Little Britain
- TV sketch show
- BBC Three / BBC One
- 2003 - 2016
- 23 episodes (3 series)
Matt Lucas and David Walliams take a comic look at British life in this character-based sketch series. Also features Anthony Head, Joann Condon, Charu Bala Chokshi, Leelo Ross, Ruth Jones and more.
Streaming rank this week: 429
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Why blackface is offensive: history of the racist trope
"The representation of black people as caricatures was part of a process of undermining their full humanity, which in turn served to justify unequal and degrading treatment".
Serina Sandhu, i Newspaper, 11th June 2020No good comedy will survive the progressive purge
Comedy is cancelled. Or rather, comedy that doesn't "reflect the times" is cancelled, which in practice is the same thing. According to the BBC, Little Britain will no longer be available on iPlayer because "times have changed". Netflix has followed suit, adding Matt Lucas and David Walliams' other recent hit, Come Fly with Me, as well as The League Of Gentlemen to the banned list for good measure.
Tim Dawson, The Telegraph, 11th June 2020Netflix censors comedy shows, solves police brutality
Apparently cancelling The League of Gentlemen and The Mighty Boosh was the key to solving racism all along.
Spiked, 11th 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 2020Little Britain to return for BBC One's The Big Night In
David Walliams and Matt Lucas will back on TV with Little Britain for the first time in over 10 years, performing a brand new sketch for The Big Night In.
British Comedy Guide, 16th April 2020Little Britain 'will axe controversial characters'
Marjorie Dawes and Maggie Blackamoor are among the characters that won't be back for the new series as Matt Lucas discusses plans to resurrect the award winning BBC comedy series.
Seamus Duff, The Mirror, 11th April 2020Matt Lucas confirms Little Britain talks with Netflix
Matt Lucas has confirmed secret Little Britain talks with Netflix for a £3 million return.
Stephanie Soteriou, The Sun, 27th March 2020Netflix offer £3 million for uncensored Little Britain
Netflix is set to pay around £3 million to the stars of Little Britain to create new episodes.
The streaming giant hopes to poach writers and stars David Walliams and Matt Lucas from the BBC.
Ellie Henman, The Sun, 25th March 2020