Matt Lucas
- 50 years old
- English
- Actor and writer
Press clippings Page 3
Fantasy Football League, Sky - review
If it ain't broke don't fix it. That seems to have been the mantra when it came to remaking Fantasy Football League for the 21st Century.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd October 2022Fantasy Football League, review
Nineties lads' TV favourite makes triumphant return.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 30th September 2022Full line-up announced for Fantasy Football League
Sky has confirmed the all-new line up joining hosts Matt Lucas and Elis James on the Fantasy Football League sofa each week. Across the 16-episode series, comedian and football fanatic Andrew Mensah will be joining Matt and Elis, overseeing the celebrity league and sharing weekly comedy highlights from the world of football.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 2nd September 2022Matt Lucas & Elis James to host Fantasy Football League series on Sky
Sky has confirmed it is to bring back Baddiel & Skinner's Fantasy Football League format as a 16 episode series, with new hosts Matt Lucas and Elis James.
British Comedy Guide, 17th May 2022Matt Lucas and Elis James to host Fantasy Football reboot
Matt Lucas and Elis James are reportedly set to film a pilot of a new Sky version of Baddiel & Skinner's Fantasy Football League format.
British Comedy Guide, 29th April 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 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 2022