David Walliams

David Walliams previews new sketch show

David Walliams tried out material for his new sketch show last night.

David Walliams unveils Grandpa's Great Escape

Funnyman David Walliams has announced the name of his new children's novel as Grandpa's Great Escape.

David Walliams says he can be serious too

The 43-year-old comedian is best known for comic roles. But, he tells Gerard Gilbert, he can make an audience believe in him as an Agatha Christie sleuth.

Stewart Lee blogs about Britain's Got Talent

It's easy to blame Twitter, where ignorance is no barrier to an opinion, for these sudden flash-floods of uninformed judgement, but I also blame Simon Cowell and, by association, David Walliams, who knows better, for corroding the culture.

David Walliams spotted still wearing his wedding ring

David Walliams is seen wearing his wedding ring three months after splitting from model wife Lara Stone.

Britain's Got Talent does not understand comedy

Watching Britain's Got Talent last night, I did wonder if it was just me and David Walliams who understood that Lorraine Bowen was actually a comedy act, and a very clever one to boot.

Like Rowan Atkinson's annoying creation, Matt Lucas's down-at-heel aristocrat is a man of no words other than yelps and grunts. Maybe that's why he's called Pompidou because, apparently, the French simply adored the Atkinson twaddle and might go for this, too - but then, have you ever seen French TV comedy?

The pratfalls and shameless mugging here are painful to behold and Lucas chews the scenery throughout, perhaps thinking all the while about how his former partner, David Walliams, is making zillions from writing children's books. But then I always thought this duo overrated, just as I never got Reeves and Mortimer or most other recent British comedy pairings.

One project that has mixed humour with serious subject matter for the last thirty years is Comic Relief which aired it's bi-annual Red Nose Day last Friday. As well as the climax of both The Bake-Off and The People's Strictly; Red Nose Day saw the return of many comedy icons. The sketch that the team seemed to be most proud of was the Little Britain clip in which David Walliams' Lou was now the carer for Professor Steven Hawking. However I wasn't a particular fan and by the clip's third airing I'd grown tired of seeing Hawking become a transformer and finish off both Lou and Catherine Tate's Irish nun. The more successful returns came courtesy of Mr. Bean and The Vicar of Dibley with the latter presenting a cameo-laden sketch in which Geraldine meets her rivals for the position of the first female bishop. There were two sketches that I particularly enjoyed the first of which featured a host of famous faces vying to become Britain's newest national treasure. Featuring everyone from Salman Rushdie to The Chuckle Brothers; this sketch was amusing throughout and had a great pay-off. Similarly I felt that Comic Relief's take on Monty Python's Four Yorkshiremen skit was inspired with a quartet of the organisation's famous fundraisers competing to see who had the most gruelling experience. There were other little moments that made me chuckle most notably when voiceover man Matt Berry came onto to stage to argue with host Claudia Winkleman. However, Comic Relief isn't really about the sketches or the laughter but rather the money that's raised at the end of the night. The final scene, in which Lenny Henry revealed that the organisation has raised more than a billion pounds over the past thirty years, was one of the most heartwarming TV moments I've seen all year. Henry's pride in what Comic Relief has done over the years was brilliant to see and it just proves what the British public can achieve when they put their minds to something.