Catherine Tate

Catherine Tate to star in Sky Arts comedy Psychobitches

TV Gossip

10 May 2012

Catherine Tate is to star in new Sky Arts comedy 'Psychobitches'. The comedienne will take on the dual roles of Adolf Hitler's girlfriend Eva Braun and French singer Edith Piaf in the programme which is part of the channel's Playhouse Presents…

Jason Orange's feelings fizzed for Catherine

TV Gossip

20 Oct 2011

Jason Orange and Catherine Tate had "real sparks" between them from the moment they met. The Take That singer has been on a string of dates with the British actress after first meeting her on the set of a comedy sketch for charity telethon Comic…

Barking - DVD review

Unessential DVD release of the short-lived C4 sketch show featuring David Walliams and Peter Kay

17 Oct 2011

(Acorn Media) Back in 1998, Peter Kay, Catherine Tate, David Walliams, Omid Djalili and Mackenzie Crook were all looking for a big break in their comedy careers. The Fast Show had ended on the BBC the previous year and it would be another 12 months…

Monte Carlo

Flat romcom vehicle for Justin Bieber's paramour Selena Gomez

12 Oct 2011

(PG) 108min The star of tween drama Wizards of Waverly Place, but better known as the current squeeze of Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez is being relentlessly packaged for fame. Her previous venture, last year’s Ramona and Beezus sank like a stone, and…

David Tennant doesn't think Doctor Who defines career

TV Gossip

11 May 2011

David Tennant doesn't think 'Doctor Who' has overshadowed the rest of his career. The 39-year-old actor - who played the 10th Doctor in the BBC One sci-fi show - says it doesn't "occur to him" that people watching him in other roles might find it…

Take That meet Fake That

TV Gossip

18 Mar 2011

David Walliams has teamed up with four other celebrities to create a spoof Take That for Comic Relief. The British comedian - alongside Alan Carr, Catherine Tate, John Bishop and James Corden - will audition as tribute group Fake That in a charity…

Gulliver's Travels

Jack Black vehicle unfunny and lacking in cohesion

14 Dec 2010

In the ten years since his breakout performance as John Cusack’s slacker workmate in High Fidelity, Jack Black has become a big name movie star, but his CV is surprisingly short of hits. Only Richard Linklater’s family comedy School of Rock has managed…

Kim Noble

Unfettered lunacy?

27 Aug 2009

Of the near 600 shows listed under Comedy in the Fringe programme, there will be absolutely nothing in there like Kim Noble Will Die. Indeed, whether the return of the man who was once one half of the Perrier Best Newcomer winning double act Noble and…

Doctor Who is back

10 Apr 2008

But will Tennant stay on board the Tardis? DOCTOR WHO star David Tennant has remained tight-lipped about his future as the Time Lord after launching the fourth series with co-star Catherine Tate. Future episodes will reunite the Doctor with his…

Legal row over comedy catchphrases

10 Sep 2007

Little Britain stars Matt Lucas and David Williams, along with Catherine Tate, are taking legal action against a Christian organisation for using their catchphrases to entice young people into church. Christian Publishing and Outreach (CPO) used the…

Doctor Who guest list revealed

10 Aug 2007

The guest stars for the new Doctor Who series revealed by the show’s producers include actress Felicity Kendal and comedian Catherine Tate. It will be Tate’s second outing in the show, following a guest appearance as Donna Noble in last year’s Christmas…