"The Catherine Tate Show" (2004) TV series 2004-????

Director:

Gordon Anderson

Writers:

Derren Litten (writer) and
Mathew Horne (writer)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | unknown

Release Date:

16 February 2004 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Sketch Comedy

Awards:

6 wins & 11 nominations

Cast

Catherine Tate	...	Various Characters (22 episodes, 2004-2007)
Niky Wardley	...	Various Characters (18 episodes, 2004-2007)
Mathew Horne	...	Various Characters / ... (18 episodes, 2004-2007)
Andy Dennehy	...	Vern (14 episodes, 2005-2006)
Angela McHale	...	Various (12 episodes, 2004-2006)
Bruce Mackinnon	...	Various (10 episodes, 2004-2006)

Also Known As:

Catherine Tate Show (Finland) [fi]

Runtime:

30 min (12 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Ireland:15 (DVD rating) (season 1) | UK:15 (Season 1 & 2) | Australia:MA (some episodes) | Australia:M (some episodes)

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

It took three and a half hours each day for Catherine Tate to be made up as "Gran".

Quotes:

Various Characters: [as homosexual in denial] How dare you... how *very* dare you !

Movie Connections:

Referenced in 'Gavin & Stacey': How It Happened (2007) (V)

Dreadful, safe, slot-filler 'comedy'

I'm going to have to add my whiny voice to the other anti-Tate posters on this board. I'm constantly astounded that people think this programme is funny or even watchable. I don't find it offensive, racist or sexist as some people seem to - quite the opposite, it's so tame and predictable that you'd have more fun auctioning dogs.

There are a lot of people saying Little Britain is funnier than this - a fair enough comment, but they're really just comparing rubbish to a slightly less smelly kind of rubbish. They're fundamentally the same show and there's far, far better stuff out there.

Please, to overseas viewers who've heard about this show - don't bother, I'd be mortified if you watched this and thought this is the pinnacle of modern British comedy. Watch something like Big Train or Spaced instead, which have genuine laughs in every scene, and skip this kind of tired catchphrase comedy that really should have been laid to rest with The Fast Show (which was, at least, inventive and occasionally funny).