Matt Lucas is pinned to the wall by an irate TV presenter, who has him firmly by the throat. As David Walliams and a security guard try to drag him away, the host spits biliously: ‘How dare you fuck with my show on live TV. I’m going to fucking kill you, you little fuck.’ The presenter was former Gamesmaster host Dominik Diamond, and the setting was the early days of the Paramount Comedy Channel. Diamond hosted a live late-night show called Night O’Plenty, and the future Little Britain stars had been invited on as they’d just made a show for Paramount, in which they played cheesy double act Mash & Peas. ‘We never had guests - only had token totty guests,’ Diamond recalls. ‘I only did it because David was one of my best mates.’ But the duo caused chaos; refusing to take their seats, referring to Diamond having being sacked...
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