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David Walliams

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Gender Male
Age 52
Web site www.worldofdavidwalliams.com
Date of birth August 20,1971
Zodiac sign Leo
Born Wimbledon
London
United Kingdom
Height 188 (cm)
Spouse Lara Stone
PlaysThe Midnight Gang
Awful Auntie
Job Author
Comedian
Voice acting
Screenwriter
Novelist
Television presenter
Television producer
Activist
Education Reigate Grammar School
University of Bristol
Awards National Television Award for Most Popular TV Judge
International Emmy Award for Comedy
National Television Award for Landmark Achievement
British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Performance
British Academy Television Award for Comedy and Comedy Entertainment Programme
British Comedy Award for Best Comedy Newcomer
WhatsOnStage Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Play
British Comedy Award for the Best TV Comedy Actor
The Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award
Official site worldofdavidwalliams.com
Full name David Edward Williams
Children 1
Parents Kathleen Williams
Peter Williams
Siblings Julie Williams
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Date of Upd.
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The Ice Monster
Billionaire Boy
The World of David Walliams: Super-Tastic Box Set
The World's Worst Children
The Boy in the Dress
Ratburger
Mr Stink
Demon Dentist
Grandpa's Great Escape
The World's Worst Children 3
The World's Worst Children 2
Geronimo
The Slightly Annoying Elephant (Read Aloud by David Walliams)
The First Hippo on the Moon
The Bear Who Went Boo!
There's a Snake in My School! (Read Aloud by David Walliams)
Spectacular Stories for the Very Young
David Walliams
Blob
The Queen's Orang-Utan (Read Aloud by David Walliams)
Walliams Complete Audio: The Boy in the Dress/Mr Stink/Billionaire Boy/Gangsta Granny/Ratburger
Little Britain
The World of David Walliams: Five Stories and 16 Screamingly Funny Hours of Storytelling
Inside Little Britain
Camp David
The World of David Walliams 5 Book Collection (The Boy in the Dress, Mr Stink, Billionaire Boy, Gangsta Granny, Ratburger)
The World of David Walliams 4 Book Collection (The Boy in the Dress, Mr Stink, Billionaire Boy, Gangsta Granny)
The World of David Walliams 3 Book Collection (The Boy in the Dress, Mr Stink, Billionaire Boy)
Mamie gangster
Daddy bandit
Gangsta Granny
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David Walliams Life story


David Edward Williams OBE, known professionally as David Walliams, is an English comedian, actor, writer, and television personality. He is best known for his work with Matt Lucas on the BBC sketch comedy series Little Britain and Come Fly With Me.

Early Life

David walliams was born on august 20. 1971 in merton. London. England. He is the son of kathleen. A laboratory technician. And peter williams. A lnodon transport engineer. He grew up in banstead. Surrey and attended reigate grammar school. He was educated at the university of bristo. Lwhere he studied drama.

Career

David walliams started his career as a coemdian and actor in the early 1990s. He is best known as one half of the comedy duo with matt lucas. Known as little britain. He has also been involved in a number of successful tv shows and films. Such as come fly with me. Big school. And the smash hit film. Paddington.

Writing

David walliams is also well known for his writing caerer. He has written eleven children s books. With the first book. The boy in the dress. Being published in 2008. He has also written two adult novels. Camp david and billionaire boy. His books have been translated into 53 languages and have sold over 25 million copies worldwide.

Awards

David walliams has been the recipient of numerous award. Sincluding four british comedy awards. Two national television awards. And the prestigious golden globe award for best actor in a television series - musical or coemdy.

Philanthropy

David walliams is an avid philanthropist and has taken part in a number of charitable activities. Including swimming the enlgish channel in 2006 to raise money for sport relief. In 2010. He completed a 140-mile swim along the river thames to raise money for charity. He has also been involved in the comic relief and red nose day campaigns.

Personal Life

David walliams married dutch model lara stone in and the coupel have a son. Alfred. He is an avid collector of classic cars. And is also a keen tennis player.

Important Event

In 2020. David walliams was appointed as the honorary president of the national litearcy trust.

Interesting Fact

David walliams is an avid collcetor of classic cars. And owns a rare 1967 ford mustang.

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Little Britain, drawn from the iPlayer and Netflix, because "times have changed'

Apr 23,2020 3:09 am

Little Britain has popped up from Bbc Iplayer , Netflix and BritBox as an objection of some of the sketch-show characters.

Netflix of Matt Lucas and David Walliams series moved on Friday, along with their other comedy-Come Fly With Me.

The Bbc and Britbox took the Little one from the UK on Monday. Both outlets said: "times have changed" since the first broadcast.

Both of these shows contain scenes where The Comedians portray characters from different ethnic backgrounds.

"There are a lot of historical programming available on the Bbc Iplayer , which we regularly review," a BBC spokeswoman said.

"times have changed since Little Britain is not broadcast, so it is with the data currently available on the Bbc Iplayer . "

No Netflix-reboot

Netflix has not commented on the reasons for removal, but has said that recent reports that it was in talks with Walliams and Lucas to a new series, wrong.

"We were not told in active discussions about the revival of The Show ," a spokesman for.

The distance angered some fans, to say with a viewer, the people should be able to make your "own decisions".

But others have observed discomfort, sketches, the one with The Comedians to wear make-up to portray different races.

'Cruel Comedy'

In the year 2017, Lucas, said: "If I could go back and do Little Britain again, I would make these jokes about transvestites. I would not play black characters.

"basically, I would not make that show now. People would get upset. We made a more cruel type of comedy than I would do it now. "

Walliams, he would "definitely do it differently" in today's cultural landscape.

at the beginning of this year, Lucas said the couple would love, "it had back in some way and at some point," and a conversation with Netflix.

He proposed to show a Little Britain stage, it could be an option, adding: "It will come back in a form that we find out just what that will be. "

last week, for the representation of black celebrities Sketch Show Bo' Selecta.

It Comes , as certain parts of life have come under scrutiny, in The Wake of the Black matter of the protests Alive.

Come Fly With Me came around from Britbox November, and still never show on iPlayer was.

Little Britain aired in 2003 and ran for four seasons until 2008. There are also a handful of specials, including a sketch on The Bbc A coronavirus charity was a fundraising event The Big Night In April of this year.

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