Here’s one that will make you feel really old: it’s 10 years since the final series of Little Britain aired on BBC One.
The show that made David Walliams a bona-fide star served as a launchpad for a career that has seen him take on a judging role on Britain’s Got Talent, undertake jaw-dropping charity work (his Thames swim remains a crowning glory), and become a successful children’s author.
Now he’s going back to his comedy roots with a one-off Christmas TV special.
Titled Walliams & Friend, it sees the comedian return to the type of sketches that helped make his name – and his ‘friend’ is a very special guest indeed.
It is, of course, the absolutely fabulous Joanna Lumley, who remains a brilliant comedic presence.
By its very nature sketch comedy is hit-or-miss, but Walliams & Friend is thankfully more of the former – from a hilariously terrible gameshow contestant played by Walliams, to a meeting between Joanna Lumley and her own personal team of, erm, other Joanna Lumleys.
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And then there’s the Bake Off sketch – you’ll never look at Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry in the same way ever again.
The 40-minute special is daft fun – and likely to be even funnier after a few Christmas Eve sherries. Here’s hoping for more Walliams & Friend episodes in the future with a different guest star each time.
BBC One, Christmas Eve, 10.05pm
