‘Little Britain’ will return to television for the first time in a decade next week.
The beloved sketch show – which was created and written by co-stars Matt Lucas and David Walliams and ran from 2003 to 2005 – will be back for BBC One’s ‘The Big Night In’ on April 23.
Although the comedy duo reunited for a Brexit-themed radio special in October last year, this will be the first time they’ve performed a ‘Little Britain’ skit together since the ‘Comic Relief’ telethon in 2009.
The new sketch will be aired as part of a three-hour broadcast next week to raise funds and "celebrate the acts of kindness and "the spirit of hope" while the UK is in lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Catherine Tate will reprise her role as schoolgirl Lauren for the show – with David Tennant playing her teacher – while the likes of Peter Kay and Gary Barlow will also appear remotely.
The programme – which is being organised by the teams behind Comic Relief and Children In Need – will raise money to be split between both charities to provide support during the health crisis.
The ‘Little Britain’ return comes after Matt revealed he and David have held talks with Netflix about bringing a full revival of the hit show to the streaming service.
He recently said: "It might happen. We had a conversation with them a while ago so the seed was planted in our heads.
"We’d love to bring it back in some way at some point."
While the 46-year-old star explained he and David, 48, are both "busy boys", they’re still keen to find a way for the show to make a return.
He added: "We’re both quite busy boys but we’re speaking often (to each other) and one idea was to maybe do a stage show of it again…
"We don’t know. It may come back. I think it will come back in some form. We’re just still figuring out what that will be."
Little Britain returning for Big Night In
