The BBC is pulling Little Britain and other programmes featuring comedian, actor and TV presenter David Walliams from its platforms after allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct were made against him.
The broadcaster said it was reviewing all material featuring and written by Walliams as it removes the shows, including Little Britain, Come Fly With Me and episodes of The Wheel and Would I Lie to You.
A BBC spokesperson said: “These are serious allegations. As such, the BBC is looking carefully at all material featuring and written by David Walliams on our platforms.
“We are in the process of removing some programmes, including Little Britain, whilst this review is under way.”
The move follows the naming of Walliams, 55, on Tuesday (10 November 2026) as the celebrity behind an injunction intended to prevent the publication of allegations of sexual misconduct.
A High Court judge had earlier dismissed Walliams’s bid to stop the allegations being published, but granted him permission to appeal and temporarily kept his identity secret.
The comedian and writer then missed a 4.30pm deadline on Monday (9 November 2026) to take the case to the Court of Appeal, meaning he can now be named.
The allegations stem from a three-year joint investigation by ITV News and the Guardian, which revealed a series of claims dating back to 2003, with some accusers being as young as 15.
Walliams denies all the allegations.
In a statement to the Guardian and ITV News, the comedian said: “Looking back, I realise that at times I behaved thoughtlessly towards other people I had casual sexual relationships with. I realise I did not always take people's feelings properly into account. That is something I regret.
”And whilst a power imbalance is inevitable when one party is famous, abusing that power is something else entirely and it is something that I never did.
“I am not a sexual predator… I have not broken the law… I am devastated that some of the women I met 10 to 20 years ago have now expressed hurt or anger towards me.”
Following the accusations, the BBC has now released a statement announcing that it is currently in the process of removing programming and carrying out a review of “all material featuring and written by David Walliams on our platforms”.
Episodes of The Wheel and Would I Lie To You? featuring Walliams have been taken down from BBC iPlayer, alongside the comedy shows Little Britain and airport mockumentary Come Fly With Me.
The 2011 episode of Doctor Who titled “The God Complex”, which starred Walliams as the alien character Gibbis, has also been removed from the service.
Walliams and his comedy partner Matt Lucas were catapulted to fame by their hugely popular sketch show Little Britain, which first aired in 2003 and ran for three series until 2005, followed by a number of specials.
In recent years, the series has been criticised for racial stereotypes, use of Blackface and other controversial humour.
It was previously removed from streaming platforms including Netflix and BBC iPlayer in 2020, before returning to BBC iPlayer in 2022 with content warnings and some edits.
Portrayals of characters including Desiree DeVere, Thai bride Ting Tong, “Only Gay in the Village” Dafydd Thomas and Emily Howard and Florence Rose were among those that attracted criticism.
Walliams and Lucas, 52, apologised in 2020 for sketches in their comedy series that contained racial stereotypes, admitting their portrayal of certain characters had been “wrong”.
In 2021, Walliams told chat-show host Jonathan Ross that he and Lucas had been working on a new comedy series, which they promised would be edgy and similar in style to their past television shows.
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