ABC/BBC comedy "Queen of Oz" (Catherine Tate)

[AdelaideGT]

A while off yet, but sounds interesting:

Princess Georgiana (Tate) is 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.

Brand new Catherine Tate comedy Queen Of Oz commissioned for BBC One and BBC iPlayer

Queen Of Oz is a brand new six-part comedy series written by Catherine Tate (The Catherine Tate Show, The Office US, Doctor Who) and Jeff Gutheim and produced by Lingo Pictures in association with The Development Partnership for BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Bostonian]

CT is crazy underrated.

Will 100% be watching this.

 

[AdelaideGT]

Queen of Oz review – Catherine Tate is truly monstrous in her new BBC sitcom

The comedian’s highly watchable series about a booze-addled monarch who’s sent away to rule Australia proves one thing – she really excels at playing borderline sociopaths

www.theguardian.com

First review

 

[manureid]

Will this be on the ABC?

 

[manureid]

Will this be on the ABC?

Answered my own question:

Premieres Wednesday 21 June at 9.40pm on ABC TV.

 

[AdelaideGT]

Binged the series (6 eps) today and quite enjoyed it.

Took a couple of episodes before I warmed to it as Catherine's character was very unlikeable initially.

Not the best comedy series I've ever seen but plenty of laughs along the way. I'd be happy if there was another series.