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Matt Lucas
Matt Lucas

Matt Lucas

  • 50 years old
  • English
  • Actor and writer

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Matt Lucas and David Walliams tease new project after Bake Off exit and 'quitting' BGT

Matt Lucas - who announced he was leaving The Great British Bake Off - has been busy working on a new project with his friend David Walliams, whom has reportedly quit his role on the Britain's Got Talent panel.

Jasmine Allday, The Mirror, 8th December 2022

Matt Lucas ends run as Great British Bake Off host

Matt Lucas has said "farewell" to the Great British Bake Off tent, as the comedian confirmed he was stepping down as a presenter of the show.

George Bowden, BBC, 6th December 2022

Fantasy Football League, Sky - review

If it ain't broke don't fix it. That seems to have been the mantra when it came to remaking Fantasy Football League for the 21st Century.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd October 2022

Fantasy Football League, review

Nineties lads' TV favourite makes triumphant return.

Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 30th September 2022

Full line-up announced for Fantasy Football League

Sky has confirmed the all-new line up joining hosts Matt Lucas and Elis James on the Fantasy Football League sofa each week. Across the 16-episode series, comedian and football fanatic Andrew Mensah will be joining Matt and Elis, overseeing the celebrity league and sharing weekly comedy highlights from the world of football.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 2nd September 2022

Matt Lucas & Elis James to host Fantasy Football League series on Sky

Sky has confirmed it is to bring back Baddiel & Skinner's Fantasy Football League format as a 16 episode series, with new hosts Matt Lucas and Elis James.

British Comedy Guide, 17th May 2022

Matt Lucas and Elis James to host Fantasy Football reboot

Matt Lucas and Elis James are reportedly set to film a pilot of a new Sky version of Baddiel & Skinner's Fantasy Football League format.

British Comedy Guide, 29th April 2022

BBC defends Little Britain's racist language

The BBC has defended a Little Britain sketch of charges of racism after the comedy was restored to iPlayer. The Corporation received complaints about the David Walliams character Linda Flint, a university counsellor who always describes the student sitting in front of her in offensive terms such as 'Ching Chong Chinaman'.

Chortle, 11th April 2022

The BBC's Little Britain edits make no sense

No blacking up, but transphobia is fine? Attempts to sanitise the sketch show for more 'modern' audiences are self-defeating - and reveal a twisted hierarchy of offence.

Ella Whelan, The Telegraph, 18th March 2022

Dan Wootton: cancelling comedy puts us on a communist-style path towards erasing heritage

Little Britain fans were celebrating yesterday after the censorious BBC reinstated a newly edited woke version of the classic comedy onto its iPlayer service after being banned for two years. But I wasn't. Yet again, this pathetically politically correct organisation has decided to play judge, jury and executioner over our cultural heritage.

Dan Wootton, Daily Mail, 17th March 2022

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