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List of The Catherine Tate Show episodes

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The Catherine Tate Show is a British comedy sketch series, created by, written by and starring Catherine Tate. Produced by Tiger Aspect Productions, it was originally commissioned for BBC Two for the majority of its run, before moving to BBC One. The series additionally features Matthew Horne, Niky Wardley, Derren Litten, Aschlin Ditta, Angela McHale and Ella Kenion. Litten, Ditta and Horne also served as co-writers for the series.

During the course of the programme, 20 episodes of The Catherine Tate Show aired, including two specials over three series, between 16 February 2004 and 25 December 2007. In addition, one Comic Relief sketch aired in 2007, and four spin-off "Nan" specials broadcast between 25 December 2009 and 30 December 2015.

Series overview

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SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast airedNetwork
1616 February 2004 (2004-02-16)22 March 2004 (2004-03-22)BBC Two
2621 July 2005 (2005-07-21)25 August 2005 (2005-08-25)
Special20 December 2005 (2005-12-20)
3626 October 2006 (2006-10-26)30 November 2006 (2006-11-30)
Special25 December 2007 (2007-12-25)BBC One
Nan specials25 December 2009 (2009-12-25)30 December 2015 (2015-12-30)

Episodes

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Series 1 (2004)

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No.
overall
No. in
series
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions) [1]
11"Episode 1"Gordon AndersonCatherine Tate, Derren Litten, Mathew Horne & Aschlin Ditta16 February 2004 (2004-02-16)N/A (<2.40)[a]
22"Episode 2"Gordon AndersonCatherine Tate, Derren Litten, Mathew Horne & Aschlin Ditta23 February 2004 (2004-02-23)N/A (<2.40)[a]
33"Episode 3"Gordon AndersonCatherine Tate, Derren Litten & Arthur Mathews1 March 2004 (2004-03-01)N/A (<2.08)[a]
44"Episode 4"Gordon AndersonCatherine Tate, Derren Litten & Aschlin Ditta8 March 2004 (2004-03-08)N/A (<2.37)[a]
55"Episode 5"Gordon AndersonCatherine Tate, Derren Litten, Arthur Mathews & Mathew Horne15 March 2004 (2004-03-15)N/A (<2.33)[a]
66"Episode 6"Gordon AndersonCatherine Tate, Derren Litten, Mathew Horne, Bruce Mackinnon & Aschlin Ditta22 March 2004 (2004-03-22)N/A (<2.20)[a]

Series 2 (2005)

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No.
overall
No. in
series
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions) [1]
71"Episode 1"Gordon AndersonCatherine Tate, Derren Litten, Mathew Horne & Aschlin Ditta21 July 2005 (2005-07-21)3.50
82"Episode 2"Gordon AndersonCatherine Tate, Derren Litten, Mathew Horne & Aschlin Ditta28 July 2005 (2005-07-28)2.97
93"Episode 3"Gordon AndersonCatherine Tate & Aschlin Ditta4 August 2005 (2005-08-04)2.89
104"Episode 4"Gordon AndersonCatherine Tate & Aschlin Ditta11 August 2005 (2005-08-11)3.55
115"Episode 5"Gordon AndersonCatherine Tate, Aschlin Ditta & Steve Pemberton18 August 2005 (2005-08-18)3.48
126"Episode 6"Gordon AndersonCatherine Tate, Jenny Lecoat & Aschlin Ditta25 August 2005 (2005-08-25)3.92
Special
13S"The Catherine Tate Christmas Show"Christine GernonCatherine Tate20 December 2005 (2005-12-20)5.66

Series 3 (2006)

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No.
overall
No. in
series
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions) [1]
141"Episode 1"Gordon AndersonCatherine Tate, Aschlin Ditta & Gordon Anderson26 October 2006 (2006-10-26)4.81
152"Episode 2"Gordon AndersonCatherine Tate, Aschlin Ditta & Gordon Anderson2 November 2006 (2006-11-02)4.25
163"Episode 3"Gordon AndersonCatherine Tate, Aschlin Ditta & Gordon Anderson9 November 2006 (2006-11-09)4.92
174"Episode 4"Gordon AndersonCatherine Tate, Aschlin Ditta & Gordon Anderson16 November 2006 (2006-11-16)4.00
185"Episode 5"Gordon AndersonCatherine Tate, Aschlin Ditta & Gordon Anderson23 November 2006 (2006-11-23)4.06
196"Episode 6"Gordon AndersonCatherine Tate, Aschlin Ditta, Gordon Anderson & Jonathan Harvey30 November 2006 (2006-11-30)4.15
Special
20S"Christmas Special"Gordon AndersonCatherine Tate, Derren Litten, Mathew Horne & Aschlin Ditta25 December 2007 (2007-12-25)6.75

Catherine Tate's Nan (2009–15)

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No.
overall
No.
special
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions) [1]
211"Nan's Christmas Carol"Gordon AndersonCatherine Tate, Aschlin Ditta & Gordon Anderson25 December 2009 (2009-12-25)8.46
222"Nan"Geoff PosnerCatherine Tate, Brett Goldstein & Dan Swimmer4 January 2014 (2014-01-04)4.47
233"Nanger Management"Geoff PosnerCatherine Tate, Brett Goldstein & Dan Swimmer27 December 2015 (2015-12-27)3.14
244"Knees Up Wilmott-Brown"Geoff PosnerCatherine Tate, Brett Goldstein & Dan Swimmer30 December 2015 (2015-12-30)2.97

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Not reported in the weekly top 15 programmes for four-screen viewer ratings.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Weekly top 30 programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board.