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Catherine Tate reveals the relief of 'not having to make people laugh' as she stars in serious play - after her BBC sitcom was 'axed after one series'


The comedian, 54, who was catapulted to fame with her iconic BBC sketch show, spoke about her new role on Friday's This Morning.

However she did admit she would 'never not want to make people laugh' but enjoyed the variety of different genres and flexing her acting muscles (pictured with hosts Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary) She spread disruption with fires caused by littered cigarettes, wrong portraits printed on currency, and the untimely death of a kangaroo, which only made things worse for the royal. The Doctor Who star played the leading role as Princess Georgina in Queen of Oz, a royal party girl sent to Australia by her father after she was plastered all over the tabloids

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