History YMMV / LittleBritain

* ValuesDissonance: The show makes heavy use of racial and sexual stereotypes and has several sketches revolving around the use of blackface, which can make for an uncomfortable viewing experience in the wake of events like the Black Lives Matter and #MeToo movements.

* ValuesDissonance: The show makes heavy use of racial and sexual stereotypes, which can make for an uncomfortable viewing experience in the wake of events like the Black Lives Latter and #MeToo movements.

* CondemnedByHistory: The series was a hit at the TurnOfTheMillennium for its satire of contemporary British life, [[CharacterCatchphrase catchphrase]]-driven characters, and lowbrow humour relying on shock value. It was popular enough to create a live tour combining re-enacted sketches and new pieces and merchandise. By Series 3, however, the established characters and running gags had become [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]] and overdone, with new characters only being introduced for the sole purpose of shock value, and the show had become so overexposed and overmarketed that audiences were sick of it. The combination of critical backlash against the traditional BritCom format and the failure of Series 4 (''Little Britain USA'', co-produced with Creator/{{HBO}}) were enough to kill off the show. In addition, its content didn't age well; its constant pokes at minority groups were controversial enough even at the time, and are now seen as [[ValuesDissonance outright cringeworthy]]. If you ask any Brit who was a teenager in the mid-2000s who didn't watch the show, chances are they don't know about it, and if you ask someone who ''did'' grow up with it, chances are they regret it. While its leads/creators Creator/DavidWalliams and Matt Lucas have gone on to other successes (the former as a children's author, the latter as an actor in a variety of productions), ''Little Britain'' is just a relic of its time. Notably Lucas eventually [[https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/matt-lucas-little-britain-big-issue-interview-regrets_uk_59d602dce4b0380b6c9a673b outright apologized for the content and admitted it was rather insensitive]]. Following the international UsefulNotes/BlackLivesMatter protests spurred by the killing of George Floyd in the US in 2020, the Creator/{{BBC}} eventually stopped broadcasting reruns of the show and removed streaming copies due to the show's numerous sketches involving blackface, completing its fall from grace (albeit they did eventually restore the show in a heavily-edited form the following year).

* CondemnedByHistory: The series was a hit at the TurnOfTheMillennium for its satire of contemporary British life, [[CharcterCatchphrase catchphrase]]-driven characters, and lowbrow humour relying on shock value. It was popular enough to create a live tour combining re-enacted sketches and new pieces and merchandise. By Series 3, however, the established characters and running gags had become [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]] and overdone, with new characters only being introduced for the sole purpose of shock value, and the show had become so overexposed and overmarketed that audiences were sick of it. The combination of critical backlash against the traditional BritCom format and the failure of Series 4 (''Little Britain USA'', co-produced with Creator/{{HBO}}) were enough to kill off the show. In addition, its content didn't age well; its constant pokes at minority groups were controversial enough even at the time, and are now seen as [[ValuesDissonance outright cringeworthy]]. If you ask any Brit who was a teenager in the mid-2000s who didn't watch the show, chances are they don't know about it, and if you ask someone who ''did'' grow up with it, chances are they regret it. While its leads/creators Creator/DavidWalliams and Matt Lucas have gone on to other successes (the former as a children's author, the latter as an actor in a variety of productions), ''Little Britain'' is just a relic of its time. Notably Lucas eventually [[https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/matt-lucas-little-britain-big-issue-interview-regrets_uk_59d602dce4b0380b6c9a673b outright apologized for the content and admitted it was rather insensitive]]. Following the international UsefulNotes/BlackLivesMatter protests spurred by the killing of George Floyd in the US in 2020, the Creator/{{BBC}} eventually stopped broadcasting reruns of the show and removed streaming copies due to the show's numerous sketches involving blackface, completing its fall from grace (albeit they did eventually restore the show in a heavily-edited form the following year).

* CondemnedByHistory: The series was a hit at the TurnOfTheMillennium for its satire of contemporary British life, {{catchphrase}}-driven characters, and lowbrow humour relying on shock value. It was popular enough to create a live tour combining re-enacted sketches and new pieces and merchandise. By Series 3, however, the established characters and running gags had become [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]] and overdone, with new characters only being introduced for the sole purpose of shock value, and the show had become so overexposed and overmarketed that audiences were sick of it. The combination of critical backlash against the traditional BritCom format and the failure of Series 4 (''Little Britain USA'', co-produced with Creator/{{HBO}}) were enough to kill off the show. In addition, its content didn't age well; its constant pokes at minority groups were controversial enough even at the time, and are now seen as [[ValuesDissonance outright cringeworthy]]. If you ask any Brit who was a teenager in the mid-2000s who didn't watch the show, chances are they don't know about it, and if you ask someone who ''did'' grow up with it, chances are they regret it. While its leads/creators Creator/DavidWalliams and Matt Lucas have gone on to other successes (the former as a children's author, the latter as an actor in a variety of productions), ''Little Britain'' is just a relic of its time. Notably Lucas eventually [[https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/matt-lucas-little-britain-big-issue-interview-regrets_uk_59d602dce4b0380b6c9a673b outright apologized for the content and admitted it was rather insensitive]]. Following the international UsefulNotes/BlackLivesMatter protests spurred by the killing of George Floyd in the US in 2020, the Creator/{{BBC}} eventually stopped broadcasting reruns of the show and removed streaming copies due to the show's numerous sketches involving blackface, completing its fall from grace (albeit they did eventually restore the show in a heavily-edited form the following year).

* RetroactiveRecognition: Andy's new caretaker Mrs Mead is Creator/ImeldaStaunton.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: A lot of the jokes [[AcceptableTargets poking fun at the aforementioned groups]] can become this depending on what your sense of humour is like.

* AcceptableTargets: ''Everyone'', but most prominently homosexuals, overweight people, invalids, old people, and trans people. Really, the series' attempts to offend everyone was why critics eventually turned on it - tellingly, majority groups tended not to be targeted on the basis of their identity.

* CondemnedByHistory: The series was a hit at the TurnOfTheMillennium for its satire of contemporary British life, {{catchphrase}}-driven characters, and lowbrow humour relying on shock value. It was popular enough to create a live tour combining re-enacted sketches and new pieces and merchandise. By Series 3, however, the established characters and running gags had become [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]] and overdone, with new characters only being introduced for the sole purpose of shock value, and the show had become so overexposed and overmarketed that audiences were sick of it. The combination of critical backlash against the traditional BritCom format and the failure of Series 4 (''Little Britain USA'', co-produced with Creator/{{HBO}}) were enough to kill off the show. In addition, its content didn't age well; its constant pokes at minority groups were controversial enough even at the time, and are now seen as [[ValuesDissonance outright cringeworthy]]. If you ask any Brit who was a teenager in the mid-2000s who didn't watch the show when they were younger, chances are they don't know about it, and if you ask someone who ''did'' grow up with it, chances are they regret it. While its leads/creators Creator/DavidWalliams and Matt Lucas have gone on to other successes (the former as a children's author, the latter as an actor in a variety of productions), ''Little Britain'' is just a relic of its time. Notably Lucas eventually [[https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/matt-lucas-little-britain-big-issue-interview-regrets_uk_59d602dce4b0380b6c9a673b outright apologized for the content and admitted it was rather insensitive]]. Following the international UsefulNotes/BlackLivesMatter protests spurred by the killing of George Floyd in the US in 2020, the Creator/{{BBC}} eventually stopped broadcasting reruns of the show and removed streaming copies due to the show's numerous sketches involving blackface, completing its fall from grace (albeit they did eventually restore the show in a heavily-edited form the following year).

** ''WebVideo/{{Jimquisition}}'' in a rather unusual example as they mentioned on several podcasts that they were in the studio audience for Series 1.

** WebVideo/Jimqusition in a rather unusual example as they mentioned on several podcasts that they were in the studio audience for Series 1.

** WebVideo/''Jimqusition'' in a rather unusual example as they mentioned on several podcasts that they were in the studio audience for Series 1.

** WebVideo/{{Jimqusition}} in a rather unusual example as they mentioned on several podcasts that they were in the studio audience for Series 1.

* CondemnedByHistory: The series was a hit at the TurnOfTheMillennium for its satire of contemporary British life, {{catchphrase}}-driven characters, and lowbrow humour relying on shock value. It was popular enough to create a live tour combining re-enacted sketches and new pieces and merchandise. By Series 3, however, the established characters and running gags had become [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]] and overdone, with new characters only being introduced for the sole purpose of shock value, and the show had become so overexposed and overmarketed that audiences were sick of it. The combination of critical backlash against the traditional BritCom format and the failure of Series 4 (''Little Britain USA'', co-produced with Creator/{{HBO}}) were enough to kill off the show. In addition, its content didn't age well; its constant pokes at minority groups were controversial enough even at the time, and are now seen as [[ValuesDissonance outright cringeworthy]]. If you ask any British teenager who didn't watch it when they were younger, chances are they don't know about it, and if you ask someone who ''did'' grow up with it, chances are they regret it. While its leads/creators Creator/DavidWalliams and Matt Lucas have gone on to other successes (the former as a children's author, the latter as an actor in a variety of productions), ''Little Britain'' is just a relic of its time. Notably Lucas eventually [[https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/matt-lucas-little-britain-big-issue-interview-regrets_uk_59d602dce4b0380b6c9a673b outright apologized for the content and admitted it was rather insensitive]]. Following the international UsefulNotes/BlackLivesMatter protests spurred by the killing of George Floyd in the US in 2020, the Creator/{{BBC}} eventually stopped broadcasting reruns of the show and removed streaming copies due to the show's numerous sketches involving blackface, completing its fall from grace (albeit they did eventually restore the show in a heavily-edited form the following year).

* CondemnedByHistory: The series was a hit at the TurnOfTheMillennium for its satire of contemporary British life, {{catchphrase}}-driven characters, and lowbrow humour relying on shock value. It was popular enough to create a live tour combining re-enacted sketches and new pieces and merchandise. By Series 3, however, the established characters and running gags had become [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]] and overdone, with new characters only being introduced for the sole purpose of shock value, and the show had become so overexposed and overmarketed that audiences were sick of it. The combination of critical backlash against the traditional BritCom format and the failure of Series 4 (''Little Britain USA'', co-produced with Creator/{{HBO}}) were enough to kill off the show. In addition, its content didn't age well; its constant pokes at minority groups were controversial enough even at the time, and are now seen as [[ValuesDissonance outright cringeworthy]]. If you ask any British teenager who didn't watch it when they were younger, chances are they don't know about it, and if you ask someone who ''did'' grow up with it, chances are they regret it. While its leads/creators Creator/DavidWalliams and Matt Lucas have gone on to other successes (the former as a children's author, the latter as an actor in a variety of productions), ''Little Britain'' is just a relic of its time. Notably Lucas eventually [[https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/matt-lucas-little-britain-big-issue-interview-regrets_uk_59d602dce4b0380b6c9a673b outright apologized for the content and admitted it was rather insensitive]]. Following the international UsefulNotes/BlackLivesMatter protests spurred by the killing of George Floyd in the US in 2020, the BBC eventually stopped broadcasting reruns of the show and removed streaming copies due to the show's numerous sketches involving blackface, completing its fall from grace (albeit they did eventually restore the show in a heavily-edited form the following year).

* HarsherInHindsight: Bernard Chumley trying to seduce an aspiring actor. In the 2010s (particularly 2017), numerous men in the film industry were outed as coercing young actors into sex in exchange for getting their careers off the ground.

* CriticalDissonance: The show is often served as a punching bag for critics for its lowbrow humour, but that didn't stop it from being popular with viewers. The fact that the show won a total of ''28'' awards throughout its run, and how it spawned a lot of merchandise doesn't help either.

* CondemnedByHistory: The series was a hit at the TurnOfTheMillennium for its satire of contemporary British life, {{catchphrase}}-driven characters, and lowbrow humour relying on shock value. It was popular enough to create a live tour combining re-enacted sketches and new pieces and merchandise. By Series 3, however, the established characters and running gags had become [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]] and overdone, with new characters only being introduced for the sole purpose of shock value, and the show had become so overexposed and overmarketed that audiences were sick of it. The combination of critical backlash against the traditional BritCom format and the failure of Series 4 (''Little Britain USA'', co-produced with Creator/{{HBO}}) were enough to kill off the show. In addition, its content didn't age well; its constant pokes at minority groups were controversial enough even at the time, and are now seen as [[ValuesDissonance outright cringeworthy]]. If you ask any British teenager who didn't watch it when they were younger, chances are they don't know about it, and if you ask someone who ''did'' grow up with it, chances are they regret it. While its leads/creators Creator/DavidWalliams and Matt Lucas have gone on to other successes (the former as a children's author, the latter as an actor in a variety of productions), ''Little Britain'' is just a relic of its time. Notably Lucas eventually [[https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/matt-lucas-little-britain-big-issue-interview-regrets_uk_59d602dce4b0380b6c9a673b outright apologized for the content and admitted it was rather insensitive]]. Following the killing of George Floyd in 2020, the BBC eventually stopped broadcasting reruns of the show and removed streaming copies in 2020 due to the show's numerous sketches involving blackface, completing its fall from grace (albeit they did eventually restore the show in a heavily-edited form the following year).

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Bernard Chumley trying to seduce an aspiring actor. In the 2010s (particularly 2017), numerous men in the film industry were outed as coercing young actors into sex in exchange for getting their careers off the ground.
** Carol Beer coughing in people's faces hasn't exactly aged well during the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Sir Norman Fry was probably the only new character in Series 3 who got a generally positive reception, and even then, all the sketches he appeared in followed the same basic formula of him giving increasingly implausible excuses for how he got caught having sex with other men, rather than mocking any number of other common types of political scandal. Admittedly, it didn't help that the Conservative Party weren't in power at the time, meaning that outside of scandals involving the personal lives of their [=MPs=], Lucas and Walliams didn't have much to work with[[note]](The scandals that did involve the then-ruling Labour Party were usually lampooned via Anthony Head's PM character, due to Head bearing something of a resemblance to UsefulNotes/TonyBlair)[[/note]]; indeed, after Boris Johnson's government was hit by a series of scandals starting in late 2021, several memes with Sir Norman explaining how these scandals were perfectly innocent misunderstandings started popping up on the internet.

* CondemnedByHistory: The series was a hit at the TurnOfTheMillennium for its satire of contemporary British life, {{catchphrase}}-driven characters, and lowbrow humour relying on shock value. It was popular enough to create a live tour combining re-enacted sketches and new pieces and merchandise. By Series 3, however, the established characters and running gags had become [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]] and overdone, with new characters only being introduced for the sole purpose of shock value, and the show had become so overexposed and overmarketed that audiences were sick of it. The combination of critical backlash against the traditional BritCom format and the failure of Series 4 (''Little Britain USA'', co-produced with Creator/{{HBO}}) were enough to kill off the show. In addition, its content didn't age well; its constant pokes at minority groups were controversial enough even at the time, and are now seen as [[ValuesDissonance outright cringeworthy]]. If you ask any British teenager who didn't watch it when they were younger, chances are they don't know about it, and if you ask someone who ''did'' grow up with it, chances are they regret it. While its leads/creators Creator/DavidWalliams and Matt Lucas have gone on to other successes (the former as a children's author, the latter as an actor in a variety of productions), ''Little Britain'' is just a relic of its time. Notably Lucas eventually [[https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/matt-lucas-little-britain-big-issue-interview-regrets_uk_59d602dce4b0380b6c9a673b outright apologized for the content and admitted it was rather insensitive]]. Following the killing of George Floyd in 2020, the BBC eventually stopped broadcasting reruns of the show and removed streaming copies in 2020 due to the show's numerous sketches involving blackface, completing its fall from grace.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Sir Norman Fry was probably the only new character in Series 3 who got a generally positive reception, and even then, all the sketches he appeared in followed the same basic formula of him giving increasingly implausible excuses for how he got caught having sex with other men, rather than mocking any number of other common types of political scandal. Admittedly, it didn't help that the Conservative Party weren't in power at the time, meaning that outside of scandals involving the personal lives of their [=MPs=], Lucas and Walliams didn't have much to work with[[note]](The scandals that did involve the then-ruling Labour Party were usually lampooned via Anthony Head's PM character, due to Head bearing something of a resemblance to UsefulNotes/TonyBlair)[[/note]]; indeed, after UsefulNotes/BorisJohnson's government was hit by a series of scandals in late 2021, several memes with Sir Norman explaining how these scandals were perfectly innocent misunderstandings started popping up on the internet.