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.
The following is a list of episodes of The Catherine Tate Show.[1]
Series overview
Original series
Title | Episodes | Originally aired | Christmas special | |
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1 | 6 | 16 February 2004 – 22 March 2004 | N/A | |
2 | 6 | 21 July 2005 – 25 August 2005 | 20 December 2005 | |
3 | 6 | 26 October 2006 – 22 November 2006 | 25 December 2007 |
'Nan' specials
Title | Episodes | Originally aired | |
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Nan's Christmas Carol | 1 | 25 December 2009 | |
Nan Special (2014) | 1 | 4 January 2014 | |
Nan Specials (2015) | 2 | 27 December 2015 – 30 December 2015 |
Series 1 (2004)
The first series was broadcast on Mondays on BBC Two. The first U.S. Season was premiered November 27th 2004 and ended on February 21st 2005 on Kid's WB
# | Episode | Director | Writers | Ratings | Original airdate | |||
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1 | "Episode 1" | Gordon Anderson | Catherine Tate Derren Litten; Mathew Horne; Aschlin Ditta | Under 2.40(U.K) | 16 February 2004 | Under 4.19(U.S) | ||
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2 | "Episode 2" | Gordon Anderson | Catherine Tate Derren Litten; Mathew Horne; Aschlin Ditta | Under 2.40(U.K) | 23 February 2004 | Under 4.14(U.S) | ||
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3 | "Episode 3" | Gordon Anderson | Catherine Tate Derren Litten; Arthur Mathews | Under 2.08(U.K) | 1 March 2004 | Under 3.95(U.S) | ||
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4 | "Episode 4" | Gordon Anderson | Catherine Tate Derren Litten; Aschlin Ditta | Under 2.37(U.K) | 8 March 2004 | Under 4.26(U.S) | ||
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5 | "Episode 5" | Gordon Anderson | Catherine Tate Derren Litten; Arthur Mathews; Mathew Horne | Under 2.33(U.K) | 15 March 2004 | Under 3.98(U.S) | ||
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6 | "Episode 6" | Gordon Anderson | Catherine Tate Derren Litten; Mathew Horne; Bruce Mackinnon; Aschlin Ditta | Under 2.20(U.K) | 22 March 2004 | Under 4.42(U.S) | ||
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Series 2 (2005)
The second series was broadcast on BBC Two at 9.30 pm on Thursdays.
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Ratings | Original air date | ||
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7 | "Episode 1" | Gordon Anderson | Catherine Tate Derren Litten; Mathew Horne; Aschlin Ditta | 3.50 | 21 July 2005 | ||
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8 | "Episode 2" | Gordon Anderson | Catherine Tate Derren Litten; Mathew Horne; Aschlin Ditta | 2.97 | 28 July 2005 | ||
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9 | "Episode 3" | Gordon Anderson | Catherine Tate Aschlin Ditta | 2.89 | 4 August 2005 | ||
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10 | "Episode 4" | Gordon Anderson | Catherine Tate Aschlin Ditta | 3.55 | 11 August 2005 | ||
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11 | "Episode 5" | Gordon Anderson | Catherine Tate Aschlin Ditta Steve Pemberton | 3.48 | 18 August 2005 | ||
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12 | "Episode 6" | Gordon Anderson | Catherine Tate Jenny Lecoat; Aschlin Ditta | 3.92 | 25 August 2005 | ||
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2005 Christmas Special
The 2005 Christmas special was broadcast on BBC Two at 9.00 pm on Tuesday.
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Ratings | Original air date |
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13 | "The Catherine Tate Christmas Show" | Christine Gernon | Catherine Tate | 5.66 | 20 December 2005 |
Series 3 (2006)
The third series was broadcast on BBC Two at 9.00 pm on Thursdays.
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Ratings | Original air date |
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14 | "Episode 1" | Gordon Anderson | Catherine Tate Aschlin Ditta; Gordon Anderson | 4.81 | 26 October 2006 |
Nan visits an old friend in hospital and Lauren takes a job at Billy's Burger Bar. | |||||
15 | "Episode 2" | Gordon Anderson | Catherine Tate Aschlin Ditta; Gordon Anderson | 4.25 | 2 November 2006 |
Lauren battles Kelly for Ryan's favour, and 1950s landlady Ma Willow makes an appearance. | |||||
16 | "Episode 3" | Gordon Anderson | Catherine Tate Aschlin Ditta; Gordon Anderson | 4.92 | 9 November 2006 |
Derek Faye meets Bonnie Langford, and Lauren receives a proposal. | |||||
17 | "Episode 4" | Gordon Anderson | Catherine Tate Aschlin Ditta; Gordon Anderson | 4.00 | 16 November 2006 |
Gingers for Justice take to the rooftops. Guest starring Patsy Palmer. | |||||
18 | "Episode 5" | Gordon Anderson | Catherine Tate Aschlin Ditta; Gordon Anderson | 4.06 | 23 November 2006 |
Nan appears on The Paul O'Grady Show. With Martin Akehurst, Nigel Betts and Lorna Brown. | |||||
19 | "Episode 6" | Gordon Anderson | Catherine Tate Aschlin Ditta; Gordon Anderson; Jonathan Harvey | 4.15 | 30 November 2006 |
Nan's sister comes over from Spain, Derek gets a massage and Lauren gets hitched. |
2007 specials
The 2007 Christmas special was broadcast on BBC One at 10.30 pm on Tuesday.
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Ratings | Original air date |
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N/A | "Comic Relief Special" | Gordon Anderson | Catherine Tate | 9.74 | 16 March 2007 |
Nan appears on Deal or No Deal | |||||
20 | "Christmas Special" | Gordon Anderson | Catherine Tate Aschlin Ditta; Gordon Anderson | 6.75 | 25 December 2007 |
Bernie the nurse invites a famous patient to the karaoke party, Lauren spits some lyrics and learns to kayak, whilst Nan invites her daughter and new boyfriend over for Christmas dinner. |
Nan specials (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.
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Ratings | Original air date |
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21 | "Nan's Christmas Carol" | Gordon Anderson | Catherine Tate Aschlin Ditta; Gordon Anderson | 8.46 | 25 December 2009 |
It's Christmas Eve and Nan receives some unexpected visitors, in the form of Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. In this comic retelling of Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Nan is shown the error of her ways, but is it too late for her to swap her Scrooge-like misery for some seasonal goodwill? | |||||
22 | "Catherine Tate's Nan" | Geoff Posner | Catherine Tate Brett Goldstein; Dan Swimer | 4.47 | 4 January 2014 |
Nan is alone in her flat, as her grandson is in Africa - but a volunteer, Alice, from 'Old and Young Buddy Up Foundation' is here to stay. Nan has trouble with the council, and causes havoc yet again. | |||||
23 | "Nanger Management" | Geoff Posner | Catherine Tate Brett Goldstein; Dan Swimer | 3.14 | 27 December 2015 |
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 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. | |||||
24 | "Knees Up Wilmott-Brown" | Geoff Posner | Catherine Tate Brett Goldstein; Dan Swimer | 2.97 | 30 December 2015 |
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. |