Little Britain is a British sketch comedy series that began as a radio show in 2000 and ran as television series between 2003 and 2007. One-off specials were broadcast in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2019 and 2020. It was written and performed by David Walliams and Matt Lucas. Financed by the BBC, the radio series was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4, with the initial two television series premiering on BBC Three and the third and final series on BBC One. The programme consists of a series of sketches involving exaggerated parodies of British people from various walks of life. Each sketch was introduced by a voice-over narration suggesting that the programme was a guide – aimed at non-British people – to British society. Despite the narrator's description of "great British institutions", the comedy arises from the British audience's self-deprecating understanding of either themselves or of people known to them.
Genre | Sketch comedy |
Created by | David Walliams, Matt Lucas |
Written by | David Walliams, Matt Lucas |
Starring | David Walliams, Matt Lucas, Anthony Head, Ruth Jones, Charu Bala Chokshi, Stirling Gallacher, Joann Condon, Paul Putner, Sally Rogers |
Narrated by | Tom Baker |
Composer(s) | David Arnold |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of series | 3 (Original) 1 (USA) |
No. of episodes | 44 |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company(s) | BBC |
Distributor | BBC Studios |
Original network | BBC Radio 4 (2000–2002), BBC Three (2003–2004), BBC One (2005–2007) |
Followed by | Little Britain USA |
Related shows | Rock Profile, Come Fly with Me, Little Britain USA |
Over Little Britain
Sketch comedy show featuring Matt Lucas and David Walliams.
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