The reboot of Little Britain will feature a new character – a dimwitted government minister who wastes taxpayer money.
The 2000s British sketch show, created by David Walliams and Matt Lucas, will be making a comeback at some point next year.
While the pair have given little away as to the content of the reboot, Walliams confirmed he will be playing a new character.
“His name is Claymore Bartholomew. He’s the UK’s tourism minister, and an idiot. His main trait is that whenever he buys something for himself, even if it’s a chocolate bar from a vending machine, he tries to haggle down. But then when he uses taxpayer money, he massively overspends. Like, paying £10,000 for a paper clip for his office, or £120,000 for a Maltese comedian to host a state-organised awards ceremony, just to give two silly, random examples.” Walliams said.
Like most Little Britain characters, Bartholomew will also have a catchphrase.
“Whenever someone like a journalist questions his spending, he yells ‘Jonas made me do it!’ in a silly voice and runs away. Jonas Greek, who will be played by Matt, is the equally stupid British film commissioner, who is employed in the tourism ministry for some reason. Neither of them appear to have any idea what they’re doing.
“Now, will the final episode of the series reveal they’ve both got hidden bank accounts in a Caribbean tax haven? I couldn’t possibly say,” Walliams teased.
Asked where the idea for the pair of characters came from, the children’s author and former Britain’s Got Talent judge said:
“Oh you know, I draw inspiration from everyone I meet really. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to watch a livestream of a parliamentary sitting in Malta. It’s a weird little hobby I’ve taken up recently.”
