Take a journey around Little Britain, a small and surreal
parallel universe peopled by over-the-top eccentrics, lunatics an
social misfits. Meet Vicky Pollard, the gloriously incoherent
trailer t teenager. And Emily Howard, the world's least
convincing transvestite. Then there's Andy, sitting all day in
his wheelchair painstakingly looked after by Lou, who has no idea
his friend can walk. Little Britain presents the breathtaking
debris of modern life in all its glory.
DVD Features:
Audio Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Documentary
Other
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"Britain, Britain, Britain, land of technological achievement.
We've had running water for over 10 years, an underground tunnel
that links us to Peru, and we invented the cat," narrates Tom
Baker gleefully at the beginning of Little Britain, introducing
the first hit show for fledgling digital channel BBC3 and the
best new British comedy since The League of Gentlemen.
Read our interview (
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and Walliams.
In fact, creators and stars Matt Lucas and David Walliams
acknowledge a large debt to the League, not only in the gallery
of grotesques all performed by the duo, but also in the way in
which the familiar sketch-show format is expanded by clever use
of locale: not Royston Vasey here, but "Britain" itself in all
its perverse splendor: from Darkly Noon, where chavette Vicky
Pollard seems all too frighteningly real ("Yeah, but no, but
yeah. Shut up!"), to the Welsh village with only one gay, to the
council estate where buck-toothed Lou looks after apparently
wheelchair-bound Andy ("Yeah, I know"), to Kelsey Grammar School
where pupils are baffled and confused by their fusty teacher, and
many more besides. It's unashamedly puerile stuff and, as with
The Fast Show before it, many sketches rely on a single incident
or catchphrase repeated over and over in only slightly different
contexts. But it works brilliantly, thanks to the
characterizations of Lucas and Walliams, their sharp eye for the
eccentricities of modern life, and of course that surreal
voiceover from Tom Baker. Another triumph for Auntie Beeb. --Mark
Walker More Smashing British Comedy
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Additional Features
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This is a handsome two-disc set chock full of tasty extras. Lucas
and Walliams provide a surprisingly serious commentary, joined in
turn by producer Myfanwy Moore and director Steve Bendelack (a
League of Gentlemen alumnus). There's the original pilot episode,
plus plenty of deleted scenes, live sketches, several
behind-the-scenes segments, an interview with Jonathan Ross, and
a half-hour Best of Rock Profiles, the hilarious spoof series in
which Walliams and Lucas impersonated various rock stars. If
that's not enough, you can also select from a gallery to watch
all the sketches featuring your favorite characters. --Mark
Walker
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