Matt Lucas and David Walliams give Little Britain reboot update
The show last aired in 2006
Last updated 12th Mar 2025
It was way back in 2006 when the final episode of sketch show Little Britain aired, and ever since rumours have been rife about a reboot, despite the show being criticised for being "explicitly racist and outdated."
As old clips of Little Britain are doing the rounds on TiKTok, rumours have been swirling that creators Matt Lucas and David Walliams have been working together to create new episodes of the controversial show, and now they've appeared on Lorraine to discuss.
Is Little Britain coming back?
When host Lorraine Kelly asked the question if the show would be returning, David said: "Would you like to see it? We'll do it especially for you."
Matt then teased: "If we were to do it again, maybe on stage, or something like that. We did a tour 20 years ago, it was great fun, I think that would be a good way to do it again."
When Lorraine mentioned clips from the show have been resurfacing on TikTok, David revealed: "Well my son is 11. Everyone at his school is talking about it. As you rightly said, TikTok, people are sharing on TikTok.
"It's a whole new generation discovering it. I think those social media things are great for one/two minute clips."
Following the previous rumours in 2023, Matt took to social media to shut down the reports of a reboot, writing: 'Sorry to disappoint you (or delight you) but the stories in the papers about me and David writing a new series of Little Britain are not true. We’re working on a different idea'. (sic)
It's now known the project they were working on was a podcast called Making a Scene.
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Despite initially starting as a radio show, Little Britain was adapted for TV and aired between 2003-2006, involving exaggerated parodies of British people from various walks of life.
As well as writing the show, Matt and David also played the roles in the cast, with memorable characters such as Andy Pipkin, Vicky Pollard and Daffyd Thomas.
In recent years, Little Britain has been removed from a number of UK streaming platforms, with BBC bosses confirming in March 2022 that the show would be available to view on BBC iPlayer again, but with a lot of the controversial characters and scenes being cut out.
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