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The Catherine Tate Show | |
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Season 3 | |
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No. of episodes | 6 |
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Original network | BBC Two BBC One (special) |
Original release | October 21 – November 25, 2006 |
Series chronology | |
The third series of British television comedy sketch series The Catherine Tate Show premiered on BBC Two on 26 October 2006 and ended on 30 November 2006. This is the final series of the show; However a Christmas Special was broadcast on BBC One on 25 December 2007. Although this was the end to the sketch series, popular character Joannie 'Nan' Taylor began appearing in her own spin-off specials, beginning with Nan's Christmas Carol in 2009 and Catherine Tate's Nan from 2014.
In addition to the major characters of Series One and Series Two, new main character Geordie Georgie is introduced for the third series. New subsidiary characters include John Reilly's Mum, Ma Willow, Helen Marsh, Laura Powers, Snack Food Woman and the Frankie Howerd Impressionist.
Due to the high ratings success of the third series, peaking at 4.92 million viewers, the show was moved to BBC One for the 2007 Christmas Special and has remained on the channel from future specials.
No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) [1] | ||||||
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14 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Gordon Anderson | Catherine Tate, Aschlin Ditta & Gordon Anderson | 26 October 2006 | 4.81 | ||||||
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15 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Gordon Anderson | Catherine Tate, Aschlin Ditta & Gordon Anderson | 2 November 2006 | 4.25 | ||||||
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16 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Gordon Anderson | Catherine Tate, Aschlin Ditta & Gordon Anderson | 9 November 2006 | 4.92 | ||||||
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17 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Gordon Anderson | Catherine Tate, Aschlin Ditta & Gordon Anderson | 16 November 2006 | 4.00 | ||||||
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18 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Gordon Anderson | Catherine Tate, Aschlin Ditta & Gordon Anderson | 23 November 2006 | 4.06 | ||||||
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19 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Gordon Anderson | Catherine Tate, Aschlin Ditta, Gordon Anderson & Jonathan Harvey | 30 November 2006 | 4.15 | ||||||
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20 | S | "Christmas Special" | Gordon Anderson | Catherine Tate, Derren Litten, Mathew Horne & Aschlin Ditta | 25 December 2007 | 6.75 | ||||||
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. Guest starring Tamzin Outhwaite, Kellie Bright, George Michael, Nitin Ganatra, Philip Glenister and Kathy Burke. |
No. | Title | Air date | Timeslot | UK viewers (millions) | Rank | Ref(s) |
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1 | Episode 1 | 26 October 2006 | Thursday 9.00pm | 4,810,000 | 1 | [1] |
2 | Episode 2 | 2 November 2006 | Thursday 9.00pm | 4,250,000 | 1 | [1] |
2 | Episode 3 | 9 November 2006 | Thursday 9.00pm | 4,920,000 | 1 | [1] |
4 | Episode 4 | 16 November 2006 | Thursday 9.00pm | 4,000,000 | 2 | [1] |
5 | Episode 5 | 23 November 2006 | Thursday 9.00pm | 4,060,000 | 1 | [1] |
6 | Episode 6 | 30 November 2006 | Thursday 9.00pm | 4,150,000 | 1 | [1] |
7 | Christmas Special | 25 December 2007 | Tuesday 10.30pm | 6,750,000 | 17 | [1] |
British Academy Television Awards
"Series Three" was released on DVD on region 2 in the United Kingdom on 12 November 2007 from 2 Entertain distribution. [2] A boxset comprising "Complete Series One, Two and Three was additionally released on 17 November 2007. "The Catherine Tate Show: Christmas Special" was made available on DVD on 26 December 2007, a day following its broadcast. [3]
On region 4 in Australia, "Series Three" was released on DVD on 30 June 2008 and includes the 2007 Christmas Special, which was not made available as a single DVD edition. The third series, with the Christmas Special, was again released as part of "Complete Series One, Two and Three" box set on 2 April 2009. [4] [5]
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