Catherine Tate Is The ‘Queen Of Oz’ As BBC Commission New Comedy
Catherine Tate is returning to the BBC as the ‘Queen Of Oz‘ in a brand new comedy series for BBC One and iPlayer.
Tate stars as Princess Georgiana, the black sheep of a fictional British Royal Family. A PR disaster, she’s spent her spoilt, party-girl life plastered over the tabloids. On the back of her latest scandal her father, the King, makes the unprecedented move of abdicating his Australian throne in favour of his daughter. It is hoped that giving her some real responsibility will finally be the making of her – and if it isn’t, at least shipping her off keeps her 10,000 miles away from London.
Accompanied by a useless entourage, Queen Georgiana of Australia goes kicking and screaming to a country she has zero interest in beyond the Hemsworth Brothers.
“It’s time to roll out the red carpet. And hang up the bunting again,” said Jon Petrie, Director of BBC Comedy. “We’re excited to have the multi-award-winning Catherine Tate back making another comedy for the BBC. Her work has been enjoyed by millions over the years and we look forward to working with her on another hit for us.”
The series is based on an original idea by Catherine Tate and Borga Dorta and is being produced in association with ABC Australia. It is a Lingo Pictures production written by Catherine Tate and Jeff Gutheim. Along with writing and starring, Tate will executive produce the series, alongside producer Michele Bennett (‘Mr Inbetween’) and executive producer for Lingo, Helen Bowden (‘The Secrets She Keeps’, ‘Lambs of God’). Christiaan Van Vuuren (‘Dom And Adrian’, ‘A Sunburnt Christmas’) will direct. Endeavour Content are distributing the series internationally.
“Catherine Tate is such a superb talent and the team at Lingo Pictures couldn’t be more delighted to be working with her on this fabulously witty series,” adds Producer Michele Bennett. “We know that British and Australians, as well as audiences around the world, are going to love this riotous take on royalty in Australia.”
‘Queen Of Oz‘ will begin filming later this year in Australia and further casting will be announced in due course. If you want to keep track of this or any other shows, you can add them via our Never Miss system, and you’ll be notified when they get a UK premiere date.
