The US version of hot comedy show, Little Britain, has been delayed due to the current US writers strike.

“We’re members of the Writers Guild of America so our show is on hold,” creator Matt Lucas told BBC Radio One’s Newsbeat.

“We obviously didn’t want to break the strike, so we’re just waiting for them to reach an agreement,” he continued.

The show, which will be broadcast next year on pay-TV network HBO, was “pretty much written,” according to Lucas.

“But when you’re in rehearsal you change things and write new sketches, and when you’re on the set you change things,” he added.

“This is effectively series four,” he told BBC Radio One. “But there’s a kind of way into it if you’ve never seen the show before.”

“I can’t tell you too much about the characters because I don’t want to ruin it,” he said.

“But we’ve worked really hard on it, we’ve been writing solidly for about eight months, and we’re really excited about it.”