
David Walliams
- 53 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and author
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David Walliams completes 24 hour live broadcast
Comedian David Walliams has finished the UK's first live 24-hour panel show, in aid of Comic Relief.
BBC News, 6th March 2011David Walliams addresses Come Fly With Me racism row
When David Walliams and Matt Lucas launched their last TV show 'Come Fly With Me', they found themselves in the midst of a controversial racism row, so what did David Walliams make of it all? The star told The Sun's "Buzz" magazine.
Lisa McGarry, Unreality TV, 4th March 2011David Walliams to play mole-alien on Doctor Who
Camp funnyman David Walliams is to star in Doctor Who - as a cowardly alien who looks like Mole from Wind in the Willows.
Leigh Holmwood, The Sun, 19th February 2011David Walliams's romantic Valentine's break in Rome
Love-struck comic David Walliams can't stop his hands Rome-ing - as he and his supermodel wife have a Valentine's break in the romantic city.
The Sun, 15th February 2011David Walliams to host 24-hour panel show for Comic Relief
David Walliams is to anchor the UK's first ever 24-hour panel show for Red Nose Day - it will be streamed live online, with highlights on both BBC Three and BBC One.
British Comedy Guide, 15th February 2011Little Britain characters banned from Come Fly With Me
David Walliams banned Little Britain characters from new hit Come Fly With Me.
The Sun, 8th February 2011David Walliams set to make a guest appearance in Dr Who
Little Britain comedy star David Walliams has revealed that he's set to make a guest appearance in the next series of Doctor Who...
Ryan Lambie, Den Of Geek, 4th February 2011David Walliams to swim 200 miles for Sport Relief
Come Fly With Me star David Walliams is to swim around 200 miles - along the length of the River Thames - in his latest charity challenge.
Daily Record, 4th February 2011Come Fly with Me, BBC One, review
The most frustrating thing about Come Fly with Me, Matt Lucas and David Walliams's airport comedy that finished its six-episode run on BBC One last night, was that beneath the lurching mish-mash of brilliant performances, hamfisted stereotypes, great jokes, crass clunkers, inspired catchphrases and overworked mantras, there was a really quite good satire trying to get out.
Benji Wilson, The Telegraph, 28th January 2011It ran into some pretty severe critical turbulence following a faltering pilot episode on Christmas Day, but Matt Lucas and David Walliams's first comedy series since Little Britain was a hit with viewers right from the start and it has only increased in confidence as it has gone along. Even the accusations in the media of racism and endless other forms of offensiveness have fallen away as the programme's characters have bedded down, and it became clear that Lucas and Walliams were embracing the full gamut of cultural expression in 21st-century Britain rather than perversely ignoring it for the sake of political correctness.
The result is that, for some of us at least, it is possible to feel some disappointment that the series is ending after only six episodes. And with most of FlyLo's ground staff threatening to go on strike, we're promised the series will go out on a high note. Among the pleasures is a resolution to whether Keeley or Melody will do the maternity cover for their pregnant boss Helen; burger-flipper Tommy's pilot-training interview; and whether Fearghal of Our Lady Air will win big at the Steward of the Year awards; and the sight of hyper-snobbish hostess Penny being demoted to work in economy. Speaking of high notes, there's even a song: when passenger liaison officer Moses convinces the massed ranks of the airport ground staff to sing for charity WishWings.
Gerard O'Donovan, The Telegraph, 27th January 2011