David Walliams

I couldn't stand it then. It hasn't aged badly. Little Britain was racist misogynistic ageist ableist juvenile tripe back then, and it still is now. I have never laughed at shit like that - I have a complete sense of humour bypass when it comes to punching down, and I particularly cannot STAND men dressing as women to humiliate us. Aren't fat old women funny!

See also: Aren't the working classes funny! Aren't people with learning difficulties funny!

Nope.

Some of this took place pre-smart phone and even pre-mumsnet.

You think phones are the issue here?

The poster is taking legally,

My eldest loves some of the books, and is absolutely not a kid who watches junk online. DC loves Grandpas great escape especially. I actually don’t think some of them are that bad - but then others are dreadful, especially the later ones. I did wonder how much help he had writing the original ones which were actually quite nice stories.

Ah, I see. Good point, I'd missed that bit.

That makes it even stranger to me that they were able to contact each other without the parents knowing.

The BBC has obviously made big mistakes and frequently not protected women but any and every body in the UK who has worked in television is likely to have worked there at sometime so it's not surprising that's a common factor.

There is no mention of ‘abuse of power’ in the Sexual Offences Act. The phrase is ‘abuse of trust’ and it is limited to the positions (teachers, medical professionals etc) listed in sections 21-23 of the act.

The Queen paying off Giuffre to keep her quiet has nothing to do with it. Potentially Giuffre was trafficked, which is in itself a crime but has nothing to do with abuse of trust.

Email and letters.

This is what I think.

It’s not so much due to its time - I didn’t watch LB when it went out. I’ve seen bits since then and what struck me wasn’t so much racism, sexism and misogyny (although they’re all there) as the nastiness of the sketches. Beyond the dated attitudes, I found it just left a nasty taste in my mouth. It makes sense now we know what a vile person DW is.

LOL @ me

I really am being taken to school today. I need to just shut up.

That's how i feel, always hated the black face and the incontinent older woman was especially horrible. However I did find Vicky Pollard funny, and the slimming club was amusing and "computer says no" made me laugh. Always when stuff comes out there are an absolute slew of people saying they always hated the person in question, never watched them, always knew they were a wrong un. I laughed at some of Little Britain but there is no way i would want to watch it now and I laughed at Russell Brand when he first rose to fame. Time passed and I changed my opinion