The Catherine Tate Show

TV Series
2004–2009
TV-MA
30m

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Catherine Tate in The Catherine Tate Show (2004)

A British sketch comedy series featuring a wide range of characters, each with unique and humorous quirks, created and performed by Catherine Tate.A British sketch comedy series featuring a wide range of characters, each with unique and humorous quirks, created and performed by Catherine Tate.A British sketch comedy series featuring a wide range of characters, each with unique and humorous quirks, created and performed by Catherine Tate.

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7.2/10

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Nominated for 6 BAFTA Awards
- 8 wins & 15 nominations total

Episodes23

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Trivia
The character Derek Faye was based off a fan Catherine Tate had met, assumed was gay and offended when she said she had lots of gay fans (the sketch where the character met Bonnie Langford was almost a word for word retelling of the incident)

Quotes
Martin: I never met anyone with an obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Various Characters: That's because they're locked in a bathroom 14 hours a day, washing the shite off their hands.

Connections
Featured in 50 Most Shocking Comedy Moments (2006)

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The Catherine Tate Show and Little Britain are in different Leagues

Little Britain is a very funny sketch show but it is nowhere near as well observed as Catherine's masterpiece. Compare Vicky Pollard and Lauren. Many assume that Lauren is Catherine's attempt to imitate and cash in on Lucas's Pollard. But the character of Lauren was invented long before that of Pollard and is a far richer observation of today's inarticulate, low-aspiring youth. Pollard is a much more surreal character, someone who wouldn't be of place in Royston Vasey. Lauren however is scarily real.

Also the 'Nan' is possibly the second funniest 'Nan' creation in recent times, second only to the slightly more sublimity that is 'Nanna' in The Royle Family.

In fact, the majority of sketches on the Catherine Tate Show are very strong. It is just that people assume that a show that has so many different sketches with such a limited number of performers will be stale, but it's not. In fact, it's fantastic.