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Little Britain

  • TV Series
  • 2003–20062003–2006
  • TV-MATV-MA
  • 29m
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7.7/10
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Matt Lucas and David Walliams in Little Britain (2003)
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Matt Lucas and David Walliams, the creators of this character-comedy sketch show, delight in all that is mad, bad, quirky and generally bonkers about the people and places of Britain.Matt Lucas and David Walliams, the creators of this character-comedy sketch show, delight in all that is mad, bad, quirky and generally bonkers about the people and places of Britain.Matt Lucas and David Walliams, the creators of this character-comedy sketch show, delight in all that is mad, bad, quirky and generally bonkers about the people and places of Britain.
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
25K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
3,596
  • Stars
    • Matt Lucas
    • David Walliams
    • Tom Baker
  • Stars
    • Matt Lucas
    • David Walliams
    • Tom Baker
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    • 116User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
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    • Won 4 BAFTA Awards

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    Matt Lucas
    Matt Lucas
    • Various Roles…
    David Walliams
    David Walliams
    • Various Roles…
    Tom Baker
    Tom Baker
    • Narrator
    Paul Putner
    • Various Roles…
    Anthony Head
    Anthony Head
    • The Prime Minister
    Joann Condon
    • Fat Pat
    Charu Bala Chokshi
    • Meera
    Steve Furst
    Steve Furst
    • Various Roles…
    Leelo Ross
    • Tanya
    Ruth Jones
    Ruth Jones
    • Myfanwy
    Stirling Gallacher
    Stirling Gallacher
    • Margaret…
    Stephen Aintree
    Stephen Aintree
    • Fat Fighters Taxi Driver…
    Sally Rogers
    • Various Roles…
    Steve Benham
    • Fat fighter…
    Yuki Kushida
    • Gita…
    David Foxxe
    • Dickie Bubble…
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    Habib Nasib Nader
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    Joan Linder
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    • Trivia
      David Walliams personally chose Anthony Head to play the Prime Minister. Whenever asked he answers "Because next to Steve Martin, he's the only man I'll ever turn gay for".
    • Quotes

      Andy: Yea, I know.

    • Crazy credits
      The narrator, Tom Baker, says a different random thing about Britain and/or its people as the opening credits play in each episode.
    • Alternate versions
      In 2005 the Australian Broadcasting Corporation showed repeat episodes as fillers, condensed to 15 minutes with the title Very Little Britain.
    • Connections
      Featured in Making 'Little Britain' Too (2004)

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    Was fresh once but the type of humour and reliance on catchphrases has meant it has got old faster than the BBC would like you to think
    Ah Britain, the home of the gentleman, the birthplace of industrial, the home of football, the country that taught the world civilisation. But all is not well in Britain. Chavs have taken root deep in the culture, sexual practices have changed away from the norm even for those in high office while the old and infirm are allowed to remain within the wider population with inadequate controls. This is Britain. This is where we live.

    And I suppose that is the best way to sum up how Little Britain began; a sketch show with exaggerated characters drawn from various aspects of life and blown up for effect. Whether it is the "ladies", the benefit fraud, the good-natured sop or the female teenage slag – all were here and all were good targets. The humour was rather crude and easy (surprisingly so for something that came from Radio 4 of all places) but once the characters were in place it was easy to enjoy it. This has changed a little bit over the course of three series and we now find ourselves with a series that has probably peaked and now seems to be desperately aping its better days in the hope for ongoing success. It was never so good that it would appeal to a mainstream audience (shown by the BBC editing it for repeat on BBC1) but it was snug on BBC2 with low However with generally good praise and lots of catchphrases comes more pressure and a key spot on BBC1. This has not been a good thing for a series that really shouldn't have gone beyond 2 runs on television. The mainstream audience has come for the catchphrases and they are being fed them over and over without anything really new added. The sketches are not cleverer or funnier, they are just louder or cruder than they were before. The old characters are in a rut and the new characters have settled into repetitive jokes with alarming speed. Relying on catchphrases and such is good for one series, maybe two, but it quickly gets old and, with nothing new coming through Little Britain has managed to outstay its welcome while ironically doing better in the ratings than ever.

    With the new series even those that like the show will admit that things have gone for more base targets than before. Many of the characters now rely on physical and toilet humour (always the same jokes as well) and not enough of them are actually funny. Tom Baker's stuff remains funny because, although the approach is the same, his voice and his dialogue is funny. Lucas and Walliams are both funny but they can't totally carry it; given them good material (Orville was an example) and they can do it but ask them to just role around in fat suits and that is what they will do.

    Overall this is quite a funny show but not one that is clever or funny enough to appeal to the audience share that it is currently vying for. Relying heavily on extreme characters, catchphrases and crudity is not sustainable and, although I enjoy it, I rarely sit to watch it because I started becoming aware long before series 3 started, that I had probably seen the vast majority of what it had to offer. After that, why watch it retread old ground?
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    • bob the moo
    • Dec 27, 2005

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      • June 20, 2004 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • BBC (United Kingdom)
      • English
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      • Herne Bay, Kent, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
      • Little Britain Productions
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