"Little Britain - Season One" Arrives On DVD

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This hysterical sketch comedy series -- created by Matt Lucas and David Walliams -- evolved from being a cult favorite to a mainstream smash hit in record time! In the week leading up to last Christmas, Little Britain: The Complete First Series was the UK¡¦s top selling DVD across all genres, the first non-theatrical title to top the charts in Britain since Riverdance in 1994!

The recipient of two 2005 BAFTA Awards (Best Comedy Performance and, for the second year in a row, Best Comedy Program), Little Britain also swept the board at this year¡¦s British Comedy Awards (beating even The Office Special), Lucas and Walliams were voted No. 1 in the Radio Times (UK equivalent of TV Guide) Most Powerful People in TV Comedy poll, and they lead the pack of nominees at this year¡¦s Rose d¡¦Or awards (Europe¡¦s most prestigious comedy award) with eight nominations in the performance category.

Little Britain premiered on BBC Television in the UK February 2003 and on BBC America June 2004. The buzz surrounding Little Britain is so hot that some of the series¡¦ biggest fans are celebrities. According to UK press, Johnny Depp has asked the creators if he could make an appearance on the show and The Simpsons creator Matt Groening wants to use Lucas and Walliams to write a Simpsons episode. Variety says, ¡§Little Britain reappraises what constitutes cutting-edge TV comedy in 2005.¡¨ In addition, the series boasts a roster of high-profile British guest stars including Anthony Stewart Head (¡§Buffy the Vampire Slayer¡¨), Molly Sugden (¡§Are You Being Served?¡¨) and narrator Tom Baker (¡§Doctor Who¡¨).

Little Britain is a small and surreal parallel universe peopled by over-the-top eccentrics, lunatics and social misfits. In Little Britain, you¡¦ll meet Vicky Pollard, the gloriously incoherent trailer trash teenager, and Emily Howard, the world¡¦s least convincing transvestite. Then there¡¦s Andy, sitting all day in his wheelchair, painstakingly looked after by Lou, who has no idea his friend can walk. Little Britain presents the breathtaking debris of modern life¡Xall the mad, bad, quirky and generally crazy people who populate the fringe of British society.