and Linda turns the back garden into a campsite. Sophisticated it isn't, but it's often wickedly hilarious and occasionally brilliant.

On the DVD:Gimme, Gimme, Gimme is presented in standard 14:9 format with a stereo soundtrack, replicating the sitcom viewing experience. Apart from the episode index, there are no extras. At the very least biographies of Harvey, Burke and Dreyfus would have been useful. --Piers Ford

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Year:	2001
Release Date:	November 11, 2002
Runtime:	171 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	9029939
Keywords:	Comedy, General, Third, Series, Gimme, Tv, Complete
Genre:	Comedy