Little Britain is a British character-based comedy sketch show that premiered on BBC radio before being adapted for television. It was written by David Walliams and Matt Lucas, a comedy partnership. The title of the show is a combination of the terms "Little England" and "Great Britain," as well as the name of a Victorian neighborhood and a current street in London. The show features exaggerated parodies of British individuals from all walks of life in various scenarios that are familiar to the British. These skits are shown to the audience alongside narration, giving the impression that the show is a guide to the lives of various classes in British society, aimed at non-British people. Despite the narrator's descriptions of great British institutions, the humour is based on the British audience's self-deprecating perceptions of themselves or others.
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Little Britain is a British character-based comedy sketch show that premiered on BBC radio before being adapted for television. It was written by David Walliams and Matt Lucas, a comedy partnership. The title of the show is a combination of the terms "Little England" and "Great Britain," as well as the name of a Victorian neighborhood and a current street in London. The show features exaggerated parodies of British individuals from all walks of life in various scenarios that are familiar to the British. These skits are shown to the audience alongside narration, giving the impression that the show is a guide to the lives of various classes in British society, aimed at non-British people. Despite the narrator's descriptions of great British institutions, the humour is based on the British audience's self-deprecating perceptions of themselves or others.
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