http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-3084-catherine-tate/topic-rss.do Catherine Tate RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23751749-ofcom-doesnt-see-funny-side-of-comedy-breaches-with-pound-80000-fines.do 2009-10-02T10:04:21Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23737873-the-free-for-all-must-end-bring-the-web-to-heel.do Hello, you psychotic, whoring skanks! Ah, that doesn't work, does it? Not with my name printed at the top of this piece 2009-08-28T07:33:28Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23676656-freak-heart-illness-killed-comedy-genius.do A BBC executive who co-wrote The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy scripts died when he collapsed of a freak heart condition and fell under the wheels of a lorry 2009-04-16T07:41:32Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23644514-enough-twittering-i-need-to-spotify.do No sooner have we trundled onto the internet superhighway than we realise that there is always something revving up in the fast lane waiting to overtake us 2009-02-17T09:04:48Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23552547-rhapsody-in-electric-blue-kate-garraway-slips-into-a-clingy-little-number-for-tv-quick-awards.do GMTV presenter Kate Garraway showed off a bold front in a little blue dress as she joined the stars at the TV Quick and TV Choice awards. 2008-09-08T19:13:32Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23547103-former-bbc-comedy-boss-killed-in-road-accident.do Former head of comedy for the BBC Geoffrey Perkins, 55, a producer, writer and performer, was hit by a truck on the busy Marylebone High Street just after 9am this morning. 2008-08-29T21:32:09Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23527667-teachers-have-feelings-in-under-the-blue-sky.do David Eldridge, who spent many years hanging out with teacher friends, nails a certain social milieu with wit and generosity in Under the Blue Sky. 2008-08-05T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23527526-grade-wields-axe-as-itv-slumps-to-record-15bn-loss.do ITV has made a record loss of more than £1.5 billion and warned that advertising revenues are set to take a nose-dive in the autumn 2008-08-06T09:10:51Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23522407-orchestrate-daleks-invade-the-proms-for-an-out-of-this-world-concert.do The Proms took on a distinctly intergalactic flavour when Daleks invaded the stage for a Dr Who themed night. 2008-07-28T09:30:54Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23522447-proms-play-second-fiddle-to-dr-who.do Cynics might dub it dumbing down but the Dr Who Prom certainly attracted Whovians of all ages to the packed Albert Hall. 2008-07-27T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23522296-kylie-weaves-her-spell.do Kylie's production at the 02 Arena is lavish and sprinkled with moments of glorious madness. Fabulously enjoyable, says John Aizlewood. 2008-07-27T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23522306-under-the-blue-sky-barely-a-pass-in-sex-education.do Under the Blue Sky seeks to show how emotionally retarded and repressed schoolteachers can be when involved with each other. 2008-07-27T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23517377-pictured-catherine-tate-on-crutches-after-twisting-her-ankle-in-nasty-fall.do Catherine Tate's much anticipated first night return to the West End was cancelled after she took a tumble and suffered an ankle injury. 2008-07-17T11:24:17Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23510366-your-chance-to-vote-first-in-tvs-top-awards.do It's the most glittering - and nail-biting - date in the awards ceremony calendar, and a true litmus test of popular taste. And today we are proud to announce that Mail on Sunday readers will be the first to cast their vote for the National Television Awards... the only TV honours to be handed direct from the viewer to the star. 2008-07-05T18:47:02Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23489886-nice-handbags-boys-ant-and-dec-show-off-designer-totes-after-gym-workout.do They’d spent more than an hour building up manly muscles at the gym, but Ant and Dec showed today they also cultivating their girly side. 2008-06-03T15:53:46Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23487509-explosive-the-first-dramatic-pictures-of-billie-pipers-return-to-dr-who.do Billie Piper is set to make an unexpected return to Dr Who in a dramatic explosion scene that will have viewers on the edge of their seats as these pictures show. 2008-05-25T18:15:13Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23485906-itv-set-to-escape-seven-figure-fine-over-ant-and-dec-vote-rigging-scandal.do ITV may get away with its latest vote-rigging debacle involving presenters Ant and Dec - and avoid a seven-figure fine in the process. 2008-05-19T17:37:15Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23484412-fraud-police-could-investigate-ant-and-decs-tv-voting-fix.do The Serious Fraud Office is considering an investigation into a string of phone-vote scandals at ITV, including the rigging of an award for Ant and Dec. The possibility emerged on the day Ofcom warned of "systemic and widespread" problems affecting all broadcasters 2008-05-13T23:14:20Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/comedy/review-23480302-taking-on-the-wrong-role.do In the right role Richard Lumsden is very good but The Fall and Rise of Lenny Smallman, a self-penned, cliché-jammed slog of a pop parable, stretches his charms to the limit. 2008-04-24T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23475327-up-pompeii-tate-and-tennant-head-for-ancient-rome-as-nine-million-viewers-watch-series-opener.do Doctor Who and exuberant sidekick Donna team up following their successful series opener - which attracted nine million viewers - to battle it out in ancient Rome next week. Newly released pictures show the Doctor and Donna squaring up to a series of outrageous baddies in notorious volcano hotspot Pompeii. This week's show will include cameos from Peter Capaldi - of satire The Thick of It - and Quadrophenia's Phil Davis. The series four opener on Saturday wiped the floor with the competition, attracting nine million viewers, 300,000 more than episode one of series three last year 2008-04-07T12:59:28Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23434890-forget-the-meluas-adeles-the-real-thing.do Adele Adkins' voice exudes grief with a believability unheard since Tammy Wynette, the most desolate female singer of all. 2008-01-30T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/comedy/article-23430605-why-comedian-plus-punchline-equals-guffaw.do The Science Museum is to embark on the first scientific examination of what makes Londoners laugh. 2008-01-03T11:47:31Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23429068-rude-jokes-for-all-the-family.do Forget the panto-phobic critics, Stephen Fry's Cinderella is consistently funny, subversive and knowing, says Anne McElvoy. 2007-12-21T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/comedy/review-23419580-cartoon-laughs-live-on.do The often sidesplittingly funny Fast Show Live brought back a host of familiar characters and even drew a cameo from Timelord David Tennant. 2007-11-05T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/comedy/article-23417346-is-katy-brand-the-new-catherine-tate.do Her spoof Lily Allen song on Radio 1 was mistaken for the real thing and her new TV series lampoons Amy Winehouse and Kate Moss - they deserve it, says comedy's latest star. 2007-10-19T11:26:30Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23400405-serious-stand-up.do Sue Perkins was initially nervy - pacing and playing with her mic - yet once she found a steady rhythm, things slotted into place. 2007-06-12T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23389085-yearning-for-the-good-old-days.do Playing a man twice his age, Alex Lowe's heavy-jowelled prosthetics recall Roy Hattersley's Spitting Image puppet with better diction. 2007-03-15T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23381495-victorias-secrets.do After a painful divorce and critical failure, Victoria Wood is back with a new version of Acorn Antiques and enjoying single life, says Bruce Dessau. 2007-01-12T15:11:04Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23373789-fingers-on-your-buzzers.do James McAvoy stars as a working-class boy with advanced general-knowledge skills in Starter For Ten who is taught some valuable lessons by life and love. 2006-11-09T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23373032-all-star-cast-is-lost-for-words.do Director Ed Blum has collected a pretty good cast for Scenes Of A Sexual Nature. Unfortunately he has given them little or nothing to do. 2006-11-02T00:00:00Z