Catherine Tate

Thsnks,I had just seen outtakes of her specials shows on u-tube doing her different characters.She had also done a Christmas special and she was Scrooge in the christmas carol with David Tennent.

envious; if you're referring to the comedy series she used to do I'd have to get the memory working because I don't think she's had a series on tv over here for quite a while [she started appearing in Dr Who].But, from memory, I didn't like the granny character. I liked the 'I can do that' character and used to bore people stupid at work whenever I learned something new on the pooter that they were having problems with [didn't happen very often] by leaping around saying 'I can do that!' Never liked the Little Britain 'Ai'maladee' character either [although I didn't mind Vicky Pollard]. Loved Harry Enfields 'old ladies' [that's going back a bit]; ditto Mrs Browns Boys. Maybe [for me] she needed to be a bloke playing the part for it to work . It wasn't the way she portrayed old ladies but more that the actual content wasn't funny; more 'let's get a laugh by swearing a lot but not much else'.

and anno

Keep me on the straight and narrow, jane

Don't like her so don't watch her. So there, Bags!

I guess I misread "her other stuff I don't find funny". It was only five past six!

Just ignore me, envious – pre-coffee brain dead!

Do you switch "her other stuff" off?

But envious didn't say she didn't like Catherine Tate!!!!
She was asking if there really were old British women like Catherine Tate's character!

Yes, I know, jane, but I still don't understand why people watch stuff they don't like. However, each to their own. I know I'm a complete weirdo not having a TV (in most people's eyes)

Envious was only asking what we thought of her, Bags
I think Catherine Tate's very clever Envious, and her Nan character rings true

I think she's very funny. I love her characters. I know several Nans. My DH mother is one. She's a totally selfish, two faced old lady with a mouth that could put a navvy to shame.

Is it possible to turn TVs off? Why watch stuff you don't like?