British sketch comedy Little Britain — a hugely popular show in the mid-2000s and one that made household names in the U.K. of its creators and stars Matt Lucas and David Walliams — has been pulled from Netflix, BritBox and the BBC's iPlayer over concerns about racism, in particularly the use of blackface on several characters.
David Tennant, Michael Sheen to Star in BBC Lockdown Comedy 'Staged'
22.05.2020 - 21:41 / hollywoodreporter.com
The BBC on Friday unveiled that David Tennant and Michael Sheen would star in Staged, a new comedy for flagship channel BBC One set to air in June that will provide laughs in the setting of the lockdown amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The show, from Infinity Hill and GCB Films, will consist of six 15-minute episodes and revolve around "the cast of a play — the cream of the crop of British acting talent — who are furloughed when their upcoming West End production is suddenly brought to a
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David Walliams ‘wants to take Ashley Roberts on a date’ after lockdown as he sends ‘flirty messages’
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