Catherine Tate teases I’m a Celebrity return - but was terrified of leeches in the outback
ok.co.ukWhen Catherine Tate developed the idea for a brand-new royal comedy, she never thought it would take her all the way to Australia.
Catherine created the series with producer Borga Dorter, who pitched for the show to take place on another continent entirely. “The series was originally Queen of Canada,” explains Catherine. “We were told that Canadian broadcasters will take a long time to say yes, four years on and we’ve still not heard! “I’d come back from a tour of Australia, where I didn’t realise there was a fanbase for me over there, and I said ‘do you know what?
I think this would make a really good idea for Australia’. And Queen of Oz is a catchier title.” The six-episode comedy follows Princess Georgiana, a spoiled member of the British monarchy who spends her life partying and being plastered all over the tabloids.
In an effort to get her as far away from London as possible, and at the same time, hoping to prevent Australia from leaving the Commonwealth, Georgie’s parents send her away to become the Queen of Australia.
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