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Little Britain USA CharactersLittle Britain USA is an American spinoff of the successful British BBC television series Little Britain. As in the British series, the show focuses on characters played by Matt Lucas and David Walliams and features many established characters such as Daffyd Thomas, Sebastian Love, Marjorie Dawes and Vicky Pollard but also includes new characters.
Simon Fuller is understood to have been approached by the writers and stars of "Little Britain," Matt Lucas and David Walliams, to develop the show for a U.S. audience. According to a spokesman, Simon is a great fan of "Little Britain".
 
 

Little Britain USA News

29/05/2009 - Matt will do Marjorie sketch on Fern Britton-style gastric band

Matt Lucas and David Walliams are giving one of their most famous characters a makeover - poking fun at Fern Britton. Fat Fighters leader Marjorie Dawes will be seen in the next series two-and-a-half stone lighter after having gastric band surgery. In a dig at This Morning star Fern, Marjorie initially refuses to come clean about the operation. Instead she insists her new frame is the result of "healthy eating, cycling and dust", a reference to her famous catchphrase. Source.


05/05/2009 - New info on the next series...

Walliams says that a second series of Little Britain USA is in the works, saying: "We do have some new ideas for characters - a mum feeding her son to make him the fattest boy in America, a psycho American girlfriend, but without the bunnies, a woman who has everything Disney-themed, and some annoying Scottish air hostesses."


16/02/2009 - 'Little Britain USA' wins award

The Art Directors Guild (ADG) tonight announced winners of its Excellence in 2008 Production Design Awards in nine categories of film, television, commercials and music videos during black-tie ceremonies at the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. Little Britain USA (episode 4) won the 'Multi-Camera Television Series' award. Source.


13/02/2009 - Little Britain USA (Series 2) is coming

Matt recently wrote on the blog: "Well, this week David and I began writing season 2 of Little Britain USA. We've done some Lou & Andy sketches, and a couple of Ellie-Grace & Mom sketches (with a different spin) and today we tried writing some new characters. It's very early days, though. Typically we write for five or six months – breaking every six weeks or so to look at what we have, read the sketches out, discuss what is making us laugh, what needs rewrites and what is going to bite the dust. It's a fun process but it's also ultimately about grafting – starting at ten, five days a week and generating as much as we can."


21/01/2009 - DVD Review

Little Britain took our overseas cousin by storm a few years back when comedians Matt Lucas and David Walliams introduced an arsenal of insane (but memorable) characters. The duo cleverly play each member of this group of misfits with a wide array of different hair pieces, fake teeth, fat suits, fake noses, accents and costumes.
Little Britain USA tries to replicate the show for HBO’s American audience. While not a huge success or as fantastic as its BBC counterpart, this series is a must-have for every Little Britain fan, but also fun for viewers who just don’t "get" British humour.
Full review...


10/01/2009 - 'Little Britain USA' renewed but return to Wilmington uncertain

According to star and co-creator Matt Lucas “Little Britain USA” will be back for a second season on HBO. But whether the new season will be filmed in Wilmington is still unclear. “If it were up to me, I’d love to be back, “Lucas said Thursday at the television critics winter press tour in Los Angeles.
Lucas said he and co-creator/co-star David Walliams would begin writing scripts in a few weeks and planned to wrap filming of the second season by fall. Full story...


30/12/2008 - Johnny Depp? He'll have to audition like everyone else

Shooting Stars legend Matt Lucas told yesterday how he wants to invite Hollywood idol Johnny Depp on to Little Britain - but joked: “He’ll have to audition like everyone else!” The tubby comic — who stars alongside Depp in Tim Burton’s film version of Alice in Wonderland — added: “Johnny is very friendly and a good laugh.” Matt said his new pal Anchorman star Will Ferrell is also in line for a possible guest appearance on the new series of Little Britain USA. Full story...


03/12/2008 - Beeb recommissions Little Britain USA

Despite its controversial brand of humour, the series was successful in the states with USA Today calling the creators, Matt Lucas and David Walliams 'marvelously talented.'
Mark Hurry, legal and commercial director at PPC Enterprises said: "Little Britain USA has been a huge hit and has added to the value of what is already a fantastic brand.
"Little Britain has gone truly global and as well as renewing licensing agreements with existing partners, we expect to be announcing new deals across the board in the near future." Full story...


28/11/2008 - Little Britain USA set for return

Little Britain USA is to return for a second series, despite claims Americans failed to get the jokes and found it too rude. Numerous headlines claimed Americans were shocked by the show, but the pair deny that it caused any controversy. "We're getting a second series. It was very successful on HBO, it got good viewing figures, great reviews, everyone was really pleased," David Walliams added. "We're delighted, we're very proud of it." But they do admit that they pushed taste limits. "It has some of our most outrageous things in it," said Walliams. "Tom and Mark those bodybuilders with the big muscles and their small... it's not for everybody but we thought it was funny. "We're always just trying to entertain people, not offend them, and I think if it's not your cup of tea, don't watch it." Full story...

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