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The Little Britain team parodies the various types of characters associated with life in a major British airport. That includes flight and ground staff from regular - and low budget airlines, as well as officials from customs and immigration, plus some colorful passengers, some up to no good either. Written by
KGF Vissers
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Although seemingly an Arab character, Omar Baba is somewhat based on the Greek Cypriot entrepreneur Stelios Haji-Ioannou, founder of budget airline EasyJet. His appearance is similar to Stelios (balding, overweight, monobrow) and one of the jokes satirizes the fact his shipping magnate father gave him £30 million to start his business empire. Omar's strategy of cutting corners to provide low cost flights satirizes the business practices that European budget airlines such as Ryanair have been found guilty of and the name of his airline FlyLo is a takeoff of Flybe (it uses the same font in its logo).
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Little Britain (2003)
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I caught this series in the On Demand section of cable and wound up watching every episode available in short order. First of all, it's pretty damn funny. Second, why Matt Lucas and David Walliams aren't bigger names on our side of the Atlantic is kind of puzzling.
Whomever came up with the idea to make a mockumentary about life at a Brit airport that parodies a real documentary series, "Airline" is a genius. The half hour show focuses on three or four "reality" style pieces that follow various dim-witted or downright weird airport and airline employees going about their daily business while a camera shadows them, warts and all. Both Walliams and Lucas play a variety of daft characters, among them, a couple of air headed ticket agents, a snooty flight attendant, and a hilariously dense teenage fast food joint employee who believes flipping burgers at the airport is one step away from achieving his dream of being accepted as an airline pilot to name a few. There's too many quirky personas to list but the show is worth a look. Some Brit comedies are labor too hard to be witty and absurd but this one has a truly gifted set of comedians with good comedic writing to make it work. Check it out if you can.