For Matt Lucas’ first solo television project he claims that he wanted to do something that didn’t involve him getting into costume or wearing make-up, however by the end of episode one he and his guests are all wearing costumes. Apart from the costumes though and the appearance from Paul Putner, appearing here as Morph, The Matt Lucas Awards is much more of a traditional show than Little Britain.

The set for the show is almost like that of a front room that you might see on any sitcom, with Lucas welcoming his mother onto the programme who spends most of her time in the kitchen and only occasionally contributes to proceedings. There are chat-show elements as well as Matt’s guests often offer up anecdotes from their past and there are witty musical interludes performed by James Bond composer David Arnold. But first and foremost The Matt Lucas Awards is a panel show, as it originally started as a Radio 2 show called And The Winner Is which was also hosted by Lucas. The format of the show sees Lucas offer up categories for which the guests, then have to present one nomination each with the host finally picking a winner after hearing their suggestions.

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Little Britain star Matt Lucas has told TV&Satellite Week magazine that he and comedy sidekick David Walliams – who is of course a judge on Britain’s Got Talent – “have no immediate plans” to work together again.

The pair of course shot to fame in Little Britain, and have since gone on to enjoy success in a number of TV shows, both together and individually, and Matt is about to launch his new show, entitled, The Matt Lucas Awards.

Airing as of April 10th on BBC1, the new show sees Matt presiding over a mixture of comedy, music and chat as he, his mum and celebrity talk about who’d land nominations in various unlikely awards categories, such as Most Moreish Food to Dreadfullest Football Song Ever Sung.

Of the show, Matt said, This is a very different kind of show for me. It’s not scripted and I’m not in character.

“I was nervous about appearing as myself, because I haven’t done that much before, but I think it works well… Read more & comment »

This week Matt Lucas first Hollywood movie Small Apartments (by Jonas Åkerlund) debuted at the SXSW (an annual music, film, and interactive conference and festival held in Austin) festival.

The film was met with a mixed reception from the critics, but received quite a good response from the audience.

Based on the novel by Chris Millis who also wrote the screen version, the film tells the story of mentally troubled Franklin Franklin (Matt Lucas wearing nothing but tighty-whiteys, knee-high socks and clogs for the better part of the film,) who accidentally kills his landlord and goes on a journey of self-discovery as he explores the messages his adored brother who lives in a mysterious mental institution (James Marsden) sends him through cassette tapes sand toe nails.

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Little Britain star Matt Lucas has been admitted to hospital suffering from a severe ear infection.

However, despite his pain, the Daily Star reports that Matt watched from his hospital bed as his Little Britain co-star David Walliams completed his marathon River Thames swim.

But later, Matt tweeted, “Admitted to hospital for a few days for nasty infection in both ears. Morphine & antibiotics. I’m all woozy…” Read more & comment »

Comedian Matt Lucas is reportedly moving to Hollywood in order to pursue a career in movies.

However, according to the Daily Mirror, he intends to keep his home here in the UK, in case he ever wishes to return.

Lucas told French and Saunders on BBC Radio 2, “I’m going to the states after my TV series, the Matt Lucas Awards, to try and make a go of it out there.

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Matt Lucas has denied rumours that he and TV partner David Walliams have decided to go their separate ways.

The pair are currently working on solo projects – Matt will front The Matt Lucas Awards for BBC, while David will appear on The Wall Of Fame for Sky – however he insisted that they do intend to work together again in the future.

Lucas took to Twitter last night to deny the rumours that they had put an end to their partnership, saying:

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David Walliams and Matt Lucas have decided to go their separate ways and put an end to their working partnership.

The comedy duo – best known for their hilarious ‘Little Britain’ series – will now work on their own BBC shows, after more than twenty years of performing together.

The pair had originally planned to pen a second series of the successful series ‘Come Fly With Me’, however David is now reportedly developing his first comedy without Matt, in which he will portray a stressed-out classroom teacher.

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Matt Lucas was forced to re-record some scenes from his new BBC comedy, because of fellow comedian Jack Whitehall.

The former Big Brother’s Big Mouth presenter was appearing on the new spoof awards show, when he drew a penis on a photo of Osama Bin Laden.
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Holiday-makers at a London airport could be forgiven for thinking that a new airline has been set up to rival some of the UK’s favourite budget airlines, as two glamorous check-in “girls” start checking in passengers at the FlyLo desks, dressed in their bright blue uniforms and sitting near advertising boards adorned by the airline’s smiley-faced owner, Omar Baba. But easyJet and Ryanair need not worry. The glamorous “girls” are, in fact, comedy geniuses David Walliams and Matt Lucas, whose new series lands on BBC One on Christmas Day.

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BBC One today announced a new comedy series, Come Fly With Me (working title), starring and written by the makers of Little Britain, Matt Lucas and David Walliams.

Set in a busy airport, the six-part series features all new characters played by Matt and David, plus special guest appearances throughout the series.

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Matt Lucas has quit BBC quiz show, Shooting Stars.

The Little Britain star returned to the revamped show last year as the infamous George Doors but it seems that he has grown fed up with sitting behind a drum kit dressed in a pink baby suit.

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Kevin McGee, the man who Matt Lucas ‘divorced’ earlier this year has been found dead after hanging himself.

The pair wed  in a 2006 civil ceremony, but split in early 2009. Kevin last night left a suicide note on social networking site, Facebook.

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David Walliams has revealed that he and Matt Lucas are finished with Little Britain.

The comedy show was a HUGE hit for BBC but Walliams and Lucas want to end the show before the public get fed up with it.

David told The Sun: “If the show comes back year in year out, it’s just probably not special any more.

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Little Britain star Matt Lucas has claimed that dressing as Cheryl Cole for a recent sketch almost turned him straight!

Matt and his co-star David Walliams dressed as Girls Aloud members Nicola and Cheryl as part of their new series of Rock profiles. The pair wore gold sequined gowns, similar to the ones from the video of No 1 single The Promise. Matt told The Sun: “I looked in the mirror and I was so beautiful I nearly became straight.”

David added: “Cheryl’s just become this icon hasn’t she? So we do have some fun with that.”

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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.

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