Two new TV specials

Catherine Tate is to make a comeback as her enduring Nan character.

She is to record two more BBC One aspecials as her foul-mouthed pensioner next month.

They follow the half-hour special broadcast the start of last year. That show attracted 4.3 million viewers and earned Tate a Bafta nomination for best female performance in a comedy programme, although the award eventually went to Jessica Hynes for W1A.

The two new half-hour episodes will be broadcast in 2016 and again be written by Catherine Tate, Brett Goldstein and Dan Swimer, and directed by Geoff Posner.

Shane Allen, controller of comedy commissioning for the BBC said: 'Nan is one of the most iconic comedy characters of our time and it's thrilling to welcome her back to BBC One. Catherine's performance is as close to comic perfection as you can get.'

No further details of plot or cast have been revealed for the new episodes, which are made by made by Tiger Aspect .

The character was last seen on Michael McIntyre's Easter Night at the Coliseum last month, while Tate's last TV appearance was in More4's election-night play The Vote, broadcast live from the Donmar Warehouse.

The new episodes will be recorded in front of a live studio audience in London on June 12 and 19. To be among them, see our free tickets page.

Here is a clip from the last special, as usual featuring Mathew Horne as Nan's grandson:

Published: 20 May 2015