Matt Lucas

David Walliams on forming his partnership with Lucas

They are Britain's best-loved comedy duo, but in his new autobiography David Walliams reveals how for years he fought to shake off the shadow of comedy partner Matt Lucas's greater fame, feeling like an unknown sidekic.

So the bloke who replaced Matt Lucas on Shooting Stars gets his own show. With it comes a Vic-and-Bob-style sense of surrealism and anarchy as carrier bags float down from the ceiling and toy dogs bark songs. The jury's out on whether Dan Renton Skinner's speech-impaired, burger van-owning character works spun out over 35 minutes, though there are special guests to break things up: Dr Christian Jessen is the first to be humiliated.

Making The Matt Lucas Awards

Ashley Blaker, series producer, co-creator & co-writer of The Matt Lucas Awards stopped by Comedy Towers to talk to us about making the final episode of series one.

Video: The Proclaimers collaborate with Matt Lucas

It has been 25 years since twin brothers Charlie and Craig Reid first hit the charts with The Proclaimers' first album, This Is The Story. Now the pair have collaborated with comedian Matt Lucas on their latest album, Like Comedy.

Matt Lucas dresses Proclaimers duo as pensioners

Proclaimers stars Craig and Charlie Reid as you've never seen them before - as a pair of partying pensioners. The twins, 50, were turned into 'lay-deez' by Little Britain star Matt Lucas, who directed the video for their new single Spinning Around in the Air.

Review: Derek, Matt Lucas Awards, Horrible Histories

A review of three different comedies.

The Matt Lucas Awards is the radio adaptation of the BBC Radio 2 show And The Winner Is... in which Matt Lucas and his panel of guests - this week it was Jason Manford, Henning Wehn and Graeme Garden - present awards in unusual categories.

The main worry with any radio adaptation is will it carry off the transfer from radio to telly? By the looks of things I'd say that it's doubtful, which would be a huge shame because I'm a big fan of the radio show.

To me it seems that the TV version has strained too far from the original format. Let's start from the beginning with the opening titles. When I saw the original pilot that was on the BBC website some time ago (and which I've reviewed previously) there were some things I enjoyed, like the catchy "excruciating theme tune."

The song is good, but I can't stand the animated opening titles, which were just too cheesy. You don't need to mute your TV, but you do need a blind to cover the scene until the show properly starts. Also, a word of advice: don't put a character from a much more successful show (in this case Vicky Pollard) in the opening titles, reminding everyone that the older show was brilliant and this new show may well not be as funny...

Moving on to the actual show, the pilot was set in a ritzy studio while the series is set in a mock-up of what is supposed to by Lucas's flat. According to a blog by co-creator of the series Ashley Blaker, they thought the ritzy studio didn't work. But I don't think the flat works either. It comes across as a bit gimmicky for me.

Then you have certain awards in which the guests are made to do stupid activities, like drawing a nude model and having to sing terrible football songs while dressed up as the singers in question. It just gets more cheesy as the show goes along.

I hope the series improves, but to be honest I have my doubts. But if the BBC does decide to cancel it, I hope they don't get rid of it all together and it returns to the radio.

Gigglebox weekly #45 - Matt Lucas Awards, WILTY?

This week Ian Wolf isn't reviewing Derek...

Review: The Matt Lucas Awards

Little Britain star Matt Lucas goes solo with a sort of chat show/comedy show. Good idea, shame about the result.