Catherine Tate is to return to TV. She will star in a new one-off comedy being made for Gold entitled Do Not Disturb set in a boutique hotel in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Tate will be joined by Miles Jupp and Car Share’s Sian Gibson. Do Not Disturb is due to  be broadcast from January 2016. It focuses on estranged husband and wife Anna (Tate) and John (Jupp), who attempt reconciliation talks after her extra marital affair with a much younger man.

With Tate’s character checking into the honeymoon suite, her husband unexpectedly heads to the room a short while later. To add to the confusion, unbeknown to the couple, a 21-year-old man is lying comatose, semi-naked, and asleep in the bathtub, recovering from a rowdy stag do.  

What happens next will either make or break their marriage for good. Anna now has to come up with a plan, deal with well-meaning though hapless hotel staff, and try not to rouse the suspicions of her husband, who has been rocked by her previous betrayal.

It is to be directed by Nigel Cole (‘Calendar Girls’ and ‘Made in Dagenham’) and is written by Aschlin Ditta, who wrote for the star on The Catherine Tate Show. 

Do Not Disturb is part of Gold’s continued commitment to commission original comedy content. It will sit alongside new scripted programmes including Bull starring BAFTA award winner Robert Lindsay and Maureen Lipman and Marley’s Ghosts featuring John Hannah, Jo Joyner and Sarah Alexander.