The Catherine Tate Show

TV Show · Comedy

A self-titled sketch show from the award-winning comedienne. Characters from everyday life are parodied to the extreme as the talented actress morphs through ages, accents and wigs.

2004 · 49m
Starring Mathew Horne, Niky Wardley, Catherine Tate
Director Gordon Anderson

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Series 1, Episode 1
    The foul-mouthed character of Nan Taylor reckons her Eastern European home help is a thief. Erin, lovely star of Guilty Promise, has her lips enhanced with collagen between takes, to the complete bemusement of her leading man. And overprotective new parents Ben and Karen are so uptight about waking their baby that they end up eating in their car when they go for a meal with friends.
    49 min
  • EPISODE 2
    Series 1, Episode 2
    Paul and Sam, the endearingly thick Essex couple, recall several hilarious occasions when they missed the post. Jamie wonders what Nan has been saying to her neighbour Jean. An Estate Agent turns up drunk for a viewing and manages to offend both the owner and prospective buyers before passing out. Lauren is not bovvered that she hasn’t been invited to a party.
    29 min
  • EPISODE 3
    Series 1, Episode 3
    Classic character Lauren is not bovvered when the train conductor tells her it's the last stop and she has to get off. The impossibly posh Aga Saga Woman panics when she almost runs out of extra virgin olive oil, and Elaine flies out to Texas to marry her fiancé – a Death Row murderer and notorious cannibal.
    29 min
  • EPISODE 4
    Series 1, Episode 4
    Paul and Sam have a 'hilarious' conversation about a friend who has gone on holiday. New parents Ben and Karen have a row when Karen's lack of map-reading skills gets them lost. Backhander Woman Carole is nasty about street entertainers. Lauren hands her tutor a note requesting her to be excused from games, and Jamie meets Gavin, Nan's nice new Meals On Wheels person.
    28 min
  • EPISODE 5
    Series 1, Episode 5
    Sandra Graham has managed to successfully combine her high-powered job in the City with her love of the childrens’ playground game, Last Hit. Nurse Bernie propositions Mr Willis, when she should be breaking the news of his mother's death. DI Amanda Hogg and Whittaker investigate a killer who dumps his headless victims in the river.
    29 min
  • EPISODE 6
    Series 1, Episode 6
    Lauren is ‘not bovvered’ when her boyfriend Ryan dumps her. Geoff serves Bunty with a Restraining Order. Margaret screams as the champagne is uncorked on her and Michael's anniversary. Nan tells Jamie that his sister visited with her new baby – the ugliest, hairiest little girl she's ever seen.
    28 min

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Cast & Crew

  • Mathew Horne
    Actor
  • Niky Wardley
    Actor
  • Catherine Tate
    Actor
  • A‌D
    Andy Dennehy
    Actor
  • A‌M
    Angela McHale
    Actor
  • B‌M
    Bruce Mackinnon
    Actor
  • G‌A
    Gordon Anderson
    Director
  • Geoffrey Perkins
    Producer
  • C‌W
    Caroline Wyard
    Producer
  • Catherine Tate
    Writer
  • Derren Litten
    Writer

About

The Catherine Tate Show

Comedy

A self-titled sketch show from the award-winning comedienne. Characters from everyday life are parodied to the extreme as the talented actress morphs through ages, accents and wigs.

Information

Studio
bbc_two
Released
2004
Rated
Caution
© 2004 Tiger Aspect Productions

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English (United Kingdom), English
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  • Gambia
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