Here's Little Britain for kids

A sketch show reminiscent of Big Train or Little Britain, it's so good that it puts many of the BBC's 'adult' comedy shows to shame.

Written by James Wignall. The Guardian, 22nd September 2008

Taking its lead from sketch shows like Little Britain, whose snappy caricatured skits have - in spite of their post-watershed content - been highly popular with children, this new show seeks to push some of the same buttons. And, with the help of comedy talents such as Marcus Brigstocke and Mel Giedroyc, it does so rather well. Among their creations are Britain's most unsuccessful thespians and a not-so-imaginary imaginary friend.

The Sunday Telegraph

Comedy sketch shows aimed at kids are thin on the ground, but this new series - written and performed by a team that includes Marcus Brigstocke, Lead Balloon's Anna Crilly and Mel Giedroyc - suggests they may be the way forward. With its headless burger-joint customers, time-travelling couch potatoes and medieval witch-hunters throwing strops in corner shops, it evokes the surrealism and daft satire of Monty Python and Little Britain, but minus the sex and swearing. Top marks for the title, too.

Ed Potton, The Times

Graham Norton's production company So Television is behind this sketch show, devised to appeal to eight to 12-year-olds, and it's easy to spot the hyperactive one's influence on this irreverent comedy. Like The Catherine Tate Show and Little Britain - both hugely popular with up-too-late kids - over-the-top characters and Pytonesque caricatures, played by Marcus Brigstocke, Mel Giedrovc and James Bachman, among others, supply the laughs without trying too hard. With cowardly vikings, desperate wannabes and teenage pirates, it's like a junior Big Train for all the family.

The Mail on Sunday