Matt Lucas
- 50 years old
- English
- Actor and writer
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Little Britain set for reboot as podcast
David Walliams and Matt Lucas want to bring the show back as a podcast despite row over their use of blackface in the hit BBC show.
Janine Yaqoob, The Mirror, 12th July 2020Little Britain was offensive trash from the start
'Of its time', says the BBC, but was the early noughties shock-comedy acceptable even then?
Gary Ryan, NME, 15th June 2020Little Britain duo break their silence over blackface
Matt Lucas and David Walliams have issued a fresh apology for using blackface in Little Britain.
Chortle, 13th June 2020Blacking up: 'comedy' that dealt in contempt
Little Britain, removed from BBC streaming services, anticipated a coming vindictiveness.
Nick Cohen, The Guardian, 13th June 2020On the UK's belated reckoning with Little Britain
The comedy allowed viewers to laugh openly at the people already demonised or neglected by society.
Anoosh Chakelian, The New Statesman, 10th June 2020Little Britain: Should we switch off the past?
A debate's now going on about whether TV shows and films, like statues, should be removed if they seem to glorify a less enlightened past. Or should they be left, perhaps with some added context, so the prejudices of TV times gone by can help inform a more understanding future? There's no simple answer to that question. But it's still one that many people will be asking.
BBC, 10th June 2020Little Britain removed from streaming platforms
Hit BBC Three sketch show Little Britain has been removed from many streaming platforms, reportedly due to its use of cross-dressing and portrayals of ethnic minorities.
British Comedy Guide, 9th June 2020Ten comics who donned blackface
Keith Lemon creator Leigh Francis last week apologised for mimicking black celebrities including Michael Jackson and Craig David on Bo' Selecta! 'I've been talking to some people,' he said in a tearful statement in the wake of the intensifying Black Lives Matter campaign. 'I didn't realise how offensive it was back then.' But he's far from the only comedian to flirt with blackface, long after its racism became apparent.
Chortle, 8th June 2020Baked Potato: Matt Lucas teams up with BBC weatherman
Comics Matt Lucas and Rob Brydon have teamed up to perform the Baked Potato Song with drumming weatherman Owain Wyn Evans.
BBC, 13th May 2020Comedy duos who secretly hated each other
In his 2017 memoir, Matt Lucas recalls "hurling obscenities" at co-star David Walliams during an Australian live tour. The odd blazing row notwithstanding, the pair's relationship has been rosy compared to the bitter feuds that consumed earlier double acts. Here we look back at some of history's most troubled comedy partnerships.
The Telegraph, 23rd April 2020