Catherine Tate's Nan
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
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| Original network | BBC One |
| Original release | January 4, 2014 – Present |
Catherine Tate's Nan (simply referred to as Nan on-screen) is a BBC One spin-off series of specials which follow the character of Joannie Taylor (Catherine Tate) from the original sketch comedy series The Catherine Tate Show. When the initial series ended in 2007, a Christmas Special was broadcast in 2009, Nan's Christmas Carol which was followed by three subsequent specials in 2014 and 2015 under the title Nan.
Cast
- Catherine Tate ... as Joannie Taylor
- Mathew Horne ... as Jamie
Episodes
| No. overall |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (in millions) |
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| 21 | "Nan's Christmas Carol" | Gordon Anderson | see all Catherine Tate, Aschlin Ditta & Gordon Anderson | 25 December 2009 | 8.64 |
| It's Christmas Eve and Nan receives some unexpected visitors, in the form of Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. In this comic retelling of Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Nan is shown the error of her ways, but is it too late for her to swap her Scrooge-like misery for some seasonal goodwill? | |||||
| 22 | "Nan" | Geoff Posner | see all Catherine Tate, Brett Goldstein & Dan Swimer | 4 January 2014 | 4.47 |
| Nan is alone in her flat, as her grandson is in Africa - but a volunteer, Alice, from 'Old and Young Buddy Up Foundation' is here to stay. Nan has trouble with the council, and causes havoc yet again. | |||||
| 23 | "Nanger Management" | Geoff Posner | see all Catherine Tate, Brett Goldstein & Dan Swimer | 27 December 2015 | 3.14 |
| Nan's aggressive attitude to harmless pensioners finally gets her into trouble with the police and she’s forced to attend anger-management classes. However, her course leader is revealed to be struggling with some latent issues of his own, which are in danger of being brought bubbling back to the surface. Meanwhile, Jamie joins forces with Nan’s kindly new neighbour to raise funds for the local zoo, with unexpectedly dramatic results. | |||||
| 24 | "Knees Up Wilmott-Brown" | Geoff Posner | see all Catherine Tate, Brett Goldstein & Dan Swimer | 30 December 2015 | 2.97 |
| When the freehold on Nan’s block of flats in London’s newly fashionable East End is bought up by some ruthless property developers, all the residents join together to fight for their survival. All except Nan that is, who having bought her own flat in the 1980s finds herself holding a unique position of power over the developers and their oily representative, the unfortunate Charles Wilmott. | |||||
Release
Reception
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Accolades
British Academy Television Awards
- —Nominated: BAFTA for Best Female Comedy Performance (Catherine Tate for Catherine Tate's Nan)
Home media
A DVD set containing all four specials has been released via 2 Entertain distribution in the United Kingdom on 18 January 2016.[1]
See also
- The Catherine Tate Show (series 1)
- The Catherine Tate Show (series 2)
- The Catherine Tate Show (series 3)
References
- ↑ "Catherine Tate's Nan - The Specials [DVD]". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
External links
- Nan's Christmas Carol at the Internet Movie Database
- Catherine Tate's Nan at the Internet Movie Database (2014)
- Catherine Tate's Nan at the Internet Movie Database (2015)