Little Britain. Image shows from L to R: David Walliams, Matt Lucas, The Prime Minister (Anthony Head)
Little Britain

Little Britain

  • TV sketch show
  • BBC Three / BBC One
  • 2003 - 2016
  • 23 episodes (3 series)

Matt Lucas and David Walliams take a comic look at British life in this character-based sketch series. Also features Anthony Head, Joann Condon, Charu Bala Chokshi, Leelo Ross, Ruth Jones and more.

  • JustWatch Streaming rank this week: 608

Press clippings

Matt Lucas shuts down Little Britain reboot rumours

"We're working on a different idea."

Iona Rowan, Digital Spy, 22nd December 2023

Little Britain returns to terrestrial TV

Freeview TV channel That's TV will be airing Matt Lucas and David Walliams's original sketches over the Christmas period.

Chortle, 15th December 2023

I loathe Little Britain, but it shouldn't be censored - let it fade away for being unfunny

Its relentless fat jokes and female grotesques were dated even when they were first broadcast.

Barbara Ellen, The Guardian, 5th November 2023

Praise be! The BBC's finally stood up for TV comedy's right to offend

The corporation knocks back Ofcom over Little Britain.

Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 2nd November 2023

When did we change our minds about Little Britain?

Little Britain is 'explicitly racist and outdated'. That's the verdict of viewers asked by Ofcom to watch a 2003 sketch from the hit BBC show.

Gareth Roberts, The Spectator, 1st November 2023

BBC warned to take action over Little Britain as Ofcom reveals viewers are horrified 'racist' sketches are on iPlayer

One particular scene caused utter outrage when it was screened again.

Joshua Rom, The Sun, 31st October 2023

From 'masterpiece' to national shame: how the British fell in and out of love with Little Britain

Twenty years on, Matt Lucas and David Walliams's hilariously anti-PC class satire is deemed offensive and 'cruel'. But is it still funny?

Tom Fordy, The Telegraph, 19th September 2023

"I'm appalled we let the blackface happen": Little Britain's messy legacy, 20 years on

Two decades after it moved to BBC Three, the commissioner and producer behind the sitcom explain how it struck comedy gold - and why it wouldn't get made today.

Tom Nicholson, i Newspaper, 16th September 2023

20 years later, Peep Show and Little Britain have aged very differently

Two comedy shows launched on the same evening back in 2003, but only one has emerged as a classic of the genre.

Tom Nicholson, Esquire, 14th September 2023

I'll never throw out my DVD player - the woke police can't delete my box sets

These days there seem to be vanishingly few comedies that can be enjoyed by all the family. So recently, in desperation, I tried showing my son some of my favourite comedies from when I was young, instead.

Michael Deacon, The Telegraph, 8th June 2023

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