The Catherine Tate Show
| The Catherine Tate Show | |
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Title card, as seen from Series 2 onwards.
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| Written by |
Catherine Tate Derren Litten Aschlin Ditta Gordon Anderson Mathew Horne Arthur Mathews Bruce Mackinnon Jenny Lecoat Ella Kenion Niky Wardley |
| Directed by | Gordon Anderson |
| Starring | Catherine Tate Mathew Horne Niky Wardley Angela McHale Bruce Mackinnon Jonathan McGuinness Ella Kenion James Holmes Derren Litten Rebecca Front |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 22 (inc. 4 specials) (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Geoffrey Perkins |
| Running time | 18x30 minutes 2x40 minutes 1x50 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Tiger Aspect Productions |
| Distributor | Endemol UK |
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| Original network |
BBC Two (2004–06, 2009) BBC One (2007, 2014–15) |
| Picture format | 576i (16:9 SDTV) |
| Original release |
Initial series: 16 February 2004 – 25 December 2007 'Nan' Specials: 25 December 2009 – 30 December 2015 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Catherine Tate Show is a British television sketch comedy written by Catherine Tate and Aschlin Ditta. Tate also stars in all but one of the show's sketches, which feature a wide range of characters. The Catherine Tate Show airs on BBC Two and is shown worldwide through the BBC. Collectively, the show has been nominated for six BAFTA Awards, two British Comedy Awards and an Emmy Award, and it has won two Royal Television Society Awards, two British Comedy Awards and a National Television Award since its debut in 2004.
The first series of the show, which consisted of six episodes, aired from 16 February to 22 March 2004. A DVD of this series was released in August 2005.
A second series aired from 21 July to 25 August 2005, and a 40-minute Christmas special was aired on 20 December 2005. For this series a new theme tune was introduced. A DVD of series two was released in October 2006.
The third series aired from 14 October to 25 November 2006. There had been speculation that this would be the final series; however, Tate explained in an interview on This Morning that she had never said this and would like to at least do specials in the future.
Tate filmed a Christmas special which aired on 25 December 2007, with viewing figures of 6.4 million. Tate has announced that there will be no more series after the special; however, a Christmas special was shown on 25 December 2009. Another 30 minute episode involving the Nan character was shown in January 2014. Two new Christmas specials aired on 27 and 30 December 2015 again involving Nan. On 4 January 2016, Tate announced that she does not plan to make anymore specials as she is busy with other projects.
This is only a list and small description of the most popular or well-known characters.
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