Catherine Tate

Catherine Tate made first move on Jason Orange

Comedienne Catherine Tate made the first move on Take That's Jason Orange, it has been claimed.

Catherine Tate to return to the US Office

Catherine Tate is to return to the US version of hit sitcom The Office.

Catherine Tate to reprise US Office role

Catherine Tate will return to the American version of The Office later this year to reprise her role as Nellie Bertram.

Moment Catherine Tate knew future was (Jason) Orange

Jason Orange fell for Catherine Tate the moment she made him laugh dressed up as him in a spoof Take That video.

Jason Orange dates funnygirl Catherine Tate

Take That star Jason Orange and funnygirl Catherine Tate are enjoying a secret romance, The Sun can reveal.

Sixty-Six Books stars Catherine Tate as divine blogger

London's new Bush Theatre opens this week with a marathon theatrical event to mark the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible - with Catherine Tate in the role of God.

On the eve of the island's beard-growing contest, hairy chins on Jinsy are suffering random attacks from a phantom nibbler. Arbiter Maven (Justin Chubb) is no help: he's busy trying to get on the cover of Glove Hygiene Monthly by wooing its maniacally pristine editor, Roopina Crale (Catherine Tate). They have a series of tensely erotic encounters ("Mmm, you smell of... nothing"), but clean freaks and beards don't mix.

Resident psychedelic folkster Melody Lane (Chubb in a paisley dress) provides a disturbing, catchy song about hygiene, in one of the many lovingly crafted inserts that enhance the action and repay repeat viewing. This Is Jinsy has solid comic chops beneath its obscure exterior.

First pics of Catherine Tate in This Is Jinsy released

The first pics of Catherine Tate's guest appearance on This Is Jinsy have been released.

My most vivid memory of Hylda Baker is that bizarre 1978 Top of the Pops appearance with Arthur Mullard, but there was so much more to the comedy actress, as Barbara Windsor finds out. She was a diminutive Lancashire lass with a booming voice who soon became a music hall regular, before starring in sketches and sitcoms (most notably Nearest and Dearest). Baker was often labelled loud and vulgar at a time when funny men overshadowed their female counterparts, yet is now considered by many to be an influential figure. Her silent stooge Cynthia was surely a prototype for Dame Edna Everage's Madge, and her performances brimmed with catchphrases - "She knows, y'know!", "You big girl's blouse!" - long before Little Britain and Catherine Tate cornered the market. About time, then, that her unique talent was reappraised.