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David Edward Williams (born 20 August 1971), known professionally as David Walliams (), is an English actor, comedian, writer and television personality. He is best known for his work with Matt Lucas on the BBC sketch shows Little Britain (2003–2006) and Come Fly with Me (2010–2011), and for serving as a judge on Britain's Got Talent from 2012 to 2022. Walliams is also a successful children's author, with his books selling more than 50 million copies worldwide and being translated into 53 languages. Several have been adapted for television, in which he has also appeared.
Walliams has written and starred in various television projects, including the sitcom Big School and the drama Partners in Crime. He has received multiple National Television Awards for his work on Britain's Got Talent. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to charity and the arts, and his charity work includes long‑distance swims for Sport Relief that raised millions of pounds.
Walliams has faced allegations of inappropriate behaviour. In 2022, reports emerged that he had made sexually explicit and derogatory remarks about contestants on Britain's Got Talent, leading to his departure from the programme and a subsequent legal dispute that was settled in 2023. In 2025, HarperCollins ended their publishing contract with him following an internal investigation into his behaviour towards junior female staff at the company.
He portrayed comedian Frankie Howerd in the BBC Four television film Rather You Than Me. In 2010, Walliams appeared with Paul Rudd and Steve Carell in the comedy Dinner for Schmucks. Walliams played the strange mole-like alien Gibbis in the sixth series of Doctor Who, in the episode "The God Complex", broadcast on BBC One in 2011. In April 2012 Walliams appeared in an episode of ITV's Perspectives programme entitled "David Walliams: The Genius of Dahl". Also in 2012, he narrated Are You Having a Laugh? TV and Disability on BBC Two, and the ITV2 series Top Dog Model.
In 2013, Walliams appeared in two episodes of the comedy series Blandings as Rupert Baxter, an efficiency expert hired to serve as Lord Emsworth's secretary. Also that year, and in 2014, Walliams starred as chemistry teacher Keith Church in the BBC One sitcom Big School, which he created and co-wrote. The series also starred Catherine Tate, Frances de la Tour and Philip Glenister.
For Comic Relief's Red Nose Day 2015, Walliams appeared as Lou Todd and Stephen Hawking in the Andy Pipkin role along with Catherine Tate as a nun. In 2015, coinciding with the 125th anniversary of Agatha Christie's birth, Walliams played the role of Tommy Beresford in Partners in Crime, a six-part BBC series. In September 2015, Walliams began filming for his BBC sketch show Walliams & Friend, which also starred Joanna Lumley and Morgana Robinson and premiered on Christmas Eve in 2015. The show returned for a full series in November 2016.
Walliams hosted the final comedy show Thrills and Spills in December 2016. The final was held in Louisville, Kentucky. In December 2016, Walliams presented the Royal Variety Performance and a Christmas special episode of Blankety Blank, both shows for ITV. In 2017, Walliams guest presented five episodes of The Nightly Show for ITV.
In 2017, Walliams, along with Rochelle Humes, were both confirmed as Voice Trumpets, joining the existing cast of Daniel Rigby, Antonia Thomas, Jim Broadbent, Fearne Cotton and Jane Horrocks In series 2 of the reboot of classic British children's television series Teletubbies.
In October 2019, Walliams became the new National Television Awards host for 2020, taking over after Dermot O'Leary's ten-year presenting stint. He hosted the show for one year before being replaced by Joel Dommett.
The duo appeared together in a music video for the Pet Shop Boys single "I'm with Stupid", in which the two are apparently auditioning their version of the song's video for Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, who are tied up and appear to be hostages. The pair are best known for Little Britain, which ran from 2003 to 2009 on the BBC in the UK and from 2008 onwards on HBO in the US. The programme first aired on BBC Three before moving to the more mainstream BBC One. Among the characters Walliams played were Emily Howard, a deluded "transvestism"; Ray McCooney, an insane Scottish hotel owner; and Sebastian Love, an aide de camp to the Prime Minister (portrayed by Anthony Head) on whom Love has a huge crush. A successful live stage show of the series, Little Britain Live, was produced in 2006. A number of seasonal and charity specials followed, up to 2009. A spin-off series produced in the United States by HBO, Little Britain USA, aired in 2008. The characters from Little Britain played by Walliams and Lucas appeared in a 2010 UK television advertising campaign for the Nationwide Building Society. In January 2005 Walliams and Lucas were named the most powerful people in TV comedy by Radio Times.
Their later series was Come Fly with Me, a six-part series airing on BBC One. The first episode was the third most-watched programme of Christmas Day 2010, and the most watched comedy of the year. The duo have not worked or made any public appearances together since early 2011 (although they each make separate cameo appearances in Michael Winterbottom's 2013 film The Look of Love).
Little Britain returned to BBC Radio 4 on 31 October 2019, for a one-off special entitled Little Brexit.
In 2022, it was announced that Walliams would be joining Seven Network's Australia's Got Talent as a judge for the show's tenth season alongside fellow Britain's Got Talent judge Alesha Dixon, and Australian actors Kate Ritchie and Shane Jacobson.
In November 2022, after controversy regarding leaked disparaging comments made by Walliams to contestants, Walliams left the show. He was replaced by Strictly Come Dancing judge Bruno Tonioli.
In November 2009 came Mr Stink, again illustrated by Quentin Blake, about a 12-year-old girl who meets a tramp and helps look after him. She keeps him hidden from her family. The book consists of 26 illustrated chapters full of jokes. It is aimed at teenagers and children over 9. It was the last of Walliams' books to be illustrated by Quentin Blake. The book was awarded the Children's Award in the inaugural People's Book Prize in 2010, and was made into a 60-minute film, which premiered on BBC One on 23 December 2012.
On 28 October 2010 Walliams published his third book Billionaire Boy, illustrated by Tony Ross,Sarah Kingsford, Review: Billionaire Boy by David Walliams, Express, 24 October 2010. telling the story of Joe Spud, the richest 12-year-old in the country. Joe's father is a famous inventor, and his wealth means that Joe has everything he could ever want: his own bowling alley, cinema and a trained orangutan who serves as his butler, but there is just one thing he really needs: a friend. The book included a 'billion pound note' that was used to enter a competition to win a day as a billionaire in London. This was the first of his books to be illustrated by Tony Ross. Walliams' fourth book, Gangsta Granny, was released in October 2011 and again illustrated by Tony Ross. It tells the story of Ben who is bored every time he is made to stay at his grandma's house as all she wants to do is to play board games and eat cabbage soup. Ben learns that she was once an international jewel thief and all her life she has wanted to steal the crown jewels. Ben is determined that they do it together. It won a Red House Children's Book Award and was adapted to be a 70-minute film for BBC One and shown on 26 December 2013.
In September 2012 Walliams released his fifth children's book, Ratburger, telling the story of a young girl named Zoe whose life is a misery as she has an evil stepmother. It was made into a one-off drama for Sky One.
Ratburger was followed in September 2013 by Walliams' sixth book, Demon Dentist, relating the tale of a young boy named Alfie with no family except his dad whose world goes upside-down when a new dentist arrives in town. The book won the top prize in the Younger Readers category at the 2015 Red House Children's Book Awards.Siobhan Palmer, David Walliams wins prize at Red House Children's Book Awards 2015 The Daily Telegraph, 21 February 2015
Walliams' seventh children's book, Awful Auntie, was released on 25 September 2014. This was the story of a girl named Stella whose Auntie has moved into her house with her owl, Wagner. It is the first (and currently only) of Walliams' books to not include Raj the newsagent, due to the book being set in the 1930s before Raj was born.
In September 2015 he released Grandpa's Great Escape. The story follows a boy called Jack trying to rescue his Grandpa who suffers from Alzheimer's disease from a care home run by an evil matron. The book was adapted for BBC One, with the script written by Walliams and Kevin Cecil, and starring Tom Courtenay as Grandpa. This book, being set in the 1980s, sees the return of Raj the newsagent. The same year that Grandpa's Great Escape was published, Walliams backed children's fairytales app GivingTales in aid of UNICEF, together with Roger Moore, Stephen Fry, Ewan McGregor, Joan Collins, Joanna Lumley, Michael Caine, Charlotte Rampling and Paul McKenna.
The Midnight Gang was published in November 2016. Bad Dad was published in November 2017. Walliams sold £16.57 million worth of books in 2017. The Ice Monster was published in November 2018. In 2020, the book Code Name Bananas, which was set in World War II-era Britain was published, and was being announced on Walliams' Instagram. Walliams' next children's novel, Spaceboy, was published in September 2022. On 5 April 2023, the children's novel Robodog was published. The story is about Robodog, the newest recruit at the police dog school, as he sets out to save his city from some evil criminals trying to destroy it.
HarperCollins terminated their contract with Walliams in late 2025 following a year-long investigation into alleged inappropriate behaviour and harassment towards young women at the company, during which one employee was given a five-figure payoff and female staff were advised to only visit him in pairs. In 2018, Walliams's books constituted 44% of all sales of HarperCollins children's titles, generating revenue of £100 million by 2019, but in the summer of 2025 sales of his books fell by 60%. Former HarperCollins UK CEO Charlie Redmayne had departed the company in October under unexplained circumstances, with Kate Elton succeeding him.
The World's Worst Teachers was published on 27 June.
In July 2020, tweets by author and activist Jack Monroe described Walliams' books as "like Little Britain for kids", with "horrific racism and classism and bodyshaming in a veneer of privileged deniability".; HarperCollins issued a response, stating "David Walliams's books have a diverse readership which is reflected in their content". Also in July 2020, Walliams' next book, The World's Worst Parents was published, and the book followed the same structure as all of the previous short story collection books.
In September 2021 it was announced that one of the stories in The World's Worst Children would be removed after podcaster Georgie Ma made a complaint, saying Walliams' book was "normalising jokes on minorities from a young age." The story criticised by Ma earlier in the year is "about a Chinese boy called Brian Wong" who is "never, ever wrong". Ma, who also called out the story for its "casual racism", talked in May with representatives of HarperCollins, who agreed to remove the story in future editions of the book. The book was later republished in 2022, with a new story about Charlie the Chucker, who "delights in pelting people with snowballs".
On 28 April 2022, Walliams' next book in the short story collections, this time titled The World's Worst Pets was published. However, this book was illustrated by Adam Stower, Walliams' new illustrator, whereas all the other books in the series were illustrated by Tony Ross. The next and latest book of the series, The World's Worst Monsters was published on 6 July 2023.
In 2013, he played the part of Bottom in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Noël Coward Theatre opposite Sheridan Smith as Titania.
In July 2014, Walliams appeared on stage with Monty Python during their live show Monty Python Live (Mostly) held at the O2 Arena, London. He was the special guest in their "Blackmail" sketch.
In 2018, Walliams also starred in the British Airways safety video, which was conducted in conjunction with Comic Relief for the airline's in-house charity. Walliams most notable occasion in the video is the lifejacket instruction. Since then the video has been reworked with a mixture of the previous version; however, Walliams still appears in the new version.
Walliams also co-hosted the 2014 Sport Relief telethon. This time, he hosted the earlier slot between 19:00–22:00 with Gary Lineker and later Davina McCall.
Walliams first swam from Lee-on-the-Solent near Portsmouth to the Isle of Wight in around two hours and also completed an eight-hour swim off the coast of Croatia before embarking on the cross-Channel attempt. Walliams has insisted that prior to his challenge he had never seriously taken part in any sport. The Bluetones' lead singer Mark Morriss wrote a song, "Fade In/Fade Out", in honour of Walliams' achievement; it can be found on their self-titled album, released on 9 October 2006.
In 2009, Walliams dated eighteen-year-old model Lauren Budd. Budd claimed Walliams had approached her agent, Carole White for a date with Budd.
In 2009, Walliams began dating Dutch model Lara Stone. On 20 January 2010, they got engaged after her parents had given their blessing to the relationship. On 16 May 2010, the couple were married at central London's Claridge's Hotel.The couple split in March 2015 On 6 May 2013, Stone gave birth to the couple's child.
Walliams and Stone lived in a house with a recording studio, formerly owned by Noel Gallagher, known as Supernova Heights in Belsize Park, North London. It was reported on 4 March 2015 that, following five years of marriage, the pair had decided to try a trial separation after "drifting apart". On 9 September 2015, Walliams filed for divorce from Stone, citing "unreasonable behaviour". The couple were granted a decree nisi the next day; the marriage was formally dissolved six weeks after the date of filing.
Walliams hinted at being pansexual in the 2007 book Inside Little Britain, but said he did not like to be labelled by that word. In an interview with Radio Times in 2013, he stated:
In 2024, Walliams said he would identify as non-binary if he were younger. Walliams has referred to himself as "Britain's most famous bi-curious comedian", and said he experimented with men in his youth. He has affirmed his love for gay culture.
Walliams has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and he described his 2006 swim of the English Channel as "some sort of redemption".
Matt Lucas discussed the 'Hide the Sausage' sketch in his 2017 autobiography titled Little Me and claimed that some audience members reacted with violence. Lucas wrote that "during a game of 'Hide the Sausage', he would almost always wrestle the trousers off some poor lad" adding that, "You could never get away with that today. In fact he didn't always get away with it then. Sometimes David would get a clout for his troubles and I'd see him in the wings afterwards, nursing a sore ear."
Critics of the sketch included human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell who said it, "crosses a red line into the sexual humiliation of young men." Tatchell added:
In early November 2017, Walliams caused upset through his dressing as North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for Halloween and posting it online. He had shared the photograph on his Twitter account, in costume, wearing a black suit, wig, and artificial prosthetics that appeared to alter his eyelids and hairline. There was an immediate backlash online, many Twitter users branding the outfit "racist" and accusing Walliams of "Yellowface". Others made the point that it was insensitive for Walliams to dress as Kim Jong-un given the North Korean leader's 'appalling' human rights record. Walliams responded to the backlash lightly, constructing a SMS spoofing from Kim Jong-un which he posted to Twitter, reading: "Hi Dave, Loved the Halloween outfit mate! Wet meself laughing. Don't see what all the fuss is about. Kim x. PS Can't wait to read Bad Dad."
In January 2018, Walliams attended a Presidents Club charity auction as a host, as well as offering the opportunity to name a character in a future book as an auction prize. The 2018 event was his third time hosting, with Walliams additionally offering that he would be "personally presenting the book to your family over afternoon tea". This event was later subject to significant controversy, after undercover reporters stated many of the hostesses were subject to groping and sexual harassment from the all-male attendees. Walliams said he attended the event in a "strictly professional capacity" as host, and "left immediately" after his set ended, stating that he was "absolutely appalled" by the reports. The controversy caused some bookshops to remove his books from sale, with the owner of Chicken and Frog noting "even if he was unaware, when the highly inappropriate suggested names were mentioned for his auction lot, or the plastic surgery to 'add spice to your wife', he should have walked away. He did not".
In June 2020, Netflix, BritBox, NOW TV and BBC iPlayer dropped Walliams and Lucas' Little Britain and Come Fly With Me, over the use of blackface and stereotypes to portray black, disabled, working class, transgender, and gay people. In Little Britain, both Walliams and Lucas use makeup to portray different races, with Walliams portraying a black health spa guest called Desiree Devere. Variety magazine attributed the widespread removal of the series on streaming platforms to heightened awareness in the wake of George Floyd and the resulting Black Lives Matter protests. After the removal, Walliams and Lucas released identical apologies on their Twitter: "We have both spoken publicly in recent years of our regret that we played characters of other races. Once again we want to make it clear that it was wrong & we are very sorry."
In November 2022, it emerged that Walliams had made sexually explicit and derogatory remarks towards some of the contestants on Britain's Got Talent, during a recording at the London Palladium in January 2020. He was recorded as saying of one of them, "She thinks you want to fuck her, but you don't... I know, she's just like: 'Oh, fuck off!' I was saying, she thinks you want to fuck her, but you don't. It's the last thing on your mind, but she's like: 'Yep, I bet you do!' 'No I don't!' I had a bit of a boner, but now it's going, it's now shrivelled up inside my body." In a statement later, he said: "I would like to apologise to the people I made disrespectful comments about during breaks in filming for Britain's Got Talent in 2020. These were private conversations and – like most conversations with friends – were never intended to be shared. Nevertheless, I am sorry." In 2023, Walliams reached a settlement with the production company Fremantle after filing a lawsuit alleging that the release of the recording breached data protection regulations.
Walliams reportedly performed two during the recording of the BBC's 2025 Christmas special episode of Would I Lie to You?, drawing criticism. The BBC said the footage would not be broadcast. Later in the same year he was dropped as a client by HarperCollins UK following an investigation into alleged inappropriate behaviour and harassment towards junior female staff. Waterstones also removed Walliams from the line‑up of its 2025 Children's Book Festival following the allegations.
At the 2012 National Television Awards, Walliams won the 'Landmark Achievement Award', for his television career and achievements for Sport Relief. In December 2012 he won the Specsavers National Book Awards "Children's Book of the Year" for Ratburger. In December 2013 he won the Specsavers National Book Awards "Children's Book of the Year" for Demon Dentist. In December 2014 he won the Specsavers National Book Awards "Children's Book of the Year" for Awful Auntie. Awful Auntie also won the 2014 Specsavers National Book Awards "Audiobook of the Year".
Walliams has won the award for Best TV Judge at the 2015, 2018 and 2019 National Television Awards.
He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to charity and the arts. He was invested with the honour by Princess Anne.
Picture books
The Slightly Annoying Elephant Tony Ross 32 The First Hippo on the Moon 20 October 2014 3 The Queen's Orang-utan 26 February 2015 4 The Bear Who Went Boo! 5 November 2015 5 There's a Snake in My School! 19 September 2016 6 Boogie Bear 26 July 2018 40 7 Geronimo 15 November 2018 32 8 The Creature Choir 12 December 2019 9 Little Monsters 15 October 2020 Adam Stower 10 Marmalade: The Orange Panda 17 February 2022 11 Grannysaurus 08 Dec 2022 11 Little Monsters Rule! 26 Oct 2023
Short story collections
Illustrated in colour by Tony Ross, Walliams' three The World's Worst Children short story collections, centered around 'five beastly boys and five gruesome girls', were published in May 2016, May 2017 and May 2018, respectively.
(2026). 9780008305796, HarperCollins Publishers Limited. ISBN 9780008305796
Other work
Theatre
On 26 August 2008 Walliams made his stage debut at the Gate Theatre in Dublin opposite Michael Gambon in Harold Pinter's No Man's Land, in front of an audience that included Pinter himself. The production transferred to London later in the year.
Screenwriting
In addition to his writing credits for his sketch shows and adaptions of his novels, he was set to co-write an animated film titled Shadows with filmmaker Edgar Wright for DreamWorks Animation. It was never made however, due to the staff changes at DreamWorks animation which left the film in limbo.
Podcast
Walliams hosted a classical music podcast for children called David Walliams' Marvellous Musical Podcast. The show was produced by Classic FM and won a gold prize at the 2020 British Podcast Awards.
Charity work
Telethon hosting
Walliams co-hosted a segment of the Sport Relief telethon in 2012, co-hosting the 22:00–22:40 slot with Miranda Hart when the show moved over to BBC Two while the BBC News at Ten was aired.
Swimming the English Channel
On 4 July 2006 Walliams swam the English Channel for Sport Relief. It took him 10 hours and 34 minutes to swim the 22-mile (35 km) stretch of sea, equivalent to 700 lengths of an Olympic-size swimming pool. This was wrongly reported as one of the top 50 recorded times for an unaided Channel crossing; in reality Walliams placed 167th at the time of crossing in only the CSA listings, excluding the CSPF listings. He raised over £1 million in donations. Under the supervision of his trainer, he trained for nine months to prepare for the swim. The training had to coincide with Walliams and Lucas's Little Britain Live Concert tour, so he daily had to train for several hours before performing on stage in the evening.
Swimming the Strait of Gibraltar
On 7 March 2008 Walliams, along with James Cracknell, swam the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Morocco, again for Sport Relief. He successfully completed the swim in just over 4½ hours.
Cycling
In March 2010 Walliams and a group of celebrities cycled an end-to-end journey through the UK, raising over £1 million for Sport Relief. Walliams suffered a serious fall when tackling the Kirkstone Pass, a thousand-foot climb in the Lake District but was able to complete the ride.
24 Hour Panel People
In March 2011 Walliams undertook 24 Hour Panel People, in which he took part in back-to-back recordings of various panel show formats over the course of 24 hours to raise money for Comic Relief. The recordings were streamed live on the BBC website. He took part in 19 episodes of "classic" TV panel shows.
Team captains: regulars David Mitchell and Lee Mack. Panellists: Shappi Khorsandi, Fay Ripley and Claudia Winkleman Other team captain: Sean Lock regular. Panellists: Jamelia, Josh Widdicombe, Jon Richardson and Victoria Coren Panellists: Lee Mack, Sheila Hancock and Tony Hawks Team captains: Ulrika Jonsson and Charlie Brooker. Panellists: Danny Wallace, Tom Deacon and Penny Smith Team 1: Walliams with his mother Kathleen.
Team 2: Miranda Hart and Patricia Hodge, who play mother and daughter in the sitcom MirandaPanellists: David Tennant and Patricia Hodge. Dawn Porter was the guide. The celebrity whose house was shown was Ann Widdecombe. Panellists: Barbara Windsor, David Tennant, George Lamb, Keith Harris and Orville and Stacey Solomon, with Lee Ryan and Duncan James from Blue playing as contestants Panellists: regular Andy Parsons with guests: Andrew Maxwell, Daniel Sloss, Doc Brown and Seann Walsh Panellists: regulars Rufus Hound and Jedward with guests Germaine Greer and Lauren Laverne Team captains: regulars Rufus Hound and Marcus Brigstocke. Guests: Dara Ó Briain and Jo Brand
During the show it was said that Walliams had done 12 hours.Panellists: Russell Tovey, Jo Brand and Sue Perkins Team captains: former regular Lee Hurst and Phil Tufnell. Panellists: Dave Berry, Gabby Logan and Richard Bacon Panellists: Alex Horne, Roisin Conaty, Russell Tovey, Tim Key and Sarah Cawood Guests: Christopher Biggins, Lionel Blair, Una Stubbs, Holly Walsh and Jenni Falconer Guests: Christopher Biggins and Holly Walsh Contestants: Adam Woodyatt Panellists: Clive Anderson, Lembit Öpik and Holly Walsh Panellists: Humphrey Ker with regular members Josie Lawrence, Neil Mullarkey and Tony Slattery Panellists: Alexa Chung, Chris O'Dowd, Matt Edmondson, Robert Webb, Neil Tennant and Nick Grimshaw
Swimming the Thames
From 5 to 12 September 2011 Walliams swam the River Thames from Lechlade to Westminster Bridge () and raised more than £2 million for Sport Relief. Once he had got out of the river Walliams said "I think a bath is the only water I will be seeing for a while." The swim resulted in him getting giardiasis and injuring an intervertebral disc. In late 2013, Walliams had emergency back surgery to alleviate issues caused by the swim.
Personal life
In 2007, Walliams' father, Peter, died of an aggressive form of liver cancer.
Controversy and allegations
Hide the Sausage
Walliams performed a 'Hide the Sausage' sketch numerous times during the Little Britain Live tour in 2006 and subsequent worldwide tours including Little Britain in Australia in 2007 and at charity events. Walliams portrayed a fictional, gay, former children's entertainer and sex offender named Des Kaye who invites volunteers from the audience or celebrity guests to play the game. Recordings of the sketch include footage where Walliams attempts to kiss participants, manhandles them, pulls their trousers and underwear down, and simulates anal sex. The sketch was criticised by gay rights campaigners and attracted criticism and concern from members of the public, particularly as some male volunteers were minors. The act also saw involvement from celebrity participants, including comedian David Baddiel, actor Jeremy Edwards, and musician Mark Ronson.
Walliams' portrayal of a predatory paedophile is not funny. It's sickening and unacceptable. That sketch should not be repeated anywhere. It should be withdrawn from public viewing and filed in a film archive so that future historians have evidence of what passed for 'comedy' only 13 years ago. Some viewers will have interpreted Walliams as playing the trope of gay men as predators and paedophiles. Even though Walliams supports the LGBT+ community, his depiction plays into the hands of those who wrongly equate homosexuality with the exploitation of young people.
Other
In 2011 Ofcom and Channel 4 received complaints regarding comments made by Walliams on Chris Moyles' Quiz Night. In regards to Harry Styles, Walliams said, "I'd like to suck his cock." Styles was 17 years old at the time. Then director of Mediawatch UK, Vivienne Pattison, criticised Channel 4's decision to broadcast the remark adding that "jokes like this set up a context of behaviour that somehow normalises and justifies it."
Filmography
Television
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!Notes 1996 Mash and Peas Gareth Peas 9 episodes 1998 Sir Bernard's Stately Homes Anthony Rodgers 6 episodes Barking Various roles 6 episodes 1999 Various roles 5 episodes 30 episodes Rats 5 episodes Jake Plaskow 1 episode 2001 Fun at the Funeral Parlour Cobra 1 episode 2002 Ben Fletcher 1 episode Ray Collins 2 episodes Various roles, writer 23 episodes Shop Assistant – Series 1/Ep 4 1 episode George Bartlett 1 episode "The Body in the Library" 2005–2016 Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway Himself, 8 episodes 8 episodes Various Characters, writer 6 episodes Gibbis, episode "The God Complex" 1 episode 2012–2016 A League of Their Own Guest, 8 episodes 11 episodes Judge 145 episodes Mr. Church 12 episodes 2013 Rupert Baxter, 2 episodes 2 episodes Mike Television film Tommy Beresford 6 episodes Various characters, creator, writer 7 episodes 2016 Presenter 1 episode Guest presenter, 5 episodes 5 episodes 2017–present Teletubbies Voice Trumpet Voiceover 2018–2025 It'll be Alright on the Night Narrator 20 episodes Judge 6 episodes Prince Charming Christmas special Presenter Derek Swallows 3 episodes Guest 1 episode The Giant Christmas special Interviewed Guest One-off special Presenter One-off special 2021 Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway Himself Ant & Dec Present Saturday Knight Takeaway The Masked Dancer Guest Judge Series 1 – episode 5 The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan Guest Series 2 – episode 4 Hansel and Gretel: After Ever After Troll Television film The Wheel Participant Christmas special 2022 Comic Relief: Rock Profile Various music stars One-off comedy special with Matt Lucas Australia's Got Talent Judge Red Riding Hood: After Ever After Big Bad Wolf & narrator Television film Gangsta Granny Strikes Again! Mike Television film
Film
1999 Plunkett & Macleane Viscount Bilston 2002 Cruise of the Gods Jeff 'Lurky' Monks Voice on TV Customer in Libby's shop Sextus Bulgy Bear (voice) Cart pusher Müeller Anton Harrison Mr. Pumblechook Melquiades and Karolius (voice) Pudsey (voice) 2019 Missing Link Mr. Lemuel Lint (voice) Tobias Quince Losberne
Theatre
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!Venue 2005–2007 Little Britain Live Various characters / wiriter Jeremy Sams UK, Ireland and Australian tours 2008 No Man's Land Foster Rupert Goold Gate Theatre
Duke of York's Theatre2013 A Midsummer Night's Dream Nick Bottom Michael Grandage Noël Coward Theatre
Awards and honours
Walliams was given a special award in recognition of his sporting efforts for charity. Matt Lucas produced a documentary on the subject, entitled Little Britain's Big Swim. On 6 November 2006, Walliams won the Pride of Britain Award for "The Most Influential Public Figure" as he raised more than £1.5 million swimming the channel for the Sport Relief charity. Although initially tipped as a contender for the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year poll for 2006, Walliams failed to make the final shortlist of 10 contenders. Walliams was given a special award during the ceremony for his achievement. In July 2006, he became Patron of Cardiac Risk in the Young.
Bibliography
Children's novels
1 The Boy in the Dress 1 November 2008 Quentin Blake 233 26 December 2014 6.31 BBC One 2019 musical 2 Mr Stink 29 October 2009 269 23 December 2012 7.08 2012 musical 3 Billionaire Boy 28 October 2010 Tony Ross 281 1 January 2016 6.34 2018 musical 4 Gangsta Granny 27 October 2011 299 26 December 2013 7.36 2015 play 5 Ratburger 19 September 2012 319 24 December 2017 1.01 6 Demon Dentist 26 September 2013 ✔ 7 Awful Auntie 25 September 2014 2017 play 8 Grandpa's Great Escape 24 September 2015 461 1 January 2018 5.78 9 The Midnight Gang 3 November 2016 478 2018 play 10 Bad Dad 2 November 2017 11 The Ice Monster 6 November 2018 12 Fing 21 February 2019 13 The Beast of Buckingham Palace 21 November 2019 14 Slime 2 April 2020 15 Code Name Bananas 5 November 2020 16 Megamonster 24 June 2021 17 Gangsta Granny Strikes Again! 16 November 2021 368 18 Spaceboy 29 September 2022 Adam Stower 19 Robodog 5 April 2023 320 20 Astrochimp 23 May 2024 224
Short story collections
1 The World's Worst Children 19 May 2016 Tony Ross 268 2 The World's Worst Children 2 25 May 2017 286 3 The World's Worst Children 3 29 May 2018 288 4 The World's Worst Teachers 27 June 2019 312 5 The World's Worst Parents 2 July 2020 6 The World's Worst Pets 28 April 2022 Adam Stower 7 The World's Worst Monsters 6 July 2023 288
External links
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