1. A parody to Great Britain
LITTLE BRITAIN
A parody to Great Britain

2. BRITAIN humour fish & chips pop-culture BBC DAFFYD THOMAS
VICKY POLLARD
RAIFF PATTERSON
fast food
BRITAIN
DENNIS WATERMANN
PRIME MINISTER
FAT FIGHTERS
SIR NORMAN FRY
TING TONG
WOMEN’S INSTITUTE
people from
different
origins
Aristocracy /
upper social class
tea at 5
JASON
EMILY HOWARD

3. The main actors: David Walliams & Matt Lucas
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
Little Britain abroad
Little Britain live

4. CHARACTERS The voice-over Andy & Lou Daffyd Thomas Carol Beer
Majorie Dawes
Vicky Pollard
Sebastian Love & Prime Minister
Ting Tong & Mr. Dudley
Mr. Mann & Roy
Sir Norman Fry
Raiff & Sandra Patterson

5. THE VOICE-OVER Begins each episode with Britain, Britain, Britain...
Nonsense comments about Britain, its people, culture and history.
False time expressions: it’s five past Alberto, at Hillary o’clock.
Mispronounces Good bye at the end.(good bike)

7. We’re going to focus on three groups of characters:
- Andy and Lou
- Carol Beer
- Sebastian and the Prime Minister

8. Andy and Lou
Andy
Lou
Extremely selfish. Makes everything as difficult as possible for Lou.
Thinks Andy needs help and does all the best for his friend.
USUALLY SAYS LOU HAS DEEP IDEAS
“You are against plastic surgery, you said the cosmetic surgery was symptom of a sick society that worships youth and beauty”
CATCHPHRASES
Yeah, I know
I want that one
I don’t like it
Monster trucks

9. Andy and Lou on a tv-contest
Episode patterns:
Andy has Lou go through some great hassle for him (p.eg. go swimming into the swimming pool or into the see, go upstairs, go to the toilet, go ice skating...)
Andy makes an arbitrary decision about something, in spite of Lou's best advice that it's a bad choice. (p.eg. which film to see, which colour to paint Andy’s room, which ice to buy, what to do in the free time, what clothes are appropiate to go to the church or to the restaurant...)
Andy and Lou on a tv-contest

10. CAROL BEER
Computer says no...
Carol Beer in Spain

11. SEBASTIAN & PM CATCHPHRASES Yes, Prime Minister. Whatever
I’d like, you’ll be Prime Minister forever.
You are beautiful, no matter, what they say.

12. Discuss in groups: Is Little Britain a new type of British humour?
Little Britain USA. How is it going to be? (starts filming March 2008).

13. Think of other popular British comedy series (Mr Bean, Benny Hill’s show, etc). Which one do you prefer?
The British are good at laughing at themselves, what about the Americans?
How about you country?
“We’d like to dedicate this episode to Matt Lucas and David Walliams, which are unfortunately still with us”
Narrator