Episode
Gimme Gimme Gimme: Teacher's Pet
Overview
Tom decides to become a drama teacher, setting up a school in their flat. For his first lesson he manages to convince Linda's sister Sugar to learn from his wisdom. Jez and Suze have a new addition to their family, a life-size baby doll which is irresponsibly left in the care of Linda.
Details
- Series
- Gimme Gimme Gimme
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2000-01-14
- Runtime
- 29 min
Episode context
Teacher's Pet is Episode 1 in Series 2 of Gimme Gimme Gimme. It aired on 2000-01-14. The runtime is 29 min.
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