Matt Lucas and David Walliams defended the stateside success of their sketch show Little Britain USA on GMTV this morning.
Speaking on the breakfast TV show, the comedy-duo said thier US spin-off went down well across the pond – and only received one bad review.
This week Jonathan Ross welcomes Jamie Oliver to his BBC One show, Friday Night With Jonathan Ross.
Talking about the nation’s health, Jamie says: “It’s going to be a horror show…the health system is crumbling, and when it’s gone we’ll be so sad because we’re breaking it.
“The last time our government did something radical about health was the Ministry of Food.”
On school dinners, he adds: “It’ll be nine years before we get a service across the board, we’re on track, we need more money for kitchens for every school…we’ve got a government that’s talking about it a lot, I want to know who’s running it so they can do a good job.” Read more & comment »
David Walliams takes on his “dream role” as Frankie Howerd when he plays one of his own comedy favourites in this compelling new drama for BBC Four.
Frankie Howerd – Rather You Than Me tells the moving, humorous and poignant story of Howerd’s fight with his inner demons and also features Rafe Spall as his
long-term partner Dennis Heymer.
David Walliams says: “I have been a life-long fan of Frankie and his work; I even managed to get an autograph after one of his shows! Read more & comment »
Little Britain star David Walliams was burgled at the weekend as he was appearing on BBC One’s Sport Relief.
Walliams was on the show talking about the swim to Africa which he completed for the event.
A neighbour told The Sunday Mirror: “David was clearly very angry, as you’d expect. There were no obvious signs of a break-in and the house seems to be bristling with security.
“It is clearly alarmed and there are grilles over all of the windows so the burglars must have known what they were doing to get in.”
Walliams cancelled an interview with Jonathan Ross on BBC Radio 2 after discovering the break-in.
“No arrests have been made and enquiries are continuing,” a spokesman for police in Belsize Park, London said.
Little Britain star David Walliams has begun his “swim to Africa” in aid of BBC’s Sport Relief.
Walliams will join Olympic rower James Cracknell for the 12-mile swim across the Strait of Gibraltar, a journey expected to take five hours.
Not only is the straight a major shipping route, but there is also known to be sharks in the water, a fact that worries Cracknell’s wife!
“I’m nervous about the swim because it’s a dangerous stretch of water… I will be watching from a support vessel with one eye trained on sharks’ fins and tankers,” Cracknell’s wife, TV presenter Beverley Turner said. Read more & comment »
David Walliams is making the leap from comedy to psychological drama with his new role in BBC drama, Capturing Mary.
David plays the part of Greville White, a man trying to get lucky with a emerging columnist called Mary. When she rejects his advances he sets out to destroy her life.
But David wasn’t handed the role on a plate, he was made to audition twice for the part.
He told The Sun: “It was a very thorough process.
“I had two two-hour auditions which really gave me the chance to give a half-decent performance. Read more & comment »
