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.
Streaming rank this week: 565
Press clippings Page 3
David Walliams & Alesha Dixon clash over Little Britain
David Walliams and Alesha Dixon were involved in an astonishing Britain's Got Talent bust-up over his Little Britain past. The judges clashed after Alesha referred to David's "inappropriate" parodies in the comedy show.
The Sun, 12th September 2020Stop deleting our comedy shows
TV is now a battleground for society's culture wars. The new director of the BBC might axe left-wing comedy, but humour exposes what defines, unites and divides us, says the deputy editor of Index on Censorship.
Jemimah Steinfeld, The Independent, 3rd September 2020No joke: ironic racism in comedy is just not funny
From Matt Lucas and David Walliams's Little Britain to Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat, the idea that it's OK to be racist to mock racism is naive and dangerous
Jason Okundaye, The Guardian, 24th July 2020Minister: BBC 'taking political correctness' too far
Media minister John Whittingdale said while some shows from the 1960s are now 'wholly unacceptable', he was surprised to see Little Britain removed.
The Express and Star, 21st July 2020David Walliams criticised after pants video resurfaces
David Walliams is being criticised for a resurfaced video of the comedian humiliating a 16-year-old boy by pulling his trousers and pants down on stage, when performing a Little Britain live show in Australia.
Annabel Nugent, The Independent, 16th July 2020Little Britain set for reboot as podcast
David Walliams and Matt Lucas want to bring the show back as a podcast despite row over their use of blackface in the hit BBC show.
Janine Yaqoob, The Mirror, 12th July 2020Little Britain was offensive trash from the start
'Of its time', says the BBC, but was the early noughties shock-comedy acceptable even then?
Gary Ryan, NME, 15th June 2020Little Britain duo break their silence over blackface
Matt Lucas and David Walliams have issued a fresh apology for using blackface in Little Britain.
Chortle, 13th June 2020Blacking up: 'comedy' that dealt in contempt
Little Britain, removed from BBC streaming services, anticipated a coming vindictiveness.
Nick Cohen, The Guardian, 13th June 2020Why blackface is offensive: history of the racist trope
"The representation of black people as caricatures was part of a process of undermining their full humanity, which in turn served to justify unequal and degrading treatment".
Serina Sandhu, i Newspaper, 11th June 2020