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107-530: Catherine Tate (born Catherine Jane Ford , 5 December 1969) is an English actress, comedian and writer. She has won numerous awards for her work on the BBC sketch comedy series The Catherine Tate Show (2004–2007), as well as being nominated for an International Emmy Award and seven BAFTAs . Tate played Donna Noble in the 2006 Christmas special of the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who , and reprised her role for
214-629: A James Graham play set in a fictitious London polling station , which was broadcast live on More4 on election night 2015 . In spring 2016, Tate appeared as fashion designer Myrna in another musical comedy, Miss Atomic Bomb , at the St. James Theatre . Benjamin McDonald, writing in Gay Times , praised Tate's performance, saying she "proves she has the strong vocal ability to match her impeccable comic timing ". The show itself received much poorer reviews, including
321-461: A Netflix original mockumentary sitcom set in a women's prison. She co-wrote the series with Niky Wardley and Alex Carter and co-directed all six episodes with James Kayler. In May, it was announced Tate would reprise her role as Donna Noble, alongside David Tennant as the Fourteenth Doctor , for the 60th anniversary specials of Doctor Who . In August, the BBC commissioned Queen of Oz ,
428-620: A nun alongside Walliams as Lou Todd in a Red Nose Day 2015 sketch, featuring Stephen Hawking in the Andy Pipkin role. In 2013, she accepted the role in the low-budget superhero comedy film SuperBob (2015) written by and starring Brett Goldstein as the title character, which led to a number of collaborations with Goldstein. Three episodes of her sitcom Catherine Tate's Nan , co-written with Goldstein, aired in January 2014 and December 2015 on BBC One. The role of Joanie Taylor earned her
535-505: A British Comedy Award for Best British Comedy Actress for her work in the second series of The Catherine Tate Show . In January 2005, Tate appeared as Mitzi Kosinki in the ITV adaptation of Agatha Christie 's novel A Murder Is Announced , starring Geraldine McEwan as Miss Marple . Towards the end of the year, Tate played the part of Kate in the unaired pilot episode of Lee Mack 's sitcom Not Going Out and Mrs Chadband in an episode of
642-610: A Sexual Nature , a debut feature screenplay from The Catherine Tate Show co-writer Aschlin Ditta . She later appeared in the films Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution , in which she played the title character opposite Iain Glen , and Love and Other Disasters . In the television adaptation of the best-selling novel of the same name, The Bad Mother's Handbook , she played the dramatic lead role and co-starred with Anne Reid , Holliday Grainger and Robert Pattinson . On 16 March 2007 Tate appeared for
749-520: A balaclava and a pair of knuckle dusters , in reference to the Troubles . After the complaints were made, an Ofcom report later concluded that the show was not offensive and did not violate broadcasting regulations. An extract from the Ofcom report read: "Overall this episode was typical of The Catherine Tate Show and would not have gone beyond the expectations of its usual audience. For those not familiar with
856-568: A big animal welfare kind of person, animal rights person." She has supported the animal rescue centre Battersea Dogs & Cats Home on multiple occasions and adopted cats from there. In 2018, she presented the BBC One hour-long documentary Saving the British Bulldog about the health issues affecting one of the most popular dog breeds in the UK. In 2020, she featured in a video aimed to raise funds for
963-440: A blast last Christmas and look forward to travelling again through time and space with that nice man from Gallifrey ." "For one brief moment I was the most important woman in the whole of the universe. Oh gosh, I can't thank Russell [T Davies] enough for just making that possible. For many people, I'm sure, what a gamble to take on someone like me who is known, by the vast majority of people, for wearing wigs and comedy teeth." At
1070-522: A child, Tate had obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and was obsessed with word association. For example, she was not able to leave a jumper on the floor because it might have brought misfortune to her mother, whose name began with the letter "J" like "jumper". Tate attended St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School in Holborn , and Notre Dame High School , a convent secondary school for girls in Southwark . By
1177-520: A daughter, who was born in January 2003. Tate suffered from post-natal depression , from which she only recovered after the filming of the second series of The Catherine Tate Show . She also suffers from occasional panic attacks . Regarding her personal outlook, Tate has said, "I'm an incredibly negative person, so any form of success is only ever going to be a relief to me and set my default position back to neutral." Tate has been married to American screenwriter Jeff Gutheim since at least 2018. Tate
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#17329242549921284-529: A film on an issue most important to them. BBC2's Community Programme Unit kept this aspect of the channel's tradition alive into the 1990s in the form of Video Diaries and later Video Nation . The Community Programmes Unit was disbanded in 2004. BBC Two has also given various programmes from around the world their first UK broadcasts, and have introduced many more to terrestrial audiences. International shows that have been broadcast on BBC Two include M*A*S*H , The Simpsons , 24 , Family Guy , Buffy
1391-539: A guest appearance during the BBC 's Red Nose Day as the character of Lauren, alongside boy band McFly , which gained her further exposure. In November 2005 Tate appeared in another charity sketch as part of the BBC's annual Children in Need telethon . The segment was a crossover between EastEnders and The Catherine Tate Show , featuring EastEnders characters Peggy Mitchell , Little Mo Mitchell and Stacey Slater , whilst Tate appeared as Lauren. Also at that time, she
1498-473: A late-night sketch show broadcast on Channel 4 featuring a host of performers who included David Walliams , Peter Kay and Mackenzie Crook . In 2000, she became involved with Lee Mack 's Perrier Comedy Award -nominated New Bits show at the Edinburgh Film Festival and appeared in television sketch shows such as The Harry Hill Show and That Peter Kay Thing . The next year, she returned to
1605-409: A nomination at the 2015 British Academy Television Awards for Best Female Comedy Performance . Tate calls Nan "the one [character] that's got the legs to carry on" and her favourite to play: "It's the one character I can look at on screen and not find myself in. It's a very good transformation . In lots of the others it's clear that it's me. I just enjoy playing that character mainly because you get
1712-562: A one-star review from The Stage . On New Year's Day 2016, Tate played the role of hand model Sapphire Diamond in the television adaptation of David Walliams's children's book Billionaire Boy . She appeared in Bruce's Hall of Fame with Alexander Armstrong the following day with a musical tribute to her childhood hero Victoria Wood , calling her the first woman she had seen being funny on television. She then chose Wood as her inspirational female figure when promoting Leading Lady Parts (2018),
1819-479: A personality. At the time, BBC Two became the first BBC channel to feature a box logo. In 2007, BBC Two debuted the new theme , a "Window on the World", with the 2 numeral providing that view. Introduced on 18 February 2007, the new look also had the channel adopt a teal-coloured box logo, featuring the BBC logo above the word TWO , now in the font Avenir . In 2014, in honour of the channel's 50th anniversary, some of
1926-561: A place there, Tate went to the Sylvia Young Theatre School , but left after a week, later stating, "Even at that age, I realised I wasn't Bonnie Langford . It was very competitive." She was also a member of the National Youth Theatre . Born Catherine Ford, she changed her name when she got her Equity card as an actress. She chose her new surname after the character of Jessica Tate, played by Katherine Helmond , from
2033-626: A second time on the Red Nose Day telethon as some of her well-known characters from The Catherine Tate Show . She acted in sketches with David Tennant, her fellow National Youth Theatre alumni Daniel Craig , Lenny Henry and the then Prime Minister Tony Blair , who used the show's famous catchphrase, "Am I bovvered?". Tate also appeared as Nan in an episode of Deal or No Deal , hosted by Noel Edmonds . She has been nominated for four BAFTA Awards for her work on The Catherine Tate Show , including Best Comedy Performance . Despite speculation that
2140-455: A separate schedule of Welsh-produced programming in comparison to the analogue BBC Two Wales. BBC 2W was discontinued in 2008 due to the transition to digital terrestrial television, with the main BBC Two Wales schedule being carried on Freeview thereafter. BBC Two Scotland operated until February 2019, when it was replaced by the national feed. Concurrently, a bespoke BBC Scotland channel
2247-451: A series regular for the second half of season eight , reprising her role as Nellie, who was hired as a "misguided special projects manager". She continued in the role for the ninth and final season . In May 2013, she starred alongside Lee Mack in the unaired BBC One pilot for Everybody Loves Raymond remake, titled The Smiths . Two promotional photos were released in August but the project
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#17329242549922354-467: A short film inspired by the Time's Up movement and starring Tate as a casting director auditioning several A-list actresses for a leading lady role. In October 2016, Tate began touring British theatres with The Catherine Tate Show Live , guest starring Brett Goldstein (who also co-wrote the show with Tate) and her long-time collaborators Mathew Horne and Niky Wardley . Most of the main characters from
2461-613: A sitcom written by and starring Tate as a disgraced member of a fictional British Royal Family sent to rule Australia, which aired in June 2023. In May 2023, Tate was the UK's jury spokesperson in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 , in which she announced the UK's jury points directly from the Liverpool Arena , where the event was held. Tate was formerly in a relationship with stage manager Twig Clark, with whom she has
2568-473: A state of competition since ITV's launch in 1955, and both had aimed for a populist approach in response. The 1962 Pilkington Report on the future of broadcasting noticed this, and that ITV lacked any culturally relevant programming. It therefore decided that Britain's third television station should be awarded to the BBC. Prior to its launch, the new BBC2 was promoted on the BBC Television Service:
2675-519: A telethon held during the COVID-19 pandemic , in a skit that had her being schooled remotely by a teacher played again by Tennant. Another popular character from The Catherine Tate Show , Nan, made a return the next year in a Comic Relief sketch starring Daniel Craig as James Bond , followed by the feature film The Nan Movie (2022). In April 2022, she starred as six different characters in Hard Cell ,
2782-597: Is also available on cable and IPTV in the Netherlands , Belgium, Switzerland , Monaco and Liechtenstein . The channel is registered to broadcast within the European Union/EEA through the Luxembourgish Broadcasting Regulator – ALIA. On 27 March 2013, it began being carried by British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) to members of HM Forces and their families around the world, replacing
2889-592: Is also fluent in French and Spanish . Tate is a patron of the Laura Crane Youth Cancer Trust , supporting the charity since 2006. Since then, she has hosted a fundraising auction, filmed a five-minute film featuring herself and David Tennant on the set of Doctor Who for the charity's annual ball and taken part in its 2011 calendar with the Huddersfield Giants . She is also the current patron of
2996-494: Is through the "Equity Membership Candidate Program" (EMC). In this program, actors are allowed to work in Equity productions as credit towards eventual membership. An actor is eligible for membership once he completes fifty weeks of work at theatres that are a part of the EMC program. Once a member, the actor is required to pay "yearly dues" of $ 118 plus "working dues" which are 2.25% of
3103-452: Is to be a mixed-genre channel appealing to a broad adult audience with programmes of depth and substance. It should carry the greatest amount and range of knowledge building programming of any BBC television channel, complemented by distinctive comedy, drama and arts programming. BBC Two's historical scope was arts, culture, some comedy and drama, and appealing to audiences not already served by BBC One or ITV. Over its first thirty or so years
3210-659: The BBC Red Button , and until 23 October 2012, via the Ceefax teletext service. Equity card Edwin Booth founded the "Players" in 1888 which held meetings at the "Players." The "Players" was an actors' club in Gramercy Park . The second organisation, Actors' Society of America, was formed in 1895 and was led by Louis Aldrich . Actors' Society of America was dissolved by vote of members in 1912. Actors' Equity Association
3317-750: The BBC Television executive group and is answerable to the head of that department, and to the BBC Board . On 20 January 2016, Kim Shillinglaw announced that she had decided to leave the BBC as the Controller of BBC Two & BBC Four; as a result of the reorganisation, the posts of Controller of BBC Two and BBC Four were closed. Patrick Holland became Channel Controller of BBC Two in March 2017, following his earlier appointment as Channel Editor in July 2016. BBC Two's remit
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3424-808: The BFBS2 TV channel, which already carried a selection of BBC Two programmes. It shares a channel with CBBC , which broadcasts from early morning until the early evening. All feeds of BBC Two in both SD and HD are broadcast unencrypted on the Astra 2E and 2G satellites, allowing viewing across Belgium, the Netherlands, the Republic of Ireland and parts of France, Germany and Spain. The BBC announced in May 2008 that it had achieved its aim for all programming to have subtitles for viewers with hearing difficulties. These are available on
3531-795: The BroadwayWorld UK Award for Best Leading Actress in a Play, while her reunion with Tennant won the WhatsOnStage Award for the Theatre Event of the Year. At the same ceremony, she received an award in the Best Supporting Actress category for the Royal National Theatre production of Alan Ayckbourn 's Season's Greetings (2010–2011), in which she played Belinda. Tate guest starred in the two-part seventh season finale of
3638-638: The Parliament session , political debate programme Politics Live is broadcast on BBC Two. On Wednesdays, due to the Prime Minister's Questions , the programme is broadcast at the earlier time of 11:15am. The programme is not broadcast on Fridays or when Parliament is on a holiday break, so the simulcast of BBC News Now continues until 1:00pm for the BBC News at One on BBC One. At 10:30pm, current affairs programme Newsnight provides reports and analysis of
3745-524: The Zoological Society of London after it was badly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic . BBC Two BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC . It is the corporation's second flagship channel, and it covers a wide range of subject matter, incorporating genres such as comedy, drama and documentaries. BBC Two has a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance " in contrast to
3852-399: The death and state funeral respectively of Elizabeth II . In a 2013 BBC Populus poll, BBC Two had the third-highest per-country TV channel quality rating among viewers surveyed in 14 countries, behind BBC One and Brazil's TV Cultura . The 1991 idents featured a sans-serif numeral 2 at the centre of an initially art-related scene; however, the idents moved away from this style as
3959-400: The fourth series in 2008, and the 60th anniversary episodes in 2023. Following the success of The Catherine Tate Show , Tate starred as Joanie Taylor ("Nan") in its spin-off series Catherine Tate's Nan (2009–2015) and in the film The Nan Movie (2022). In 2011, she began a recurring role as Nellie Bertram in the U.S. version of the sitcom The Office and was a regular until
4066-495: The 1960s. Like the early Channel 4 , BBC Two also established for itself a reputation as a champion of independent and international cinema, under the Screen 2 brand. The channel has sometimes been judged, increasingly in more recent years, to have moved away from this original role and closer to the mainstream. Since the launch of the digital-only BBC Four , the BBC has been accused in particular of shifting its more highbrow output to
4173-575: The 1990s idents were re-introduced and from 2015, BBC Two Northern Ireland opted to use nearly forty idents from the 1991–2001 set. On 27 September 2018, the 1991–2001 idents were retired once again and BBC Two introduced a new set of idents, based on scenes incorporating a curve motif resembling the number 2. The new branding is designed to reflect BBC Two's "constant evolution, constant eclecticism, [and] constant sense of quality". The new idents are produced by various artists and studios, including Aardman Animations , The Mill and others. The new identity
4280-403: The 2008 TV Quick Awards and SFX Awards , Tate was voted best actress for her dramatic Doctor Who performance. She also earned a nomination at the 14th National Television Awards . A year and a half after the heartbreaking finale of the fourth series, she returned as Donna in the first part of the show's festive special " The End of Time ", which was broadcast on Christmas Day 2009 and became
4387-523: The Addie Brady Foundation, raising funds for research into high-grade paediatric brain tumours and supporting families with Li–Fraumeni Syndrome , and was a patron of the children's cancer charity the Joe Glover Trust for a number of years since its launching in 2007. Since 2005, Tate has been a frequent supporter of two BBC telethon charities, Children in Need and Comic Relief . For
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4494-678: The American mockumentary sitcom The Office , which aired on 19 May 2011. She portrayed Nellie Bertram , who was interviewed for the Regional Manager position of the Dunder Mifflin Scranton branch, the position that Michael Scott (played by Steve Carell ) held for the majority of the series. She was reportedly the top choice to replace Carell, but was unable to join the filming, due to her commitment to Much Ado About Nothing . However, in January 2012 Tate returned to The Office as
4601-581: The American sitcom television series Soap . From 1988 to 1990 Tate toured with the National Youth Theatre production of Blood Wedding , which also starred Daniel Craig and Jessica Hynes . In 1994, she got the part of Lydia Lubey in the Oxford Stage Company production of Arthur Miller 's All My Sons . She then worked at the Royal National Theatre , playing small roles in The Way of
4708-469: The BBC television adaptation of Bleak House . Tate returned to the stage for the first time since working with the Royal Shakespeare Company, to play a role in the original West End production of Some Girl(s) (2005), alongside Sara Powell , Lesley Manville , Saffron Burrows and Friends star David Schwimmer . In an interview, Tate commented that she could not look Schwimmer in
4815-459: The BBC multiplex, at first four, then two weeks ahead of the other four channels. This was required for those relay transmitters that had no current Freeview service giving viewers time to purchase the equipment unless they had already selected a satellite or cable service. The last region for BBC Two to end on analogue terrestrial television was Northern Ireland on 10 October 2012. At the 2012 Edinburgh International Television Festival , BBC Two
4922-687: The Christmas special entitled " The Runaway Bride ", saw Tate's character in a major role, where she was temporarily the Doctor's companion. On her appearance in the series, Tate commented, "I'm honoured and delighted to be joining David Tennant aboard the TARDIS. I was holding out for a summer season at Wigan rep but as a summer job, this'll do." Tate had roles in three films in 2006, these included Starter for 10 starring James McAvoy , Sixty Six starring Helena Bonham Carter and Eddie Marsan , and Scenes of
5029-531: The Coronavirus pandemic, BBC1 aired press conferences from the UK government about major developments from the pandemic and the scheduled BBC One programming during those News Specials was broadcast on BBC Two. However, on 9 April 2021 – the day of the death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh – BBC Two and BBC One both simulcast BBC News for the whole day. The same would happen on both 8 and 19 September 2022, following
5136-632: The Vampire Slayer , Malcolm in the Middle , American Dad! , The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air , The Ren & Stimpy Show , Moonlighting , The Tracey Ullman Show and Star Trek: Voyager . In January 2013, BBC Two ceased to show children's programmes and replaced the weekday morning schedule with repeats of the previous BBC One daytime schedule, children's programmes was returned in 2017 and 2022 in Saturday morning. It also began showing Sign Zone in
5243-550: The World (1995) and The Prince's Play (1996). Tate also performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company during its 10-month tour across the UK, Australia and the US with Lee Hall 's adaptation of The Servant of Two Masters (2000–2001). Her television acting career began with roles in serial dramas such as The Bill and London's Burning . Her debut happened in an episode of the sitcom Surgical Spirit in 1991. She
5350-405: The arts strand The Culture Show . Its most popular programme at the moment is Top Gear , which now moved to BBC One. Much of BBC Two's output has previously or subsequently been shown on other channels. Some of these programmes are repeats of popular or flagship programmes from BBC Four in a late-night strand, originally called BBC Four on Two but now unbranded. Other programmes are moved to
5457-435: The boundaries with her teenage character Lauren Cooper . Undertaking Perkins's advice, after a live show, Tate found the audience walking out of the show repeating the character's catchphrase "Am I bovvered?". Produced by Perkins at Tiger Aspect , Tate was given her own programme on BBC Two in 2004, which she co-wrote and starred in with Derren Litten , entitled The Catherine Tate Show , which ran for three series. Two of
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#17329242549925564-650: The channel as a result of their success on BBC Three or Four, so that subsequent series are well received. An example of this is the BBC Three series Torchwood , which was transferred to the channel following the success of the first series. BBC Two is also used as a testing ground for programmes prior to their moving to the flagship BBC One : such examples include Have I Got News for You and popular comedies Absolutely Fabulous and Miranda , which moved to BBC One after success on Two. Also in August 2014, The Great British Bake Off moved to BBC One, due to its success
5671-572: The channel developed a reputation for screening highly praised and prestigious drama series, among these Boys from the Blackstuff (1982), 1991's highly successful The Men's Room , the costume drama Middlemarch (1994) or 1996's critically acclaimed Our Friends in the North . The channel's "highbrow" profile is also in part attributable to a long history of demanding documentaries of all types, beginning with Civilisation and The Ascent of Man in
5778-475: The channel in March 2014 and until Kim Shillinglaw began as the new permanent occupant of the post. From 2013, the Controller of BBC Two was given the expanded title Controller of BBC Two and BBC Four , with ultimate oversight of the BBC Four service added to their duties (a BBC Four "Channel Editor", reporting up to this Controller, was allocated day-to-day operational control of Four). The channel forms part of
5885-469: The channel. The launch schedule, postponed from the night before, was then successfully shown that evening, albeit with minor changes. In reference to the power cut, the transmission opened with a shot of a lit candle which was then sarcastically blown out by presenter Denis Tuohy . To establish the new channel's identity and draw viewers to it, the BBC decided that a widely promoted, lavish series would be essential in its earliest days. The production chosen
5992-613: The comedy highlights of the 2000s. It was soon after she served as a guest host on the comedy shows The Sunday Night Project (2009) and Never Mind the Buzzcocks (2010). From May to September 2011, Tate appeared alongside Tennant in the Shakespeare comedy Much Ado About Nothing at the Wyndham's Theatre . The production was recorded by Digital Theatre and is available to watch on their website. For her performance as Beatrice , Tate won
6099-403: The early hours; prior to 2013, this had been broadcast by BBC One. This was the only channel that broadcast Sign Zone in the early hours until the relaunch of BBC Three as a television channel in 2022. From October 2013, BBC Two has shown classic programmes like Bergerac , Cagney and Lacey , The Rockford Files , 'Allo 'Allo! , and Are You Being Served? on weekday afternoons, with
6206-508: The eye during her time with him, leading to speculation that the pair did not get on. Tate immediately denied the rumours, explaining that she was joking about her attempts to act "cool" around Schwimmer, whom she described as "a very funny, personable man, and easy to get along with". The third series of The Catherine Tate Show aired in 2006, going on to win the National Television Award for most popular comedy as voted for by
6313-479: The fact that she's a great and proper actress." In October 2017, Tate was revealed to be part of the cast of Disney XD 's DuckTales reboot, providing the voice of the villainous sorceress Magica De Spell following the death of the character's long-time voice actor , June Foray , in July of the same year. Tennant provided the voice of the show's protagonist, Scrooge McDuck . In April 2020, Tate revived her popular character Lauren Cooper for The Big Night In ,
6420-442: The festival with her own sell-out one-woman show , which was followed by roles in comedy series Big Train , Attention Scum , Charlie Brooker 's TVGoHome and several BBC Radio productions. After being spotted at Edinburgh by the casting director Tracey Gillham, she was given her first major television role as Angela in the comedy Wild West (2002–2004) set in the small Cornish town. Tate became pregnant before filming
6527-534: The final story for both David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and Russell T Davies as showrunner . Later that day, Nan's Christmas Carol premiered, a one-off special spin-off to The Catherine Tate Show focused on Nan, who gets visited by three ghosts (played by David Tennant, Ben Miller and Roger Lloyd-Pack ) in her council flat. The next day, Tate and Tennant guest hosted Jonathan Ross 's BBC Radio 2 show, having already done so on 11 April and later appearing on
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#17329242549926634-508: The first series and had to wear a lot of baggy clothes as Angela. The show also starred Dawn French as her lesbian partner and local shop and post office co-owner Mary, who commented, "Catherine Tate is far too talented and she must be destroyed." Tate was approached at a post-show party at the Edinburgh Festival by then-BBC controller of comedy Geoffrey Perkins , who encouraged Tate to develop her character ideas, especially to push
6741-460: The full-cast audio series The Tenth Doctor Adventures from Big Finish Productions . Talking about his frequent colleague during the recording session, Tennant said: "I love working with Catherine because of the life that she brings to something and the way that she can turn the most mundane line into something glorious and sparkling. I love Catherine for what she is most famous for, and that's being funny and brilliant and witty and quick, but I love
6848-524: The gross earnings through an equity contract. The first major benefit to having an Equity card, as an actor, is that many professional auditions are Equity-only calls. Non-members are allowed to attend, but with no guarantee of being seen. Equity members are allowed to attend these Equity-only calls without these restrictions. Contract benefits for members include minimum wages, work rules such as length of work day, health insurance , pension , and workers' compensation insurance . Once an individual
6955-651: The latter, she so far has starred in eleven sketches and a music video . She also appeared as Lauren Cooper from The Catherine Tate Show live on stage during the Red Nose Day 2005 and 2017 events, and as Nan in 2009. In August 2017, after being asked at the Wizard World Chicago convention about what her career would look like if she hadn't become an actress and comedian, Tate said: "I'd definitely work with animals. In fact, sometimes I do feel, 'Oh, am I sort of wasting my time doing [acting] when I should be doing sort of like stuff with animals in need?' because I'm
7062-551: The more mainstream and popular BBC One . Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio channels, it is funded by the television licence , and is therefore free of commercial advertising. It is a comparatively well-funded public-service channel, regularly attaining a much higher audience share than most public-service channels worldwide. Originally styled BBC2 , it was the third British television station to be launched (starting on 21 April 1964), and from 1 July 1967, Europe's first television channel to broadcast regularly in colour. It
7169-574: The new channel, which, until the end of the UK's digital TV switchover in October 2012, a minority (7.5% in the final quarter of 2010) of viewers did not receive. BBC Four's remit is very similar to the earlier remit of BBC2, and contains many documentaries and arts programmes. It has been perceived by some that this strategy is to allow BBC Two to show more popular programmes and to secure higher ratings. Since 2004 there have been some signs of an attempt to return closer to parts of BBC Two's earlier output with
7276-464: The next day and performed preview shows with the aid of a crutch. Earlier that year, she returned to Doctor Who to reprise the role of the Doctor's companion throughout the fourth series , which was shown on BBC One starting on 5 April for a 13-week run. Producer Russell T Davies said, "We are delighted that one of Britain's greatest talents has agreed to join us for the fourth series." Tate added, "I am delighted to be returning to Doctor Who . I had
7383-503: The original television show, such as Nan, Lauren, nurse Bernie, Geordie Georgie and Derek Faye, all featured in the show. Some pre-recorded sketches, including cameos by Nick Grimshaw and Billy Connolly , were shown during each of the many changes of Tate's costumes and wigs. In late 2018, she brought the show to Australia and New Zealand with the help of two new cast members, David O'Reilly and Alex Carter , before finishing her tour at London's Wyndham's Theatre in January 2019. Around
7490-604: The pilot episode of the Sky Arts sketch show Psychobitches (2012). In autumn 2014, she was cast as another real-life person in her first musical production, the Menier Chocolate Factory revival of Stephen Sondheim 's Assassins (2014–2015). Her character was Sara Jane Moore , a woman who attempted to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford . She went on to play alongside Mark Gatiss and Judi Dench in The Vote ,
7597-461: The previous year on BBC Two. In 2017, Bake Off moved from BBC One to Channel 4 . Another founding part of BBC Two was to provide educational and community programming on the BBC, as part of its public service remit. The educational section of this commitment saw BBC2 broadcast a large amount of programming for the Open University , who co-produced programming with the corporation, and saw the channel broadcast BBC Schools programmes from 1983 until
7704-420: The privilege of age where you can swear and people laugh. Old people swearing is funny." She reprised the role several times between 2009 and 2018 on Graham Norton , Michael McIntyre , Paul O'Grady and Alan Carr's television shows and performed Bonnie Tyler 's song " Holding Out for a Hero " in character for Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief (2017). Tate portrayed both Eva Braun and Édith Piaf in
7811-461: The programmes were transferred to the BBC Learning Zone in 2010. As a result of the channel's commitment to community broadcasting, the channel produced the symbolic Open Space series, a strand developed in the early 1970s in which members of the public would be allotted half an hour of television time, and given a level of editorial and technical training in order to produce for themselves
7918-584: The public, and Tate's catchphrase "bovvered", used by her character Lauren Cooper, became so influential in popular culture that it was named Word of the Year and was even poised to enter the Oxford English Dictionary . Tate also played the role of Donna Noble in Doctor Who , a temp worker from Chiswick who suddenly appears in the TARDIS at the end of the episode " Doomsday ". The following episode,
8025-420: The retro logos from 1970s and 1980s, between the current programmes. In October 2014, Russell Howard's Good News and Backchat moved to BBC Two from BBC Three. In 2014, BBC Two commissioned Britain's first transgender sitcom, Boy Meets Girl , which follows the developing relationship between Leo, a 26-year-old man, and Judy, a 40-year-old transgender woman. From 7 April 2015, the morning Sign Zone
8132-439: The same time, she hosted the 2018 Laurence Olivier Awards . An edited version of the ceremony was broadcast on ITV . It was also covered live on Magic Radio , where listeners heard Tate hilariously going back on fluffed lines multiple times, occasionally swearing. She later apologised after it was pointed out the event was going out live. In 2016 and 2019, Tate and David Tennant reprised their Doctor Who roles in two volumes of
8239-642: The series ended. She also played the role of Miss Sarah Postern in the BBC One sitcom Big School (2013–2014) and voiced Magica De Spell in the Disney Channel and Disney XD animated series DuckTales (2017–2021). In the 2020s, Tate created and starred in two sitcoms, Netflix 's Hard Cell (2022) which she also co-directed, and BBC One's Queen of Oz (2023) . Tate has appeared in films, including Love and Other Disasters (2006), Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution (2007), Gulliver's Travels (2010), Monte Carlo (2011), and SuperBob (2015). Tate
8346-657: The show once again on 30 January 2010. In March 2010, Tate took part in Channel 4's Comedy Gala , a benefit show held in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital , filmed live at the O2 Arena in London. She went on to make her directorial debut in Sky One 's series of short comedy films called Little Crackers . The autobiographical short film My First Nativity (2010), also written by and starring Tate as her mother Josephine, showed
8453-425: The show's well-known characters are teenager Lauren Cooper and Joanie "Nan" Taylor , the cockney grandmother. Tate's inspiration for the grandmother character came from visits to old people's homes when she was at drama college. Tate won a British Comedy Award for Best Comedy Newcomer for her work on the first series of The Catherine Tate Show , and with the first series becoming a success, in March 2005, Tate made
8560-560: The show, the information given at the start was adequate." In summer 2008, Tate starred as Michelle, a promiscuous mathematics teacher, in David Eldridge 's Under the Blue Sky at the Duke of York's Theatre , alongside Francesca Annis and Nigel Lindsay . The first preview performance was canceled after she injured her ankle during the final dress rehearsal. Tate, however, returned to the stage
8667-421: The soon-to-be-renamed BBC1 . The animated adverts featured the campaign mascots "Hullabaloo", a mother kangaroo , and "Custard", her joey . Prior to, and several years after, the channel's formal launch, the channel broadcast " Trade Test Transmissions ", short films made externally by companies such as Shell and BP , which served to enable engineers to test reception, but became cult viewing. The channel
8774-482: The station's adoption of the first computer-generated channel identification (ident) in Britain, with its use of the double striped, orange '2' logo , heralded the start of computer-generated logos. The ident, created in-house by BBC engineers, lasted until March 1986. As the switch to digital-only terrestrial transmission progressed, BBC Two was (in each region in turn) the first analogue TV channel to be replaced with
8881-466: The station's style changed. Although highly praised, this expansive set of idents was ended in November 2001. The BBC corporate logo was updated within the idents in October 1997, though the idents moved away from the original viridian colour scheme in these latter years. The subsequent presentation style was introduced on 19 November 2001 and kept the same figure 2 , but in a yellow background and given
8988-432: The stories behind the day's headlines. BBC Two does not broadcast any news and current affairs programming at the weekend. From 2017 until 2019, it broadcast the UK selection show for the Eurovision Song Contest , Eurovision: You Decide . The channel stopped broadcasting the show after the 2019 edition due to the fact that the BBC opted for an internal selection in collaboration with BMG Rights Management . In 2020, it
9095-405: The third series of the show would be the last, Tate and the BBC have not ruled out further episodes. She later filmed a one-off special episode which aired on Christmas Day 2007. The episode was subject to criticism when 42 viewers complained about the amount of swearing, and accused Tate of bigotry over the depiction of a family from Northern Ireland as terrorists, whose Christmas presents included
9202-624: The time she was a teenager, she knew she wanted a professional acting career; following the abolition of the sixth form at her secondary school, she was sent to a boys' Roman Catholic school, Salesian College in Battersea , at the age of 16, as it had the necessary facilities for drama. She left school without sitting her A levels . She then tried for four years to get a place in the Central School of Speech and Drama , succeeding on her fourth attempt. She studied there for three years. Prior to getting
9309-458: The time. In 1974, BBC2's widely acclaimed singer-songwriter series, In Concert , was lauded by The Guardian as the only British music television program that "produced television ideas". Unlike BBC1 and ITV, BBC2 was broadcast only on the 625-line UHF system, so was not available to viewers still using sets only capable of receiving the 405-line VHF system. This created a market for dual standard receivers which could switch between
9416-451: The two systems. Set manufacturers increased production of UHF sets in anticipation of a large market demand for the new BBC2, but the market did not materialise. . The early technical problems, which included being unable to transmit US-recorded videotapes due to a lack of system conversion from the US NTSC system, were resolved by a committee headed by James Redmond , although this problem
9523-540: The video for Take That 's new single " Happy Now " was debuted on Comic Relief . The video showed Tate alongside comedians Alan Carr , James Corden , John Bishop and David Walliams , all auditioning to become Take That's ultimate tribute band , Fake That. In December, she presented Channel 4 's two-hour documentary Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties , in which she met Carr, Walliams, Noel Fielding , Rob Brydon and her Doctor Who co-star David Tennant to discuss
9630-539: The young Catherine performing an impression of Gary Glitter in her school nativity play . It received a nomination for the Best Comedy Programme at the 2011 British Academy Television Awards . On Christmas Day 2010 Tate appeared as Queen Isabelle of Lilliput in the film adaptation of Gulliver's Travels starring Jack Black in the title role. She then starred opposite Selena Gomez in another American comedy film, Monte Carlo (2011). In March 2011,
9737-406: Was The Forsyte Saga (1967), a no-expense-spared adaptation of the novels by John Galsworthy , featuring well-established actors Kenneth More and Eric Porter . Critically for the future of the fledgling channel, the BBC's gamble was hugely successful, with an average of six million viewers per episode: a feat made more prominent by the fact that only 9 million were able to receive the channel at
9844-567: Was a guest star at the 77th Royal Variety Performance , appearing again in the guise of Lauren Cooper. During the sketch, Tate looked up at the Royal Box and asked the Queen , "Is one bovvered? Is one's face bovvered?", while her co-star Niky Wardley (in character as Liese) remarked: "That old man sitting next to her has fallen asleep." Prince Philip then reportedly complained to the show's executive producer, saying he had been insulted. Tate later won
9951-413: Was able to continue broadcasting via its facilities at Alexandra Palace , but all attempts to show the scheduled programmes on the new channel failed. Associated-Rediffusion , the London weekday ITV franchise-holder, offered to transmit on the BBC's behalf, but their gesture was rejected. At 22:00 programming was officially postponed until the following morning. As the BBC's news centre at Alexandra Palace
10058-664: Was born in Bloomsbury , London , on 5 December 1969 and was raised in the Brunswick Centre . Her mother, Josephine, was a florist. Tate has said that the character of Margaret in The Catherine Tate Show , who shrieks at the slightest of disturbances, is based largely on her mother. Tate never knew her father as he left very early on in her life and, consequently, she was brought up in a female-dominated environment, being cared for by her mother, grandmother, and godparents. As
10165-468: Was developed by BBC Creative and Superunion. BBC Two also has regional variations in Wales and Northern Ireland , which occasionally opt out of the national BBC Two feed to air programmes of local interest. In November 2001, BBC Wales introduced a special opt-out service known as BBC 2W , which aired weekdays from 8.30 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the BBC Two Wales channel space on digital television, and carried
10272-580: Was envisaged as a home for less mainstream and more ambitious programming, and while this tendency has continued to date, most special-interest programmes of a kind previously broadcast on BBC Two, for example the BBC Proms , now tend to appear on BBC Four instead. British television at the time of BBC2's launch consisted of two channels: the BBC Television Service and the ITV network made up of smaller regional companies. Both channels had existed in
10379-475: Was eventually scrapped, with Mack concentrating more on his sitcom Not Going Out . Coincidentally, Tate played Kate in the original 2005 pilot of the show, which was also never broadcast. Around the same time in 2013, she joined David Walliams and Philip Glenister in the BBC One sitcom Big School (2013–2014), playing the main role of French teacher Sarah Postern in both series of the show. Tate later appeared as
10486-620: Was founded in New York City on May 26, 1913. One method for an actor to become eligible to join the union is being under an Equity contract. An actor may also apply for membership if they are a member of any of the sister unions in the performing arts. These unions are the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA), American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA), and Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). The third way one gets an equity card
10593-558: Was launched, which simulcasts the BBC Two schedule with opt-outs for local programming from 7:00 p.m. to midnight nightly, and occasionally during the afternoon for news and sports programmes. The Northern Irish version of BBC Two is widely available in the Republic of Ireland on satellite and cable , as well as being received directly in areas bordering Northern Ireland , or in coastal areas from Wales . The national version of BBC Two
10700-407: Was named "Terrestrial Channel of the Year". A high-definition simulcast of BBC Two began broadcasting on 26 March 2013, replacing the standalone BBC HD channel. As of 29 November 2018 , there are three variations of BBC Two HD (Wales, Northern Ireland, and England). The channel controllers have been: Adam Barker served as Acting Controller of the channel after Janice Hadlow left
10807-797: Was not unique to BBC2. On 1 July 1967, during the Wimbledon Championships , BBC2 became the first channel in Europe to begin regular broadcasts in colour, using the PAL system. The thirteen-part series Civilisation (1969) was created as a celebration of two millennia of western art and culture to showpiece the new colour technology. BBC1 and ITV later joined BBC2 on 625-line UHF band but continued to simulcast on 405-line VHF until 1985. BBC1 and ITV simultaneously introduced PAL colour on UHF on 15 November 1969, although they both had broadcast some programmes in colour "unofficially" since September 1969. In 1979,
10914-418: Was offered an audition for the part by the casting director who also owned a sandwich shop Tate used to go in and knew she was about to go to drama college. On the set, she got to work with actor Duncan Preston , of whom she was a big fan. "[I] did a lot of stage work. I'd always wanted to do comedy, but it was the '90s and they were closing a lot of the repertory theatres. The closest thing I saw to stage work
11021-467: Was reported that the programme Victoria Derbyshire would end, owing to the BBC's £80m cuts. Since the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic , Victoria Derbyshire has been presenting the first hour of BBC News, which continues until 13:00. BBC Two is also known for broadcasting some BBC One programmes in a change to the schedules when that channel is broadcasting a BBC News Special. For example; during
11128-471: Was scheduled to begin at 19:20 on 20 April 1964, showing an evening of light entertainment, starting with the comedy show The Alberts , a performance from Soviet comedian Arkady Raikin , and a production of Cole Porter 's Kiss Me, Kate , culminating with a fireworks display. However, at around 18:45 a huge power failure, originating from a fire at Battersea Power Station , caused Television Centre , and indeed much of west London, to lose all power. BBC1
11235-638: Was shown before Victoria Derbyshire 8:00am-9:00 am including See Hear on Wednesday morning. BBC Two is also known for broadcasting some news and current affairs programmes. It broadcasts BBC News updates every morning at 9 am, simulcasting the BBC News channel after it stops simulcasting BBC Breakfast on BBC1. This includes an edition of BBC Business Today at 11:30 and Sportsday at 11:45, then fifteen minutes of BBC News Now , this had previously been between 2006-2010 an edition of World News Today and 2010-2011 GMT . At 12:15 pm during
11342-549: Was stand-up, so I took the stand-up route and went to the Edinburgh Festival and did things like that. My journey through stand-up was quite quick, though, 'cause then I started doing sketch humor, and then I got my own TV show. In the middle, though, I did films and TV, too, so I've been very lucky to be able to mix it all up." In 1996 Tate began performing stand-up comedy. Soon after, she co-wrote and starred in Barking (1998),
11449-442: Was unaffected, they did in fact broadcast brief bulletins on BBC2 that evening, beginning with an announcement by the newsreader Gerald Priestland at around 19:25. There was believed to be no recording made of this bulletin, but a videotape was discovered in early 2003. By 11:00 on 21 April 1964, power had been restored to the studios and programming began, thus making Play School the first programme to be shown officially on
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