Come Fly with Me 

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 ... See full summary »

Stars:

Matt Lucas, David Walliams, Lindsay Duncan

1 win & 5 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Matt Lucas	...	Fearghal O'Farrell / ... 6 episodes, 2010-2011
David Walliams	...	Buster Bell / ... 6 episodes, 2010-2011
Lindsay Duncan	...	Narrator 6 episodes, 2010-2011
Sally Rogers	...	Helen 4 episodes, 2010-2011
Pippa Bennett-Warner	...	Lisa 2 episodes, 2010-2011
Joe Cole	...	Jordan 2 episodes, 2011

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

united kingdom | airport | 21th century | british | parody | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Official Sites:

BBC [UK]

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 December 2010 (UK)

Also Known As:

Flyg med mig!

Filming Locations:

Croxley Green Business Park, Hatters Lane, Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Little Britain Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

28 min (4 episodes) 29 min (2 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

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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Connections

Follows Little Britain USA (2008)

User Reviews

Laughed out loud....

I've read many reviews on either side of the fence and quite thrilled that there are comedies that choose a side.

I don't see the show as racist just as the American Show "All in the Family" was not, although there were racist people who did think the "Archie Bunker" character made sense.

Yes, we all realize that there are people who think like the characters on Come Fly with Me and people like Archie Bunker, but I for one am laughing "at them" not with them. Too over the top to be taken seriously, but with elements in them to make you laugh at how ridiculous they are.

I am not from the U.K. and I had no problem laughing out loud.

Loved the documentary style, thought it "brilliant". It's not for everyone but worth a shot to see if it's your "cup of tea". Personally I do use the word brilliant sometimes in life and at time to time I do have cups of tea. I'm Canadian and hoping that myself using these phrases to describe a British comedy isn't seen as making horrible stereotypes or being racist.