All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 Episode 1

    • February 16, 2004
    • BBC Two

    Argumentative schoolgirl Lauren and foul-mouthed Nan Taylor appear in the first episode of the award-winning Catherine Tate's acclaimed sketch show.

  • S01E02 Episode 2

    • February 23, 2004
    • BBC Two

    More comic characters, including Britain's oldest majorette and the Death Row Wife.

  • S01E03 Episode 3

    • March 1, 2004
    • BBC Two

    Meet the Doncaster Spinners' ageing majorette, the manipulative nan and the enigmatic cop.

  • S01E04 Episode 4

    • March 8, 2004
    • BBC Two

    Another burst of comic creations including Elaine the Death Row Wife and a woman frightened of her shadow.

  • S01E05 Episode 5

    • March 15, 2004
    • BBC Two

    More character creations from the award-winning Catherine Tate.

  • S01E06 Episode 6

    • March 23, 2004
    • BBC Two

    Is she bovvered? Lauren and friends in the final episode of the series.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Episode 1

    • July 21, 2005
    • BBC Two

    Comedy sketch series, featuring a gallery of unforgettable characters. They include Lauren, the schoolgirl who can't quite grasp 'street' parlance, and the foul-mouthed granny.

  • S02E02 Episode 2

    • July 28, 2005
    • BBC Two

    Award-winning comedy sketch series co-written and performed by the versatile comedy actress, featuring a gallery of memorable characters.

  • S02E03 Episode 3

    • August 4, 2005
    • BBC Two

    Award-winning comedy sketch series featuring a gallery of memorable characters. Lauren goes to a gym, and wigmakers to the stars Ivan and Trudy are introduced.

  • S02E04 Episode 4

    • August 11, 2005
    • BBC Two

    Comedy sketch series featuring a gallery of memorable characters. Nan meets her grandson's girlfriend, and Lauren gets a tattoo of her boyfriend only for him to dump her.

  • S02E05 Episode 5

    • August 18, 2005
    • BBC Two

    Comedy sketch series featuring a gallery of memorable characters. Elaine Figgis seeks true love via trueloveforever.co.uk , and Paul Whitehouse turns up as Sam's dad.

  • S02E06 Episode 6

    • August 25, 2005
    • BBC Two

    Comedy sketch series featuring a gallery of memorable characters. Lauren asks her teacher if he's gay. Peter Kay visits Nan and together they render Bridge over Troubled Water.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Episode 1

    • October 26, 2006
    • BBC Two

    Catherine Tate returns with a third series of her hillarious show. New characters include a Nothern Irish mum who's delighted her son's gay. Meanwhile Nan visits an old friend in hospital and Lauren takes a job in a burger bar.

  • S03E02 Episode 2

    • November 2, 2006
    • BBC Two

    Eastenders actress Natalie Cassidy guest-stars as a cheerleader after Lauren's boyfriend, Fifties landlady Ma Willow makes her first appearance and Nan has a rat in her house.

  • S03E03 Episode 3

    • November 9, 2006
    • BBC Two

    Derek Faye meets Bonnie Langford, Lauren receives a proposal, Nan has a new neighbour from upstairs and Bernie's brother's and sister's come over from Ireland to visit.

  • S03E04 Episode 4

    • November 16, 2006
    • BBC Two

    Gingers for Justice take to the rooftops with guest star Patsy Palmer. Lauren causes trouble in science class and The Aga Saga Woman and her children are terrified when a mechanic brings over a courtesy car whilst her Land Rover is being repaired.

  • S03E05 Episode 5

    • November 23, 2006
    • BBC Two

    Nan appears on Paul O'Grady's teatime show and broadcasts her horrible views to the nation. The Aga Saga women takes a wrong turn into "Tottenham" and Lauren refuses to speak French for an oral exam.

  • S03E06 Episode 6

    • November 30, 2006
    • BBC Two

    In the last episode in the series, Lauren gets hitched, Derek gets a massage, Georgie does another fund raiser, this time for dwarfs, Janice and Ray talk about a sandwich with no bread and Nan's sister comes over from Spain and Essex couple Paul and Sam return with more laughs.

  • SPECIAL 0x12 Interview

    • April 2, 2009

  • SPECIAL 0x13 Consider Yourself One Of Us... this Christmas on BBC One (Xmas 2011)

Additional Specials

  • SPECIAL 0x1 Comic Relief (McFly)

    • March 11, 2005
    • BBC Two
  • SPECIAL 0x2 Children in Need

    • October 23, 2005
    • BBC Two

    In this special for Children in Need, Lauren (Am I Bothered) meets some of Albert Square's most dodgy women, including Stacey Slater and Peggy Mitchell.

  • SPECIAL 0x3 Christmas Special (2005)

    • December 20, 2005
    • BBC Two

    The Old Woman meets up with Charlotte Church, and Lauren prepares a rather special 'X Factor' performance.

  • SPECIAL 0x4 Sport Relief

    • January 15, 2006
    • BBC Two

    A short sketch featuring Nan Taylor and her grandson watching the world cup.

  • SPECIAL 0x5 Comic Relief (David Tennant)

    • March 16, 2007
    • BBC Two

    Lauren Cooper meets David Tennant)

  • SPECIAL 0x6 Comic Relief (James Bond)

    • March 16, 2007
    • BBC Two

  • SPECIAL 0x7 Comic Relief (Tony Blair)

    • March 16, 2007
    • BBC Two

  • SPECIAL 0x8 Comic Relief (Lenny Henry)

    • March 16, 2007
    • BBC Two

  • SPECIAL 0x9 Comic Relief (Noel Edmonds)

    • March 16, 2007
    • BBC Two

  • SPECIAL 0x10 Christmas Special (2007)

    • December 25, 2007
    • BBC Two

    Catherine Tate may be Doctor Who's new assistant, Donna, but Catherine Tate has found time to do a Christmas special too. Highlights include Irish nurse Bernie duetting with famous patient George Michael at the hospital karaoke party, Nan cooking Christmas dinner for her daughter (Kathy Burke), and gobby teenager Lauren showing off her rapping skills to her mates and getting into trouble on a school outing.

  • SPECIAL 0x11 Nan's Christmas Carol

    • December 25, 2009
    • BBC Two

    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?