BBC Removes Little Britain and Other Walliams Programmes From iPlayer: Spokesperson Calls the Allegations Serious as Walliams Denies Them
United Kingdom — The BBC has removed the comedy series Little Britain from its iPlayer platform. Reporting said the removal came just hours after a three-year joint investigation by ITV News and The Guardian published allegations against David Walliams on November 10.
BBC statement
A BBC spokesperson told LADbible that these are serious allegations, and that the BBC is looking carefully at all material featuring and written by David Walliams on its platforms. The spokesperson said the BBC is in the process of removing some programmes, including Little Britain, while the review is underway.
Reporting said the series now shows as unavailable on iPlayer. Another BBC show, an episode focused on Walliams, has also been taken down, reporting said.
Walliams response
Walliams has denied all allegations made against him, reporting said. In a letter to The Guardian and ITV News, he said that looking back, he realised that at times he behaved thoughtlessly towards other people, did not always take people's feelings properly into account, and regretted that.
He also said in the letter that abusing power is something else entirely and something he never did, and that he is not a sexual predator and has not broken the law. ITV News will air a documentary titled David Walliams: Power and Silence on the night of November 10, reporting said, covering the three-year joint investigation. This report covers only the removal, the broadcaster statement and the denial. The allegations themselves have not been adjudicated, and this report makes no finding on them.
(Source: BBC)
Source: BBC
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