{"id":34002,"date":"2023-06-19T12:41:47","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T10:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1846519"},"modified":"2023-06-19T18:01:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T16:01:46","slug":"catherine-tate-says-netflix-axed-comedy-hard-cell-without-telling-her","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/catherine-tate-says-netflix-axed-comedy-hard-cell-without-telling-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Catherine Tate says Netflix axed comedy Hard Cell without telling her"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> &#8220;I heard from someone else&#8217;s agent.&#8221; <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 19 June 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>As Catherine Tate\u2019s new series <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/queen-of-oz-release-date-catherine-tate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Queen of Oz<\/a> starts airing on BBC One, the comedy star has revealed that her <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming\/netflix\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Netflix<\/a> series <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/catherine-tate-hard-cell-2-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Hard Cell<\/a> has been cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>Tate revealed the news while appearing on <a href=\"\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/m001mklw&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Zoe Ball\u2019s Radio 2 show<\/a> on Friday (16th June), and when asked through a listener email whether Hard Cell would ever be returning, she explained how Netflix had never actually told her that it wouldn\u2019t be coming back.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cI believe\u2026 well, do you know Netflix never actually told me? So I\u2019ve never actually had the call to say\u2026 nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ball then said \u201cthat\u2019s just rude\u201d, to which Catherine replied: \u201cIsn\u2019t it just rude? I heard from someone else\u2019s agent. 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to <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> that Hard Cell will not be returning. <strong>RadioTimes.com<\/strong> has reached out to Tate for any further comment.<\/p>\n<p>Hard Cell, which debuted last year, was a mockumentary set in fictional prison HMP Woldsley, following the inmates and staff as they attempt to put on a musical.\u00a0 It saw Tate play six different roles, and <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/hard-cell-netflix-cast\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">also starred<\/a> Christian Brassington, Cheryl Fergison and Jola Olajide.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/david-tennant-there-she-goes-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">David Tennant on There She Goes: \u2018It\u2019s one of the things I\u2019m most proud of\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/murder-they-hope-christmas-special-peter-davison-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Peter Davison and Martin Kemp join Murder, They Hope Christmas special<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>Meanwhile Tate\u2019s new series, <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/queen-of-oz-cast\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Queen of Oz<\/a>, sees her play a member of a fictional royal family, who is sent away to become Australia\u2019s Head of State after she is involved in numerous tabloid scandals.<\/p>\n<p>The series was originally meant to happen years ago, but Tate recently revealed that amongst a number of elements which <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/catherine-tate-doctor-who-delayed-queen-oz-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">caused delays<\/a> was a little show called <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-60th-anniversary-special-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tate explained: \u201cIt took a while to develop. Then it got green-lit and COVID happened. Then \u2013 I know I\u2019m not supposed to talk about it \u2013 but Doctor Who happened.<\/p> <p>\u201cSo every time it just kept getting pushed back and back and back. And we ended up not shooting it until last autumn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tate will return to Doctor Who as Donna Noble alongside David Tennant\u2019s Doctor later this year, something which the actress said she <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-catherine-tate-back-david-tennant-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">thought would never happen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cI don\u2019t think David and I thought for a second we\u2019d ever get another bite of those cherries. And we did. And it was like, I think for the both of us, it was like slipping into old slippers.\u201d<\/p> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove\" embed=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove__player\" vjs-playlist-player-container=\"\"> <video data-video-id=\"&quot;6328665389112&quot;\" data-account=\"&quot;69912529001&quot;\" data-player=\"&quot;ByeOf0VZEl&quot;\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\"\/><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/><p><strong>Hard Cell is <\/strong><strong>available to stream now on<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/search?q=sex%2Flife&amp;jbv=80991848&quot;\"><strong>Netflix<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/gb\/&quot;\"><strong>Sign up for Netflix from \u00a34.99 a month<\/strong><\/a><strong>. 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