Kath & Kim (2002– )

A mother, her daughter, and their respective "hunks of spunk" negotiate life in suburban Australia.

Creators:

Gina Riley, Jane Turner

Stars:

Jane Turner, Gina Riley, Glenn Robbins

9 wins & 23 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jane Turner	...	Kathleen 'Kath' Darleen Day Knight (32 episodes, 2002-2007)
Gina Riley	...	Kimberly 'Kim' Day Craig (32 episodes, 2002-2007)
Glenn Robbins	...	Kel Graham Knight (32 episodes, 2002-2007)
Peter Rowsthorn	...	Brett Craig (32 episodes, 2002-2007)
Magda Szubanski	...	Sharon Karen Strzelecki (32 episodes, 2002-2007)

Storyline

A mother, her daughter, and their respective "hunks of spunk" negotiate life in suburban Australia.

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Plot Keywords:

performer | caricature | camp | character name in title

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Taglines:

The Modern Mother and Daughter...

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [au] Trio Plus [us]

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 May 2002 (Australia)

Filming Locations:

Flemington Racecourse, Flemington, Victoria, Australia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Riley Turner Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

26 min 26 min (24 episodes)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Prior to the series moving to Channel 7, most location shots were done in Melbourne's bayside suburbs closer to the ABC studios in Ripponlea (Southland Shopping Centre, Moorabbin Ikea (since closed), Nepean Hwy Moorabbin, Aspendale Gardens (the overhead shot in the credits) etc) however after the move the first location used was Newmarket Plaza in Flemington, much closer to Channel 7's Docklands studios.

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Quotes

Kim: If Brett calls, I'm incommunicado.
Kath: Where?

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Crazy Credits

During the end credits of every episode Kath and Kim can be seen chatting over something to do with the episode in what they call "wine (whine) time"

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Connections

Referenced in The Gruen Transfer: Gruen Nation 1 (2010)

User Reviews

Rippa'

Kath & Kim appeared on UK TVscreensa few years ago now, and I was drawn in from the start. It's a great comedy in every way - Rounded characters, cracking scripts and some classic comedy surprises. The show surrounds Kath and her daughter Kim who, after a bust-up with her fiancé, moves back in with her mother who herself is on the brink on moving in her new man, Kel - wonder butcher and creator of some legendary sausage combos. Most of the time though all does not go well for the pair, who's personalities constantly grate on each other. No of which is helped by "friend" Sharon, a net-ball playing foil who is always burdened with some injury. At first I thought it would be the type of sit-com that would play hopelessly on the Aussie stereotypes, but it really doesn't. All the characters have a great depth to them (if thats not too grotesque a phrase to use!) At the time is was a beautifully fresh comedy for the BBC who had be hit by a slump of pretty poor-to-no-existent home grown comedy. For this I have to rate Kath & Kim high ... A first class comedy and well deserving of it's three series (lets hope we get all of them over here in the UK soon!)