Little Britain: Matt Lucas and David Walliams 'very sorry' for blackface
Little Britain first aired in 2003 and ran for four series until 2008.
Matt Lucas and David Walliams have apologised for playing characters of different ethnic backgrounds in their sketch show Little Britain. The series used blackface make-up in some sketches. Earlier this week it was removed from BBC iPlayer, Netflix and BritBox after objections resurfaced."Once again we want to make it clear that it was wrong and we are very sorry," they said in their statements.
Lucas and Walliams said they had both spoken publicly in recent years about the regret they felt about such scenes.
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