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The Comedians

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First episode dateJune 12, 1971
Final episode dateDecember 28, 1993
GenresComedy
Executive producersJohnnie Hamp
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No of episod81;
No of seri 12
Networks ITV
Origin releas12 June 1971 –; 28 December 1993
Cast Duggie Brown
Present by Carl Reiner;
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Date of Upd.
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About The Comedians


The Comedians was a British television show of the 1970s produced by Johnnie Hamp of Granada Television. The show gave a stage to nightclub and working men's club comedians of the era, including Russ Abbot, Jim Bowen and Bernard Manning.

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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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