Kath & Kim
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Kath & Kim (also written as Kath and Kim) is an Australian sitcom created by Jane Turner and Gina Riley, who portray the title characters of Kath Day-Knight, a cheery, middle-aged suburban mother, and Kim, her self-indulgent daughter. The cast also includes Glenn Robbins, Peter Rowsthorn and Magda Szubanski as, respectively, Kath's metrosexual boyfriend (later husband) Kel Knight, Kim's henpecked husband Brett Craig, and her lonely "second-best friend" Sharon Strzelecki. The series is set in Fountain Lakes, a fictional suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.
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Kath & Kim | |
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Genre | Comedy |
Created by | Gina Riley Jane Turner |
Directed by | Ted Emery |
Starring | Jane Turner Gina Riley Magda Szubanski Peter Rowsthorn Glenn Robbins |
Opening theme | The Joker |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 32 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Production locations | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Editor | Steven Robinson |
Running time | 25 minutes |
Production companies | ABC
Riley Turner Productions |
Original release | |
Network | ABC (2002–2005) Seven Network (2007, 2022) |
Release | 16 May 2002 (2002-05-16) – 14 October 2007 (2007-10-14) |
Aside from the television series, which ran from 2002 to 2007 and comprises four seasons, the franchise also includes a television film, Da Kath & Kim Code (2005), and a feature film, Kath & Kimderella (2012). The series also spawned a short-lived American remake, which ran for 17 episodes between 2008 and 2009.
A two-part special to mark its 20th anniversary, titled Kath & Kim: Our Effluent Life and Kath and Kim: 20 Preposterous Years, was screened on 20–21 November 2022.[1][2]