List of Kath & Kim episodes


The following is an episode list of the Australian comedy program Kath & Kim, formerly airing on ABC TV, and as of 2007, on the Seven Network. The series had its roots after premiering as a skit on the short-lived comedy series, Big Girl's Blouse. The series began on 16 May 2002, on ABC TV—and ended its run with Da Kath & Kim Code in late 2005 after the contract with the network expired after the airing of the telemovie. The series returned after joining the Seven Network in August 2007. There have been 32 episodes so far, and one telemovie.
Currently, the first three seasons are available on VHS and DVD, with the fourth series on DVD only, as well as in a collection set—containing every episode, it was also released in the UK in 2005. The telemovie was released in early 2006.

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (2002)

Season 2 (2003)

Season 3 (2004)

''Da Kath & Kim Code''

Initially, Riley and Turner planned to take 2005 off from television, but in July, they announced that they would be writing and filming a 90-minute telemovie. The movie aired on 27 November 2005, and was the ABC's top rated program for 2005, achieving an average audience of 2.1 million and a peak audience of 2.4 million. The telemovie screened in New Zealand in December and was sold to networks in the United Kingdom and the United States. It was the last Kath & Kim production shown on the ABC before it moved to the Seven Network.
Brett's Holden Commodore is replaced by a Mitsubishi Magna station wagon.
Kel and Kath return from The Da Vinci Code European tour and begin frantic preparations for Christmas. During the two weeks leading up to Christmas Day Kim discovers that Brett is once again having an affair, this time with his boss Kelly. Brett stays at "The Buckingham Motel". Kim eventually asks him back, but he is still conducting the affair. Sharon meets a man, Marriat, online and they become engaged. She is heart broken to later learn that he does not actually exist, but is just a blog. Kath and Kel become backup dancers for Michael Bublé at Carols by Candlelight, Melbourne. Kath's affection for him results in Kel letting out his "green eyed monster". She tells him that he shouldn't bother going home as he wouldn't be welcome. Kel, too, goes to stay at "The Buckingham". Kath forgives Kel and he returns home for Christmas. Kath and Kel also receive strange messages from John Monk, the albino running Da Vinci Code tour, including one saying "44 Euros". John Monk visits their home. Kel thinks he has cracked the code and Monk is going to kill them, but he just wants to offer them a franchise. An epilogue shows Kath's first day as a tour guide on the Da Vinci Code 2 tour: G'day Leonardo.
The telemovie featured a number of notable Australian guest cast including Rove McManus, Rhonda Burchmore and The Wiggles.
Da Kath and Kim Code was released to DVD as a 2-disc set on 1 December 2005, and was bundled with Kath & Kim Live in London. The DVD was briefly discontinued and repackaged again on 1 April 2010.

Season 4 (2007)

Following a break in 2006, Kath & Kim began shooting a fourth season with the series moving to the Seven Network. The season premiered on Sunday 19 August 2007 at 7:30 pm, attracting an Australian audience of 2.521 million nationally,
Changes to Kath & Kim in 2007 include Kel's Daewoo Matiz being replaced by a Smart Fortwo and Brett's Mitsubishi Magna station wagon replaced by a late-1980s Holden Commodore. Kim has an early-1990s Suzuki Vitara and in the final episode, Brett swaps a late-1980s Mazda 121 for a Mitsubishi Colt Cabriolet. Sharon and Kim appear on fellow Seven Network show Deal or No Deal in a few specially-filmed scenes. Special guests to feature in this season include Matt Lucas, Shane Warne, Rob Sitch, Andrew O'Keefe, Eric Bana, Maggie Beer, Shannon Bennett, Bill Granger, Donna Hay and Kylie Kwong.