View Full Version : Little Britain and Catherine Tates Lauren to return to TV next week
Denver
16-04-2020, 07:39 PM
Matt Lucas and David Walliams will bring Little Britain back to TV for the first time in a decade with a sketch on a BBC charity special next week.
The comedy pair reunited for a Little Britain radio special last October, and a new TV series has been rumoured.
They haven't revealed which characters they will play on BBC One's The Big Night In on 23 April.
The three-hour show will raise funds and "celebrate the acts of kindness and "the spirit of hope" amid lockdown.
It will also see Catherine Tate reprise her role as schoolgirl Lauren - now struggling as she is remotely educated by her teacher, played by David Tennant.
Peter Kay and Gary Barlow will also appear from home, and the programme will be hosted by Matt Baker, Zoe Ball, Lenny Henry, Davina McCall and Paddy McGuinness.
The Big Night is being organised by Children in Need and Comic Relief, and the money raised will be split between the two charities to provide support during the pandemic.
Lucas has also been announced as the host of a new Channel 4 show that will celebrate the ability of "men, women, children, celebrities and possibly even some pets to entertain themselves during some self-enforced downtime".
Reasons To Be Cheerful With Matt Lucas has been written by Harry Hill.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52312376
It will also see Catherine Tate reprise her role as schoolgirl Lauren - now struggling as she is remotely educated by her teacher, played by David Tennant.
are these two like attached or something
Glenn.
16-04-2020, 07:56 PM
Wasn’t Lauren killed off?
Denver
16-04-2020, 07:57 PM
Wasn’t Lauren killed off?
It wasnt very clearly if they found her body or not
Glenn.
16-04-2020, 07:58 PM
It wasnt very clearly if they found her body or not
Then why did she have a gravestone?
Denver
16-04-2020, 08:00 PM
Then why did she have a gravestone?
Sometimes when people go missing/no body is found they can be declared dead and they can have a headstone in memory I think but then it's a fictional TV show
Glenn.
16-04-2020, 08:03 PM
It doesn’t mention anywhere that she might be alive though.
She literally has a handful of characters she could have used. Seems a bit silly to me
Denver
16-04-2020, 08:05 PM
I guess Nan is over used and a few others she may not get aways with now
Oliver_W
16-04-2020, 08:11 PM
I guess Nan is over used and a few others she may not get aways with now
Bit daft really innit. Both shows should double down and continue all of their "offensive" sketches.
Morgan.
16-04-2020, 08:45 PM
What we really want is for Tate to join the LB team and revive them both in one x
isnt she doing a Nan movie soon?
Oliver_W
17-04-2020, 11:41 AM
What we really want is for Tate to join the LB team and revive them both in one x
Have Lauren and Vicky Pollard ever met? It seems like something which would have happened, they were both big at the same time...
Morgan.
17-04-2020, 11:46 AM
Have Lauren and Vicky Pollard ever met? It seems like something which would have happened, they were both big at the same time...
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This is the only crossover to my knowledge
Denver
23-04-2020, 08:54 PM
If this sketch is to go by anything then they ste bringing back all characters
Mitchell
23-04-2020, 09:04 PM
Very very strong telethon, the best in years
Marsh.
23-04-2020, 09:33 PM
It wasnt very clearly if they found her body or not
Sometimes when people go missing/no body is found they can be declared dead and they can have a headstone in memory
It's really not that deep.
Marsh.
23-04-2020, 09:34 PM
I guess Nan is over used and a few others she may not get aways with now
She has a Nan movie coming out in two months.
Oliver_W
25-04-2020, 09:21 AM
Was really good! Just goes to show that even when you strip away all the production, it's still funny - the mark of good comedy :)
#BringBackLittleBritain
sleleen
09-06-2020, 04:38 PM
Little Britain has been taken off Netflix
Barry.
09-06-2020, 04:52 PM
Little Britain has been taken off Netflix
Did they give a reason or was it just time to go?
sleleen
09-06-2020, 05:01 PM
Did they give a reason or was it just time to go?
Use of blackface
Barry.
09-06-2020, 05:02 PM
Use of blackface
Oh right.
Jarrod
09-06-2020, 05:18 PM
Come Fly with Me has been removed as well
Oliver_W
09-06-2020, 05:25 PM
Bit pathetic really. It was a good show, I doubt anyone actually found it offensive.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EaFfqbfXQAcZwOY?format=jpg&name=small
sleleen
09-06-2020, 05:27 PM
Bit pathetic really. It was a good show, I doubt anyone actually found it offensive.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EaFfqbfXQAcZwOY?format=jpg&name=small
Here we go/Becky Jane
The Slim Reaper
09-06-2020, 05:27 PM
Bit pathetic really. It was a good show, I doubt anyone actually found it offensive.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EaFfqbfXQAcZwOY?format=jpg&name=small
Orwells point was more about the rewriting of history, not a TV show being taken off a couple of platforms.
Oliver_W
09-06-2020, 05:34 PM
Orwells point was more about the rewriting of history, not a TV show being taken off a couple of platforms.
Off all platforms :shrug: there's no need for it.
The Slim Reaper
09-06-2020, 05:35 PM
Off all platforms :shrug: there's no need for it.
Still the same thing. It's not banned, you could buy it if you desperately wanted to watch it again.
there have been many sexist shows taken off the air over they years, quite rightly, i don't see this any differently. It's natural progression
Marsh.
09-06-2020, 06:16 PM
Not Orwell's quotes coming out over Netflix not wanting a TV show. :laugh2:
Marsh.
09-06-2020, 06:17 PM
Off all platforms :shrug: there's no need for it.
No different to a channel wanting or not wanting to air whatever TV shows they select for whatever reason. The streaming services decide what they do and don't want to put on their platforms.
It's not been banned, destroyed or hidden away. You can still watch it if you want to.
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