starred). Rowland Rivron Zita Sattar David Schneider Christopher Simon Sophie Stanton Ronan Vibert Dale Winton The Pink Singers Production The series was filmed in front of a live studio audience in Studio 2 at The London Studios, South Bank, London. Writer Jonathan Harvey appeared in three episodes; as a guest at the series 1 wedding, once as make-up artist Louis, and then as a customer in a sofa store. Episodes Gimme Gimme Gimme has broadcast three series and 19 episodes in total. The first series premiered on BBC Two on 8 January 1999 and lasted for six episodes, concluding on 12 February 1999. Following this, a Millennium special was screened at the end of the year on 29 December 1999. A second series commenced on 14 January 2000 and finished on 18 February 2000, again including six episodes. A short sketch included as part of Comic Relief was broadcast on 16 March 2001. Due to the high viewing figures and success the show received, it was moved to BBC One for a six-episode third series which was the last. Each episode was written by Jonathan Harvey and directed by Liddy Oldroyd for the first two series and the special; the third series was directed by Tristram Shapeero. Reception Ratings Awards and nominations Home media The Complete Collection was re-released again in 2011 in a standard DVD case and the 2006 box set went out of print. The UK DVD releases have both Region 2 and Region 4 encoding on each season and the complete set. From November 2020, the entire series was made available on BBC iPlayer for one year. References Brown, David (2015) The BBC would never make Gimme Gimme Gimme today, says its writer Jonathan Harvey Radio Times Harvey, Jonathan (2002). Gimme Gimme Gimme: The Book Boxtree. . Further reading Padva. Gilad (2005). Desired Bodies and Queer Masculinities in Three Popular TV Sitcoms. In Lorek-Jezinska, Edyta and Wieckowska, Katarzyna (Eds.), Corporeal Inscriptions: Representations of the Body in Cultural and Literary Texts and Practices(pp. 127–138). Torun, Poland: Nicholas Copernicus University Press. External links 1999 British television series debuts 2001 British television series endings 1990s British LGBT-related television series 1990s British sitcoms 1990s LGBT-related comedy television series 1990s sex comedy television series 2000s British LGBT-related comedy television series 2000s British sex comedy television series 2000s British sitcoms BBC television sitcoms British LGBT-related sitcoms English-language television shows Gay-related television shows Television