‘Little Britain’ Removed From Netflix, Other Streamers Due to Blackface

The BBC sketch comedy series “Little Britain” has been removed from Netflix, Britbox, and BBC iPlayer amid concerns about the show’s use of blackface.Variety reports that the three platforms removed the series on Friday.

A BBC spokesman told Variety: “There’s a lot of historical programming available on BBC iPlayer, which we regularly review.

Times have changed since ‘Little Britain’ first aired, so it is not currently available on BBC iPlayer.”IndieWire has confirmed the streaming services’ removals of the series.

A Netflix spokesperson declined to comment about its decision to take “Little Britain” off the platform.Netflix apparently wants little to do with original series creators and stars Matt Lucas and David Walliams, as the streamer also removed their 2010 “Come Fly with Me” sketch comedy series.

A BritBox spokesperson told Variety that “Come Fly with Me” was taken off the service six months ago.

In the series

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