Little Britain USA: Season 1

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Generally favorable reviews based on 38 Ratings

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Little Britain Usa

Season Details & Credits

HBO | Season Premiere Date: September 28, 2008

Starring: Matt Lucas, David Walliams

Summary: The award-winning sketch comedy comes stateside with its creators/stars on board.

Genre(s): Comedy

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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: September 28, 2008
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7. Comic Relief 2009
Air Date: March 13, 2009
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6. Episode 6
Air Date: November 2, 2008
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5. Episode 5
Air Date: October 26, 2008
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4. Episode 4
Air Date: October 19, 2008
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3. Episode 3
Air Date: October 12, 2008
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2. Episode 2
Air Date: October 5, 2008
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1. Episode 1
Air Date: September 28, 2008

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USA Today - Robert Bianco

Indeed, the only real downside of the program is that they've made only six episodes. Read full review

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Rob Owen

The easily offended should steer clear, but viewers with an appreciation for outrageous humor are likely to have a good laugh watching Little Britain USA. Read full review

Entertainment Weekly - Alynda Wheat

The material's solid, but it won't convince the newbies. Read full review

Washington Post - Tom Shales

Little Britain USA isn't precisely the same television show that's been slaying audiences and collecting awards in England and Australia for the past several years, but it's close. Read full review

Los Angeles Times - Mary McNamara

If you are a fan of, say, "Little Britain" in Season 3, you will probably like "Little Britain USA." As for the uninitiated, well, I suppose it all comes down to a person's fondness for penis jokes. Read full review

Chicago Tribune - Maureen Ryan

Though there are exceptions and a few bits work, the skits that weren’t funny in one episode don’t become funny when they are repeated, with minor alterations, in the next. Read full review

Miami Herald - Glenn Garvin

If you think "SpongeBob Squarepants" would be funnier if it added a couple of hookers and a cross-dressing junkie, this is the show for you. Everybody else should take a pass. Read full review

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EK.

Sep 30, 2008

Very funny and sick. I love it.

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PeterR.

Oct 9, 2008

Fabulous show. It really hits the spot when it comes to entertaining.

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MarjorieH

Mar 1, 2009

I loved the British version so had low expectations for this but I was surprised to find that it was great--actually more crude in a way than the British version, but really as wonderful and creative.

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BrianM.

Oct 17, 2008

This show tries hard to be outrageous and offensive with the thought that those traits are the same thing as being funny. Sadly there are fewer laughs than there are moments that make you cringe. I'm not offended by the show, just not amused. It tries too hard.

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cartmenez03

Oct 27, 2010

"Little Britain USA" is funny, but not as good as the original UK version. It seems that all the political correctness and censorship needed in the US has done much harm for the brand, and it also seems that if Americans see a good foreign show, they take it and "American-ize" it.

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chuckM

Oct 17, 2008

Sadly after a consistently funny first series, the signs were beggining to show that the material was getting a bit thin even during the second. The third series just seemed to ramp up the vulgarity and shock factor but forget about the humour, and that's exactly where we're at Sadly after a consistently funny first series, the signs were beggining to show that the material was getting a bit thin even during the second. The third series just seemed to ramp up the vulgarity and shock factor but forget about the humour, and that's exactly where we're at right now with Little Britain USA. Damn right offensive in parts and without the humour to back it up it simply feels embarrassing, there are one or two genius moments but they're spread so thin that its barely worth enduring the barrage of filth coming your way to get to them. Surely the whole reason for this series was to point out the cultural differences between the two nations and poke fun at the American attitude to the world. This I'm afraid only happens on rare occasions (hunters roping a mouse to the pick-up), the majority of the rest of the sketches could be set anywhere and they simply rehash old ideas. Lucas and Walliams are undeniably very funny, but they seemed to run out of characters and ideas a good few years ago. I'm British and have to endure the overhyping of this show daily, I'm glad that people have finally started to see through the thin veneer though. Believe me, this is not British humour at it's best. There are countless shows that are much more clever, inventive and most importantly funny than this debacle, please don't buy into the it because it's British and very rude.… Expand

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RichS

May 24, 2009

Tedious, wincingly unfunny claptrap. They seem obsessed with the homosexual, fat, and racist variety of human kind. Dysfunctional humour? You got it.

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