David Walliams
- 53 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and author
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BBC adapting David Walliams' Gangsta Granny Strikes Again!
David Walliams is joined by Sheridan Smith, Kevin Bishop, Griff Rhys Jones, Archie Yates and Maggie Steed in the BBC's adaptation of Gangsta Granny Strikes Again!.
British Comedy Guide, 29th September 2022After Ever After returns to Sky with Little Red Riding Hood sequel
After Ever After will return to Sky Max this Christmas with a sequel to Little Red Riding Hood, starring David Walliams and Jack Carroll. Walliams's novel Gangsta Granny Strikes Again! is also being adapted into a television movie.
British Comedy Guide, 26th July 2022Piers Morgan reignites David Walliams feud
Piers Morgan has reignited his long-standing feud with David Walliams by branding the comedian "creepy".
Isobel Lewis, The Independent, 22nd May 2022BBC defends Little Britain's racist language
The BBC has defended a Little Britain sketch of charges of racism after the comedy was restored to iPlayer. The Corporation received complaints about the David Walliams character Linda Flint, a university counsellor who always describes the student sitting in front of her in offensive terms such as 'Ching Chong Chinaman'.
Chortle, 11th April 2022The BBC's Little Britain edits make no sense
No blacking up, but transphobia is fine? Attempts to sanitise the sketch show for more 'modern' audiences are self-defeating - and reveal a twisted hierarchy of offence.
Ella Whelan, The Telegraph, 18th March 2022Dan Wootton: cancelling comedy puts us on a communist-style path towards erasing heritage
Little Britain fans were celebrating yesterday after the censorious BBC reinstated a newly edited woke version of the classic comedy onto its iPlayer service after being banned for two years. But I wasn't. Yet again, this pathetically politically correct organisation has decided to play judge, jury and executioner over our cultural heritage.
Dan Wootton, Daily Mail, 17th March 2022David Walliams and Matt Lucas make changes to Little Britain on iPlayer
A modified version of Little Britain is now available to stream on BBC iPlayer after changes were made by the sketch show's creators and stars Matt Lucas and David Walliams.
Lauren Morris, Radio Times, 16th March 2022David Walliams, 50, grows close to model Solveig Mørk Hansen, 26
David Walliams has started Copenhagen out with Danish beauty Solveig Mørk Hansen and, like the city's famous attraction, they look mermaid for each other.
Britain's Got Talent judge David, 50, and Victoria's Secret model Solveig, 26, showed they'd grown close by posing together, at a pre-BAFTA dinner in London.
Ellie Henman, The Sun, 13th March 2022Comic Relief 2022 highlights to include return of Rock Profile
Matt Lucas & David Walliams, Dawn French & Jennifer Saunders, the stars of Ghosts, Jack Whitehall, Stephen Fry and the QI team will be amongst those starring in the BBC One Red Nose Day broadcast on Friday 18th March.
British Comedy Guide, 8th March 2022Hansel and Gretel: After Ever After, Sky Max, review
David Walliams's cancel culture gripes soured this panto.
Julia Raeside, i Newspaper, 23rd December 2021