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The Catherine Tate Show

★ 7.3 5K votes 2004–2009 3 seasons · 19 episodes Ended BBC Two
Sketch & varietySketches, segments and variety formats.This show: 10/10British TVThe British television sensibility: tone, restraint and format traditions.This show: 9/10EpisodicSelf-contained episodes you can watch in almost any order.This show: 8/10Cringe comedyLaughs mined from social discomfort and embarrassment.This show: 7/10Easy watchingLow-demand television where half your attention is enough.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Catherine TateMathew HorneNiky WardleyDerren LittenAschlin DittaAngela McHale
Starring
Catherine TateMathew HorneNiky WardleyDerren LittenAschlin DittaAngela McHale
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
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About

"A one-woman catchphrase factory that defined a decade"

A British sketch show built around a rotating cast of recurring characters, each dropped into new situations episode after episode rather than following any ongoing story. Catherine Tate plays most of them herself, shifting from a foul-mouthed pensioner to a bored teenager to an oblivious office worker with real precision. The pace is quick and catchphrase-driven, closer to a character showcase than traditional stand-up sketches. It's silly, broad, and unapologetically repetitive by design, but the sharpness of the impressions and comic timing is what makes it click rather than grate.

Watch it for

Catherine Tate's precise, transformative character work across wildly different comic types.

Maybe skip if

you dislike repetition-based sketch formats or catchphrase humour that leans on familiarity.

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All Seasons

Season 12004
6.942562h 50m
Complete first series of the BBC television comedy sketch show, featuring the award-winning comedian. Catherine Tate plays a variety of instantly recognisable characters, from an obnoxious Hollywood actress, to a harrassed housewife on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
Season 22005
7.538672h 54m
Catherine Tate returns for another six episodes of character-based sketch comedy. Fan favourites from season one are present and correct as well as a host of new ones.
Season 32006
7.532262h 45m
Comedienne Catherine Tate returns for six more episodes of character-based sketch comedy. New characters include a Northern Irish mum who's delighted that her son is gay and 1950s landlady Ma Willow. Meanwhile, Lauren gets hitched, the Aga Saga woman takes a wrong turn into Tottenham and Nan appears on Paul O'Grady's teatime show.

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Catherine Tate Various Characters, Joannie Taylor
Mathew Horne Ryan, Jamie, Various Characters
Niky Wardley Various Characters, Lisa Jackson, Jeannie
Derren Litten Various, Various Characters, Doctor
Aschlin Ditta Policeman, BBJ's Customer, Billy Burger's Boss
Angela McHale Various, Various Characters, BBJ's Customer
Ella Kenion Various Characters, Ellen
Rebecca Front Narrator, Documentary Narrator, Chloe
Andy Dennehy Vern
Bruce Mackinnon Various, Man on Train, Various Characters

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