Matt Lucas

Panthers record 7th straight win - roanoke.com

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Rockbridge County graduate Marcus Mayo ran for 126 yards to lead Ferrum to a 46-21 win over USA South rival Greensboro on Saturday night. Ferrum (7-1, 5-0) won its seventh straight game and remains tied with...

BBC is told to starve its fat cats

Jonathan Oliver and Dipesh Gadher THE BBC has been urged by ministers to end the culture of “fat cat” pay for top presenters or risk cuts to its £3.4 billion a year of public funding. Andy Burnham, the culture secretary, has...

United 93

By Paul Whitington Saturday November 01 2008 Last week we sang the praises of Paul Greengrass for having masterfully resurrected the Bourne franchise, and this film is another -- though rather darker -- string to his bow. The...

JAN MOIR: Misogyny dressed up as comedy

Just a simple lapse of judgment? A moment of madness in dubious taste? I don't think so. The odious phone prank that landed Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand in such trouble this week is a symptom of a far greater malaise.

Little Britain panders to hatred and homophobia, claims academic

Popular comedy show Little Britain has more in common with Bernard Manning than the generation of subversive comedians who followed in his wake, according to a new academic work. LSE researcher Deborah Finding's study, I Can’t...

Daffyd's so not funny

WHEN even a gay who's a hero to gays is accused of gay-bashing, the sensitivity industry is causing more tension than it solves. Matt Lucas is one of the two stars of the cult comedy Little Britain, and most famously plays...

I was just like Little Britain's Marjorie Dawes

Singing the praises of fruit and veg to her gang of slimmers, Claire Stabler was struck with pangs of guilt, not hunger - she was hiding a big, fat secret. While encouraging her Slimming World dieters to eat like saints, Claire...

'Little Britain' accused of promoting hate

LONDON - The hit British TV comedy Little Britain has been accused of promoting prejudice and hatred. A study by a London School of Economics academic says many of the show's characters - from teenage mum Vicky Pollard to proud...

Little Britain accused of promoting hatred

Hit British TV comedy Little Britain has been accused of promoting prejudice and hatred. A study by a London School of Economics academic says many of the show's characters - from teenage mum Vicky Pollard to proud gay Daffyd -...

Little Britain 'promotes hatred'

LONDON - Hit British TV comedy Little Britain has been accused of promoting prejudice and hatred. A study by a London School of Economics academic says many of the show's characters - from teenage mum Vicky Pollard to proud gay...