List of The Catherine Tate Show episodes
The Catherine Tate Show is a British comedy sketch series that premiered on 16 February 2004. It aired on BBC Two from 2004 to 2006 and on BBC One from 2007 to 2014. Three series were aired between 2004 and 2006, with four Christmas specials between 2005 and 2009 and a Comic Relief special in 2007. The show returned for a one-off Nan special on 4 January 2014. A total of 24 episodes have been aired to date. The series was co-written by the show's leading character Catherine Tate.
Series overview
| Title | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| Series 1 | 6 | 16 February 2004 | 22 March 2004 | |
| Series 2 | 6 | 21 July 2005 | 25 August 2005 | |
| Special | 1 | 20 December 2005 | ||
| Series 3 | 6 | 26 October 2006 | 30 November 2006 | |
| Special | 1 | 25 December 2007 | ||
| Nan | 4 | 25 December 2009 | 30 December 2015 | |
Series 1 (2004)
| No. overall |
No. in series |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (in millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Gordon Anderson | see all | 16 February 2004 | Under 2.40 |
| 2 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Gordon Anderson | see all Catherine Tate, Derren Litten, Mathew Horne & Aschlin Ditta | 23 February 2004 | Under 2.40 |
| 3 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Gordon Anderson | see all Catherine Tate, Derren Litten & Arthur Mathews | 1 March 2004 | Under 2.08 |
| 4 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Gordon Anderson | see all Catherine Tate, Derren Litten & Aschlin Ditta | 8 March 2004 | Under 2.37 |
| 5 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Gordon Anderson | see all Catherine Tate, Derren Litten, Arthur Mathews & Mathew Horne | 15 March 2004 | Under 2.33 |
| 6 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Gordon Anderson | see all Catherine Tate, Derren Litten, Mathew Horne, Bruce Mackinnon & Aschlin Ditta | 22 March 2004 | Under 2.20 |
Series 2 (2005)
| No. overall |
No. in series |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (in millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Gordon Anderson | see all | 21 July 2005 | 3.50 |
| 8 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Gordon Anderson | see all Catherine Tate, Derren Litten, Mathew Horne & Aschlin Ditta | 28 July 2005 | 2.97 |
| 9 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Gordon Anderson | see all Catherine Tate & Aschlin Ditta | 4 August 2005 | 2.89 |
| 10 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Gordon Anderson | see all Catherine Tate & Aschlin Ditta | 11 August 2005 | 3.55 |
| 11 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Gordon Anderson | see all Catherine Tate, Aschlin Ditta & Steve Pemberton | 18 August 2005 | 2.48 |
| 12 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Gordon Anderson | see all Catherine Tate, Jenny Lecoat & Aschlin Ditta | 25 August 2005 | 3.92 |
Christmas Special (2005)
| No. overall |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (in millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | "The Catherine Tate Christmas Show" | Christine Gernon | see all | 20 December 2005 | 5.66 |
Series 3 (2006)
| No. overall |
No. in series |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (in millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Gordon Anderson | see all Catherine Tate, Aschlin Ditta & Gordon Anderson | 26 October 2006 | 4.81 |
| 15 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Gordon Anderson | see all Catherine Tate, Aschlin Ditta & Gordon Anderson | 2 November 2006 | 4.25 |
| 16 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Gordon Anderson | see all Catherine Tate, Aschlin Ditta & Gordon Anderson | 9 November 2006 | 4.92 |
| 17 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Gordon Anderson | see all Catherine Tate, Aschlin Ditta & Gordon Anderson | 16 November 2006 | 4.00 |
| 18 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Gordon Anderson | see all Catherine Tate, Aschlin Ditta & Gordon Anderson | 23 November 2006 | 4.06 |
| 19 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Gordon Anderson | see all Catherine Tate, Aschlin Ditta, Gordon Anderson & Jonathan Harvey | 30 November 2006 | 4.15 |
Christmas Special (2007)
| No. overall |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (in millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | "Christmas Special" | Gordon Anderson | see all Catherine Tate, Derren Litten, Mathew Horne & Aschlin Ditta | 25 December 2007 | 6.75 |
Catherine Tate's Nan (2009– 2015)
The 2009 Christmas special was broadcast on BBC One at 10.30 pm on Friday. The 2014 special was broadcast on BBC One and BBC One HD at 9.30 pm on Saturday.
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | Viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | — | "Nan's Christmas Carol" | Gordon Anderson | Catherine Tate, Aschlin Ditta & Gordon Anderson | 15 December 2009 | 8.46 |
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In a spoof to Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Nan Taylor becomes a real scrooge and loses her Christmas spirit. After turning away her family members, the Cratchits, this causes Jamie to snap and walk out. Eventually, she receives a visit from her late husband informing her that she will be visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future. Note: Nan's Christmas Carol is the now established as the first episode of the 'Nan' specials, as it is not part of the original sketch series format, and features Nan as the only character from the original series. | ||||||
| 2 | — | "Nan" | Geoff Posner | Catherine Tate, Brett Goldstein & Dan Swimmer | 4 January 2014 | 4.47 |
| While Jamie, Nan's grandson, is away in Africa doing voluntary work, a young girl called Alice has been allocated to Nan by the Young and Old Buddy-Up Foundation to keep her company and cheer her up. Alice soon discovers that Nan's kitchen tap is broken, and accompanies her to the council office to arrange to get it fixed. Unfortunately Nan, in her usual style, causes mayhem and upset at the offices, ending with her being given a community service order to work in the local hospital. Meanwhile Jamie, who is Skyping regularly from Africa, is concerned when he sees Nan in hospital, thinking she is seriously ill. At the same time, new neighbours have moved in across the corridor, and Nan gets involved in preparations for their family wedding party. | ||||||
| 3 | — | "Nanger Management" | Geoff Posner | Catherine Tate, Brett Goldstein & Dan Swimmer | 27 December 2015 | 3.14 |
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Nan's aggressive attitude to harmless pensioners finally gets her into trouble with the police, and she's forced to attend anger management classes. However, her course leader, Mr Fanée, is revealed to be struggling with some latent issues of his own, which are in danger of being brought bubbling back to the surface. Meanwhile, Jamie joins forces with Nan's kindly new neighbour to raise funds for the local zoo, with unexpectedly dramatic results.[1] Special guest Warwick Davis | ||||||
| 4 | — | "Knees Up Wilmott-Brown" | Geoff Posner | Catherine Tate, Brett Goldstein & Dan Swimmer | 30 December 2015 | 2.97 |
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When the freehold on Nan's block of flats in London's newly fashionable East End is bought up by some ruthless property developers, all the residents join together to fight for their survival. All except Nan, that is, who, having bought her own flat in the 1980s, finds herself holding a unique position of power over the developers and their oily representative, the unfortunate Charles Wilmott (Adam James). Plus Nan appears on Newsnight.[2] Special guest Evan Davis as himself | ||||||