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The Catherine Tate Show
- TV sketch show
- BBC Two
- 2004 - 2009
- 21 episodes (3 series)
Popular sketch show starring Catherine Tate as a range of characters, including a rude nan and a talkative teenager. Also features Mathew Horne, Niky Wardley, Ella Kenion, Rebecca Front, Angela McHale and more.
- Series 3, Episode 1 repeated Friday at 11pm on U&W
Streaming rank this week: 5,070
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 3
Further details
The train stopped at its final station and the train's staff tells Lauren to get off. However, she ain't bovvered by the fact that the train reached its destination and keeps sitting. Only when the staff are gone, does she get out as well.
Two children play chess under their mother's supervision. The mother tells them that there was a disaster last night at the dinner party: she almost ran out of olive oil! She had only 4 bottles left. Luckily, her husband bought some extra virgin olive oil on the way home and came home "like a knight in shining armour".
The easily scared woman screams when her husband slurps on his beer. Worse when he sneezes.
At a crime scene. Whittaker notes that Stevenson was shot in the heart. His boss - the enigmatic cop - however speculates what would have happened if no bullet was fired. She wants him to shoot her as she wants to find out if a bullet in the heart will be enough to kill her. He doesn't want to and so he walks away.
Paul and Sam argue over the fact that a friend who didn't show up last night.
In the pub, Bunty and Geoff are having a beer. He presents an award of the Doncaster Spinners which she has to approve. They discuss her retirement. She presents her medals and tells him that she'll never retire! The problem is she's way too old - the average age of other majorettes is 12.
An American girl explains her meaningful conversation she had with a guy last night.
The Irish nurse, Bernie, welcomes a new nurse at the hospital. Her feeling welcoming soon changes during the conversation.
The American girl goes on with the meaningful conversation recap.
Nan is visited by her grandson. She's "fucking raving" as she puts it and she's not happy at all. Her windows haven't been cleaned despite she already called the Social Services three times. The window cleaner rings on the door and is way too late. She's so upset she completely forgets to open the door. Once he's in, she pretends like she never ranted. When he's gone, she explains "what a fucking liberty!" She complains that he barely did anything. Now she sends her grandson to clean the windows, despite a minute ago she didn't allow him to do it.
The easily scared woman screams when she has the hiccups.
Elaine is back from her wedding in Texas, to marry the guy on death row. She explains her rather eventful trip to Texas. The ceremony was extremely short as they had to give him so many sedatives that it almost killed him so he would stand still for a couple of seconds - "he's a big lad".
The American girl goes on with her meaningful conversation, this time with another man.
The easily scared woman screams when she opens a bag of crisps and is delighted with the fact that she has won another bag.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 1st March 2004
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Catherine Tate | Various |
Mathew Horne | Various |
Niky Wardley | Various |
Rebecca Front | 'Elaine Figgis' Documentary Narrator |
Bruce Mackinnon | Various |
Jonathan McGuinness | Various |
Derren Litten | Various |
Lee Ross | Ensemble Actor |
JJ Bee (as Jonathan Bee) | Ensemble Actor |
Francesca Isherwood | Ensemble Actor |
Catherine Tate | Writer |
Derren Litten | Writer |
Arthur Mathews | Writer |
Gordon Anderson | Director |
Geoffrey Perkins | Producer |
Jo Hunter | Line Producer |
Chris Wadsworth | Editor |
Mykola Pawluk | Editor |
Jo Sutherland | Production Designer |
Sarah Crowe | Casting Director |
John Sorapure | Director of Photography |
Lucia Santa-Maria | Costume Designer |
Vanessa White | Make-up Designer |
Christopher Clayton (as Chris Clayton) | Lighting Designer |
Lee Trevor | 1st Assistant Director |