Catherine Tate

Catherine Tate is a new comedian. Well, new to me. Many comedians start as impressionists but she has an exceptional talent for it.

Quando, Quando, Quando (Radio 4), a new comedy series set in a hair salon, at least has the benefit of that energetic cartoon style that has become so popular in Radio 4 comedy over the past few years - bathetic narrator, comic sound effects, jokey little vignettes. In episode two, the salon is overrun with literally lousy schoolchildren, and solves the problem by the liberal use of sheep dip. Fatuous stuff, but the gabby assistant played by Catherine Tate is perfect.