Catherine Tate singing The Ballad of Barry and Freda (Let's Do It) 

The way she introduced Victoria Wood at the end, like her idol was on stage taking a bow with her genuinely brought a tear!!!

This reminds me of the version that the Doctor Who cast did back when Russel T Davis was leaving the show (along with David Tennant, Julie Gardner and several others I think) and they did a rewrite of it called 'The Ballad Of Russel And Julie' and Catherine did the 'Let's do it' part and David did the 'I can't do it' part and John Barrowman did the narration and I absolutely loved it lol

The smile on her face after the bow she did when finished singing. That's the smile that came from her deepest self. The smile of the young girl who olny dreamed about once being what she is now. The smile that is pure happieness. A true smile of feeling amazing.

What a lack luster audience. And here i am applauding my screen, shedding tear of one Comedy Genius paying Tribute to one of the Comedy Goddesses. Fantastic!!!!

The Ballad Of Barry And Freda is a bloody difficult song to do, and Catherine does an admirable job on her cover version. Nothing touches Victoria's various versions, obviously, but Ms. Tate gave it a right old go, and should be very proud.

R.I.P Victoria Wood a true queen of comedy :'(

Rogers and Hammerstein, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lennon and McCartney ... the list goes on - none of them wrote lyrics to compete with "beat me on the bottom with the Woman's Weekly" or "bend me over backwards on the Hostess Trolley" or "melt the buttons on my flameproof nightie".

R.I.P Victoria Wood. You will be greatly missed. This is a Great tribute to her.

*As a lifelong Victoria Wood fan, my first thought was, **_"It's either a very brave or a very foolish person who attempts a cover of Barry & Freda"_** and especially live! But overall (no not Mrs), I think she pulled it off extremely well. Victoria Wood never had any pretensions about her own singing voice, as she admitted on several occasions off-stage, but yeah, Catherine Tate did pretty darn good here in my opinion.*

4:09 to go straight to the singing. Damn I was surprised at how good Catherine Tate was singing this.

Catherine is one of the most amazingly talented multi performers of all time. What an incredible human being. ✌️♥️🇬🇧

Victoria Wood was actually an incredibly skilled pianist, as well as a superlative writer, singer and everything else. Her songs are actually very difficult to perform. Catherine Tate did an excellent cover version of this song. Well done!

Just looked back at the date of this. IMDB have it as released 2 Jan 2016. Victoria Wood was in her last few months of life, and hardly anyone knew. I hope she saw this and loved every minute of it x

The applause Catherine received at the end was so richly deserved; the Ballad of Barry and Freda is a difficult piece, but Catherine covered it so well.

The tragic loss of a fantastic performer... RIP Victoria... You made so many people smile and laugh.x You are a legend!!

Cant believe I have just stumbled across this after the terrible week. What a wonderful woman. RIP xx

To all the ppl complaining that shes faking the piano...shes doing a tribute. They literally showed Victoria Wood playing the piana while doing this song so you can see thats obviously why they made the decision to put catherine in front of the piano. Not to make her out to have a talent she doesnt have

I'm a simple person : I see Donna Noble singing, I like.

Can we just accept that this woman can play piano without looking at the keys, moving up octaves too (this is such a difficult piece) and sing like that? Jesus Christ, Catherine Tate is talented all round and a massive credit to the nation. Bloody brilliant - keep it up xx

The Spinners, a hostess trolley, lagging pipes, Judith Chalmers, Woman's Weekly...very much a lovely wander through the nostalgia of my childhood 😁 The less wonderful reference was that of avocado! Whether the foodstuff or colour of bathroom suites. Couldn't stand either in the 70's, can't stand them now 😁 Brilliant lyrics all the way through ❤

Is there anything Catherine can't do? So talented. Love it!!

I love her, her joy is infectious my favourite roles are 1) Lauren cooper 2) Donna noble

Oh Victoria Wood, bless you. Miss you so much.

Can't believe she has gone , such a shock, they knew she was going and did this for her. Sad great loss to comedy

I remember her she was so great miss her and her talent

Brilliant. I never even knew Catherine Tate could sing and play the piano, and do it well. My estimation of her has gone up 100%😌

I was never really a fan of Catherine Tate, but this was a really good tribute to the lateVictoria Wood. Well done Miss Tate, and r.i.p Victoria.

sad times, :( rest in peace to a great woman

obviously she's not going to b as good as victoria but it's a tribute to her so shut up and enjoy it people😂

Never been able to look at a hostess trolley in the same way again

BRILLIANT EFFORT CATHERINE !!! Victoria WOOD ….have been sooooo PROUD of you. XXX ;)

Aww bless! Catherine introducing a whole new generation to this classic ballad. When will she do Broadway?

The great Miss Victoria Wood RIP, left us so many treasures this especially, a good effort by Catherine Tate. Hard to believe she is no longer here, love to her family.

Nice Job, Catherine. This is a really hard song to sing and to get right. Even Victoria Wood messed it up on occasion. She doesn’t sing it with the….. glee and twinkle that Victoria sings it with, but she clearly loves the song and gives it her best. We cannot ask for anything more. Well done.

I think anyone who tried to follow in the foot steps of Victoria is very brave, because obviously people are going to say its not like Victoria. Thank you Catherine for having a good go. Victoria your humour was amazing and i am sure you are continuing once you settle in the new abode. Thank you for all the laughter and joy you brought here. Safe journey home. You and Ronnie are going to have a ball in the heavenly realm that I am sure.

A brilliantly performed tribute to the late and so great Victoria Wood. HOW CAN THERE BE PEOPLE OUT THERE GIVING IT THE THUMBS DOWN? UNBELIEVABLE

Such a tragic loss R.I.P Victoria Wood :'(

Aww come on you guys, this was a great effort to pay tribute the wonderful Victoria Wood !!! And to be Honest it sounded good to me

Really good performance and so difficult to do, she did her own take on it which is respectful.

No one will do it like our Vic, but you can see the love in this perfect tribute. I am a huge Victoria Wood fan, and i know she would have loved this!

Glad she brought that song back The Glorious Victoria being honoured RIP Wonderful lady

Catherine, you ACED THAT!!!

The funniest line is about melting the buttons on the flame proof nightie. The whole song was hilarious when Victoria Wood released it but that back then seemed to be the icing on the cake beating the bending backwards on the hostess trolley.

After all these years this is still so good!😁

Such an amazing entertainer and a comedic icon in the making.

an absolutely bloody brilliant version and tribute !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you have every reason to be proud girl

"Best temp in Chiswick! 100 words per minute!" And that's how Donna decided to use her fingers to become a pianist.

I love this. Catherine is so talented

Rest In Peace you wonderful lady. Goodbye Victoria Wood x

I was at the recording, amazing performance and a great tribute to the wonderfull Victoria Wood

Catherine is an awesome singer and should do more of it.

Had no idea The Ballad of Russell and Julie was based on something else. XD

the song starts at around 4:08

R.I.P. Victoria Wood Missed by all.x❤

This is real comedy!!!!! You sit down with blank mind, then you smile, you understand and feel the same, you laugh you wow, then you laugh and wow again in tears of joy, appreciation and respect!!!

What a great video to meet for 1st time such a Comedian!... Catherine, You are me favourite brit comedian, but who inspired you, is always welcome...

2016 ... we've lost so many truly great people :'(

No one performs this song like Victoria Wood - any attempt is futile! My God she was wonderful, there will never be another.

Please say Catherine Tate is still here she is amazing

Never seen this before.... Mad props to CT for the piano playing. Remember seeing VW do this as a kid.... VERY funny lady. RiP.

Catherine Tate is so talented. She is a joy to watch.

I wonder if Victoria Wood ever got to see this before she sadly passed away. This was amazing, Catherine is the most talented comediane out there

What a performance Catherine ! Thank you. Was really enjoyable to watch to appreciate to listen and to dance on it !

Sadly missed a comic icon and forever a legend miss Victoria Wood

loved it so much RIP Victoria Wood your a gem xxx

I love Catherines voice

DONNNAAHHHHHH !!

What a wonderful, well done and respectful tribute. Well done Catherine! Thank you Victoria. x

Catherine Tate must have been devastated at her passing

"Beat me on the bottom with a Women's Weekly"........pure class😂

Well sung Catherine, can't be too many people on the planet who could/should even attempt that song. From the "published" date, this performance must have been some time before Victoria passed. I so hope she saw it. I'm certain she would have approved.

Two great comedy geniuses. One tributing the other. Brilliant

FANTASTIC!

Ok ok, here’s my take, for what it’s worth: I ADORE Catherine Tate. She’s super funny, clever, can sing, dance, act, write, create a truly awesome range of ‘characters’…. The list goes on. This ‘Ballad’ is mighty tricky to DO RIGHT. To get the timing, to bring the different accents and personalities of the two protagonists to life; so that, by the end of the song, we really feel like we know them individually; we know their differences. And herein lies the dilemma. BECAUSE it’s so hard to pull off perfectly, I think it’s a huge compliment to say that, even someone of Catherine Tate’s talent and abilities, had an “ok/decent” stab at it. Yes, half the verses were missing (and in my humble opinion, some of the funniest). Yes, it was significantly slowed down. Yes, the characters were not “bought to life” via their different accents, outlooks, and the tiniest glimpses we got of their personalities. BUT all this is simply testament to just how brilliant Victoria Wood was. It is in NO WAY a critique of Tate’s abilities; purely a reflection on Wood’s brilliance. They are both fantastic entertainers, and UK comedy would be far poorer place, had we never had the joy that they both, in their individual and unique way, have, and do still, bring to us.

HA! I see Catherine Tate acting like a normal person, and I still wait for the punchline. Love her. A master of comedy.

Just absolutely brilliant Catherine ❤

Feeling a pang of sadness listening to this. VW was brilliant doing this. CT's rendition is a fitting tribute

BRILLIANT TRIBUTE CATHERINE YOU NAILED IT!

tears of laughter when watching the comedy genius, now tears of sorrow with the sad passing of the great Victoria Wood. R .I. P

The words “full circle” come to mind, and I’m not talking about Adric’s debut.

Late to the party - but I got a kick out of imagining this song playing as a bride and groom’s first dance where they are choreographed between moments of waltz and bits of modern dance.

God, I love you, Catherine Tate!

Still miss Victoria Wood, but thank you Catherine, a great tribute.

October 2021, so amazing to watch Catherine

I didn’t know Catherine played piano, let alone so well. She missed a couple of verses out but that was probably the programme producers.

Victoria. ! One of the greatest. Thank you foR saving my humour. !

I fucking love Catherine Tate. Crazy beautiful and crazy talented.

this reminded me how much I love both victoria wood and catherine tate

I loved Victoria Wood, she was so good and Catherine did a great job.

by chance,we came across this homage to the queen of comedy the late,great victoria wood.you are truly missed.still doesnt ring true.tbh. what a great uplifting performance by catherine tate,made us cry. this song, is a hard song to sing, nevermind trailing in the footsteps of victoria,but hey she sounded great,i dont care about anything other than,somebody i admire (catherine tate),paid the upmost respect by singing and performing vics song. thankyou catherine.for your testimony about how much victoria made an impact on yours,and many peoples lives. a true comedy genius that is victoria wood :(

Awesome and entertaining! Well done Catherine!

Victoria wood is a one of a kind genius Excellent cover Catherine Tate 👏🏻

Never can one replace Victoria wood the queen of comedy.

Catherine is stunningly talented

What a fitting and glorious tribute to a sadly missed icon!!!

so talented gifted 1968 born actress!!

Great tribute to the magnificent Victoria Wood.

And that's how you pay tribute to your heroes. Excellent.

I wasn't sure, I wasn't expecting Catherine Tate to be that good! She did a great job :D But, oh, I miss Victoria Wood ♥️

jeez... what a hard song to cover! I think she did well... the best bits were when she made it her own and you could see her character coming out