Matt Lucas
- 50 years old
- English
- Actor and writer
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Matt Lucas and Elis James to return for more Fantasy Football League
Fantasy Football League is to return to Sky Max in early 2024 for another series, with hosts Matt Lucas and Elis James once again joined by Andrew Mensah.
British Comedy Guide, 6th December 2023How The Young Ones responded to a road crash and appalled Steve Martin
Peter Richardson has revealed how The Young Ones helped to save a stricken scooter rider after a horrific crash, how he sought to cast Matt Lucas as Boris Johnson in a Comic Strip movie and how he shocked Steve Martin with his method approach to shooting a riotous scene in The Supergrass.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd November 2023I loathe Little Britain, but it shouldn't be censored - let it fade away for being unfunny
Its relentless fat jokes and female grotesques were dated even when they were first broadcast.
Barbara Ellen, The Guardian, 5th November 2023Praise be! The BBC's finally stood up for TV comedy's right to offend
The corporation knocks back Ofcom over Little Britain.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 2nd November 2023BBC warned to take action over Little Britain as Ofcom reveals viewers are horrified 'racist' sketches are on iPlayer
One particular scene caused utter outrage when it was screened again.
Joshua Rom, The Sun, 31st October 2023Matt Lucas interview
'I'm a homosexual - by default I love musicals'. The comedian talks about composing, coming out and taking on his Little Britain co-star David Walliams in the world of children's books.
Siobhan Grogan, The Telegraph, 4th October 2023My culture fix: Matt Lucas
The comedian and writer lets us into his cultural life.
Matt Lucas, The Times, 27th September 2023From 'masterpiece' to national shame: how the British fell in and out of love with Little Britain
Twenty years on, Matt Lucas and David Walliams's hilariously anti-PC class satire is deemed offensive and 'cruel'. But is it still funny?
Tom Fordy, The Telegraph, 19th September 2023"I'm appalled we let the blackface happen": Little Britain's messy legacy, 20 years on
Two decades after it moved to BBC Three, the commissioner and producer behind the sitcom explain how it struck comedy gold - and why it wouldn't get made today.
Tom Nicholson, i Newspaper, 16th September 2023Matt Lucas writes a Christmas musical
Matt Lucas has written his first musical, The Boy Who Slept Through Christmas, based upon a children's novel he's written and described as "Home Alone meets A Christmas Carol".
British Comedy Guide, 2nd March 2023