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Second series of Come Fly With Me delayed

Airport spoof Come Fly With Me's second series has hit a delay - because Matt Lucas is too busy.

David 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.

Matt Lucas signs up for more Les Miserables

Little Britain star Matt Lucas is to appear in the West End production of long-running musical Les Miserables, the show's producer has confirmed.

Jason Manford performs opera in place of Matt Lucas

Jason Manford rescued an opera performance on his show after guest Matt Lucas pulled out with a chest infection.

Teen-favourite pop punkers McFly are the house band for this episode of the comedian's cheerful weekly mixture of music and comedy. Laughs are provided by prize-winning comedian Zoe Lyons, Julian Clary and regular stand-up Russell Kane, while Little Britain and Come Fly with Me star Matt Lucas and tenor Alfie Boe present the TV debut of The Impossible Dream, their duet cover of the song from Dale Wasserman's musical The Man of La Mancha.

Come 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.

It 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.

Matt Lucas and David Walliams's zany airport-based mockumentary continues. Bitter husband-and-wife pilot team Simon and Jackie face a bumpy ride when Simon's one-night stand is rostered onto their Barcelona flight. We find out which member of FlyLo's check-in staff has caught the fancy of hapless burger-boy Tommy Reid. And snobby head stewardess Penny gets a visit from a member of the Royal household.

Come Fly With Me Defended... by Jim Davidson

TV viewers have complained that Matt Lucas and David Walliams' new comedy series set in an airport is racist.