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Valérian and Laureline

Valérian and Laureline (Valérian et Laureline), originally titled Valérian: Spatio-Temporal Agent (Valérian, agent spatio-temporel) and also commonly known as Valérian, is a French science fiction comics series, created by writer Pierre Christin and artist Jean-Claude Mézières. It was first published in Pilote magazine in 1967; the final installment was published in 2010. All of the Valérian stories have been collected in comic album format, comprising some twenty-one volumes plus a short story collection and an encyclopædia.

The series focuses on the adventures of the dark-haired Valérian, a spatio-temporal agent, and his redheaded female colleague, Laureline, as they travel the universe through space and time. Valérian is a classical hero, kind, strong and brave, who follows the orders of his superiors even if he feels, deep down, that it is the wrong thing to do. On the other hand, his partner Laureline combines her superior intelligence, determination and independence with sex appeal. Influenced by classic literary science fiction, the series mixes space opera with time travel plots. Christin's scripts are noted for their humour, complexity and strongly humanist and left-wing liberal political ideas while Mézières' art is characterized by its vivid depictions of the alien worlds and species Valérian and Laureline encounter on their adventures. The series is considered a landmark in European comics and pop culture, and influenced other media as well; traces of its concepts, storylines and designs can be found in science fiction films such as Star Wars and The Fifth Element.

Many of the stories have been translated into several languages, including English. The series has received recognition through a number of prestigious awards, including the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême. An animated television series, Time Jam: Valerian & Laureline, was released in 2007, and a feature film directed by Luc Besson, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, was released in 2017.

Concept and setting
The original setting for the series was the 28th century. Humanity has discovered the means of travelling instantaneously through time and space. The capital of Earth, Galaxity, is the centre of the vast Terran Galactic Empire. Earth itself has become a virtual utopia with most of the population living a life of leisure in a virtual reality dream-state ruled by the benign Technocrats of the First Circle. The Spatio-Temporal Service protects the planets of the Terran Empire and guards against temporal paradoxes caused by rogue time-travellers. Valérian and Laureline are two such spatio-temporal agents.

However, since the end of the story The Wrath of Hypsis (Les Foudres d'Hypsis), in which Galaxity disappears from space-time as a result of a temporal paradox, the pair have become freelance trouble-shooters travelling through space and time offering their services to anyone willing to hire them while also searching for their lost home.

In the first two albums Valérian travels through time in a two-seater device, the XB27, which transports him to the various relay stations that Galaxity has hidden throughout time (e.g. in Les Mauvais Rêves (Bad Dreams) the relay is hidden below a tavern). In subsequent stories Valérian and Laureline use the saucer-shaped Astroship XB982, which made its debut appearance in 1969 in the short story The Great Collector (Le Grand Collectionneur). The astroship is able to travel anywhere using a spatio-temporal jump, a sort of hyperspace drive enabling near-instant transportation anywhere in space and time.

The initial albums were generally straightforward good versus evil adventure stories. However, thanks to Pierre Christin's interest in politics, sociology, and ethnology, as the series progressed the situations typically arose from misunderstandings or ideological differences between various groups that could be resolved through reason and perseverance. The core theme of the stories is an optimistic liberal humanism: the adventures are not about defeating enemies but about exploring, facing challenges, and celebrating diversity. Thus, according to the academic John Dean, Christin "as a rule works into his narratives political, environmental and feminist concerns – thereby showing social ills are universal, no matter on what planet you land".

Another concept that developed was Galaxity as a proxy for Western democracy; contrary to its benign self-image it is actually imperialist and prone to a corrupt real-politik. Other themes include:
 * Natural simplicity as superior to technological complexity.
 * Rejection of machismo, violence and war in favour of femininity and nature.
 * Distrust of power and the suppression of individuality.
 * The ability of women to manipulate males sexually without being manipulated themselves.

These themes are underpinned by the vivid drawings of Jean-Claude Mézières, whose "visually stunning backgrounds: complex architecture, futuristic machines, otherworldly landscapes and odd-looking aliens", are what John Dean calls "staples of Mézières' seeming boundless visual inventiveness", resulting in what the artist Pepo Pérez likens to "National Geographic, but on a cosmic scale".

Valérian
Valérian was born on Earth, in Galaxity, capital of the Terran Galactic Empire in the 28th century. He joined the Spatio-Temporal Service in the year 2713. He has been trained to think that Galaxity is always right – even when he receives orders that go against his morals he will, reluctantly, follow them. He much prefers to be a man of action than sitting around pondering what course to take next.

The early stories present Valérian as a typical square-jawed hero figure, who is strong and dependable (although an early running joke was that despite being a time-traveller he is always running late, especially when summoned by his boss). However, as the series progresses, he is increasingly portrayed as somewhat knuckle-headed. In World Without Stars (Le Pays sans étoile), he gets recklessly drunk on the colonists' home-made booze, in On the False Earths (Sur les terres truquées), the historian, Jadna, views him as useful only as cannon fodder and nothing else while in Heroes of the Equinox (Les Héros de l'Equinoxe), he comes across as woefully inadequate compared with the champions he is competing against. Although devoted to Laureline, he has been led astray by other women, such as in Heroes of the Equinox and Brooklyn Station, Terminus Cosmos.

When Galaxity disappears in The Wrath of Hypsis he contemplates following his fellows into oblivion, much to Laureline's horror. Even afterwards, he feels the loss of Galaxity much more than Laureline, as it is his birthplace.

The name Valérian comes from Eastern Europe, although its origin is Latin, from valere ("to be strong"). Valérian was created by Mézières and Christin as a reaction to the fearless boy-scout (e.g. The Adventures of Tintin) and American superhero characters that were prevalent in comics available in France at the time. Instead they sought to devise a "banal character" with "no extraordinary means of action". Eventually, with Christin feeling that they had gone too far with this angle and that the Valérian character had become too stupid, from The Ghosts of Inverloch (Les Spectres d'Inverloch) onwards, Valérian was made more sympathetic and given a greater piece of the action.

In Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, a 2017 movie by Luc Besson, Valérian is played by Dane DeHaan.

Laureline
Laureline is a peasant girl from 11th-century France. In the debut adventure, Bad Dreams, she rescues Valérian from the enchanted Forest of Arelaune. When she accidentally discovers Valérian is a time-traveller, he is forced to bring her back with him to Galaxity where she is trained as a Spatio-Temporal Agent and assigned as his partner.

In the early stories, Laureline generally sits in the background while Valérian saves the day in whatever situation the pair have found themselves, but her position changes as the series develops. World Without Stars, the fourth serial published in Pilote, the two characters are separated for most of the adventure, with Laureline stepping out from under Valérian's shadow for the first time, and she proves to be more than an equal to Valérian in ensuring that their mission succeeds.

Welcome to Alflolol (Bienvenue sur Alflolol) brings Laureline's rebellious nature to the fore; unlike Valérian, she has not been born and raised by Galaxity and is prepared not only to question Galaxity's authorities but to rebel openly against them when their orders run contrary to her sense of morality. It also demonstrates her impulsive streak; she sides with the native Alflololians against Galaxity and Valérian with no thought for the personal consequences she may have to face herself. Her position as the true star of the series is cemented in Ambassador of the Shadows (L'Ambassadeur des Ombres), which is virtually a solo adventure for her as she searches the vast space station Point Central for the kidnapped Valérian and the Earth Ambassador. Later, when acting as independent agents, it is Laureline who questions the ethics of some of the jobs they are forced to take to make ends meet, notably in The Living Weapons (Les Armes Vivantes).

Despite being independent and efficacious, Laureline is not afraid to exploit her considerable sex appeal if it is to her advantage. For example, she attracts the attention of the Emperor of Valsennar in World Without Stars and, dressed in leather gear and boots, she manipulates Crocbattler and Rackalust in Brooklyn Station, Terminus Cosmos and regularly charms the Shingouz when negotiating with them for information. She has appeared nude in some adventures. Mézières drew a picture of her for the French edition of Playboy in 1987.

She also has a certain affinity for animals such as the Alflololian Goumon in Welcome to Alflolol, the Grumpy Converter from Bluxte, first seen in Ambassador of the Shadows, and the Tüm Tüm (de Lüm) and the Tchoung-Tracer, both introduced in On the Frontiers (Sur les Frontières).

The name "Laureline" was invented by Mézières and Christin who were seeking a name that would sound "medieval" and "soft". The name has proven popular and there are now several thousand women in France named Laureline, the first one born in 1968, just a year after the publication of Bad Dreams. There have also been variations such as "Loreline" and "Laurelyne". Laureline was initially created just for the first story, Bad Dreams, but recognising that they had a female character who was different from the bimbo types common to comics of the time, Mézières and Christin fell for her and, in response to positive reader feedback, retained her for the subsequent stories.

In Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, a 2017 movie by Luc Besson, Laureline is played by Cara Delevingne.

Mr Albert
Mr Albert is Galaxity's contact on 20th-century Earth. He makes his first appearance in Métro Châtelet, Direction Cassiopeia. He is a retired gentleman who drives an obsolete Renault 4CV and lives in the suburbs of Paris, France. He maintains a wide range of contacts in government and scientific circles as well as with many experts in fields outside the mainstream such as ufology, telepathy, and sorcery. He is also a pigeon fancier and uses his carrier pigeons to relay messages between some of his contacts. Unlike Valérian he tries to avoid getting involved in the thick of the action and never acts impulsively, always preferring to take his time about things. He enjoys the finer things in life: gourmet cuisine, fine wines and likes to take things easy.

The character of Albert is partially influenced by that of August Faust, the main character in the strip The Extraordinary and Troubling Adventure of Mr August Faust (L'extraordinaire et Troublante Aventure de M. August Faust), written by Fred and drawn by Mézières in 1967.

The Shingouz
The Shingouz are aliens who make their first appearance in Ambassador of the Shadows and re-appear regularly throughout the subsequent albums. They are brown, short-furred creatures, slightly less than a metre tall, resembling flightless birds with a snout instead of a beak.

Shingouz have a high alcohol tolerance and preference for strong alcoholic beverages, which they consume in large quantities. The Shingouz society is capitalist to the extreme. Shingouz want a profit from everything they do. They are especially adept in trading important and sensitive information to interested parties. Valérian and Laureline have struck up a relationship with a group of three Shingouz who have a particularly useful network of contacts in all the major space communities. They are especially fond of Laureline, which she often uses to her advantage in striking favourable deals with them.

In the feature film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, the Shingouz are replaced with the similar negotiating species Dogan Daguis.

Origins
Childhood friends Jean-Claude Mézières and Pierre Christin had previously collaborated on the comic strip Le Rhum du Punch (Rum Punch) in 1966 while both were living and working in the United States. Upon their return to France they initially intended to create a Western strip but, with the genre already well represented in French comics thanks to Lucky Luke, Blueberry and Jerry Spring, Christin instead proposed that they turn their hand to science fiction, a genre he felt was unrepresented in French comics at the time. The decision to work in the science fiction genre was also influenced by the political climate in France at the time; Mézières and Christin saw Valérian as a "backdoor" means to react against the prevailing doctrine of Gaullism. Although science fiction was not a favourite of Pilote editor René Goscinny, Goscinny wanted his magazine to be diverse and innovative and so agreed to commission Valérian.

There had been French science fiction comics before Valérian such as Kline's Kaza the Martian (a childhood favourite of Mézières), Roger Lecureux and Raymond Poivet's Les Pionniers de l'Espérance (The Pioneers of Hope) (which Christin found tired and repetitive) and Jean-Claude Forest's Barbarella. Barbarella is famous for its strong female titular character, but Christin has denied any influence on the character of Laureline, stating that she was inspired by Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex as well as the burgeoning feminist movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. However, contemporary reviews of the early stories by Jean-Pierre Andrevon describe the books as "Forestian". Mézières and Christin were also heavily influenced by literary science fiction such as that by Isaac Asimov (especially The End of Eternity), Jack Vance (especially The Blue World), and John Brunner. Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier have also suggested that Poul Anderson's Time Patrol books, about an official organization dedicated to protecting time from interference, are a major influence on the series.

Christin has also cited the whodunit genre—notably novels by Georges Simenon and Ed McBain—as an influence on Valérian since they taught him, as a writer, that all characters in a narrative must be seen to have motivations.

Mézières' drawings in the early albums were influenced by such "comic-dynamic" artists as Morris (Lucky Luke), André Franquin (Spirou et Fantasio) and Jack Davis (Mad magazine), leading Jean-Pierre Andrevon to refer to Valérian as "a kind of Lucky Luke of space-time". As the series progressed, Mézières developed a more realistic style, akin to that of Jijé, though in more recent albums he has returned to the more cartoonish style of the earlier stories.

In comics
Valérian's arrival on the French comics scene was contemporaneous with the debuts of other notable French science fiction strips including Luc Orient by Greg and Eddy Paape and Lone Sloane by Philippe Druillet. The success of these strips would eventually lead to the creation of Métal Hurlant, the highly influential French comics magazine dedicated to science fiction. The influence of Valérian has been noticed in such strips as  (by Víctor Mora and Carlos Giménez) and Gigantik (by Mora and José Maria Cardona). The visual style of Valérian has also influenced some American comics artists, notably Walt Simonson and Gil Kane. Sometimes the impact of Valérian has gone beyond mere influence; following a complaint by Mézières, the artist Angus McKie admitted that several panels of his strip So Beautiful and So Dangerous were copied from Ambassador of the Shadows.

In other media
Outside of comics, the Valérian series has been particularly influential on science fiction and fantasy film.

Several commentators, such as Kim Thompson of The Comics Journal, film critic Jean-Philippe Guerand and the newspaper Libération, have noted certain similarities between the Valérian albums and the Star Wars film series. Both series are noted for the "lived-in" look given to their various settings and for the diverse alien creatures they feature. Mézières' response upon seeing Star Wars was that he was "dazzled, jealous... and furious!". As a riposte, Mézières produced an illustration for Pilote magazine in 1983 depicting the Star Wars characters Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa meeting Valérian and Laureline in a bar surrounded by a bestiary of alien creatures typical of that seen in both series. "Fancy meeting you here!" says Leia. "Oh, we've been hanging around here for a long time!" retorts Laureline. Mézières has since been informed that Doug Chiang, design director on The Phantom Menace, kept a set of Valérian albums in his library.

Mézières has also noticed similarities between some of the sets in the 1982 film Conan the Barbarian and the planet seen in Birds of the Master (Les Oiseaux du Maître) and between some of the production sketches for the alien fighters in the 1996 film Independence Day and Valérian and Laureline's astroship.

The 1999 Danish film Mifune's Last Song, directed by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, features a character, Rud, who is a fan of Linda and Valentin (as Valérian is known in Denmark) who believes the character of Liva is in fact Linda (i.e. Laureline).

Jean-Claude Mézières himself has worked as a concept artist on a number of science fiction film projects. The first of these was in 1984 for director Jeremy Kagan who was attempting to adapt René Barjavel's novel La Nuit des temps (The Ice People). The film was never made. This was followed, in 1985, by a proposed adaptation of Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's novel Hard to Be a God for director Peter Fleischmann. This film was eventually finished in 1989 though Mézières' concepts for the film were barely used. The art Mézières produced for both projects was later published in Mézières Extras.

In 1991 Mézières began work producing concept art for the director Luc Besson for his film The Fifth Element. When the project stalled and Besson moved on to work on the film Léon in 1994, Mézières returned to Valérian for the album The Circles of Power (Les Cercles du Pouvoir). This featured a character, S'Traks, who drove a flying taxi around a great metropolis on the planet Rubanis. Mézières sent a copy of the album to Besson who was inspired to change the background of Korben Dallas, the lead character of The Fifth Element, from a worker in a rocketship factory to that of a taxi driver who flies his cab around a Rubanis-inspired futuristic New York City. Mézières produced further concept drawings for Besson, including flying taxi cabs. He also re-used certain aspects of the design of the space liner seen in the 1988 Valérian album On the Frontiers for the Fhloston Paradise liner seen in second half of the film. The Fifth Element was finally completed and released in 1997. The importance of the four classical elements to the film is similar to the significance the elements have in the two-part Valérian story Métro Châtelet, Direction Cassiopeia and Brooklyn Station, Terminus Cosmos. However, Besson has claimed that he first came up with the idea for the film at the age of 16 which would pre-date the publication of these two albums.

Awards
Valérian and its creators have also received recognition through a number of prestigious awards. Most notably, in 1984, Jean-Claude Mézières was honoured with the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême for his comics work, including Valérian. Mézières and Christin also received a European Science Fiction Society award for Valérian in 1987 and the album Hostages of the Ultralum (Otages de l'Ultralum) won a Tournesal award, given to the comic that best reflects the ideals of the Green Party, at the 1997 Angoulême International Comics Festival. The encyclopedia of the alien creatures found in the Valérian universe Les Habitants du Ciel: Atlas Cosmique de Valérian et Laureline (The Inhabitants of the Sky: The Cosmic Atlas of Valerian and Laureline) received a special mention by the jury at the 1992 Angoulême International Comics Festival in the Prix Jeunesse 9–12 ans (Youth Prize 9–12 years) category.

Valérian has also been nominated for a Haxtur Award in 1995 for The Circles of Power and for a Harvey Award in 2005 for The New Future Trilogy, an English-language compilation of three of the albums.

Original publication
Valérian first appeared on 9 November 1967 in issue #420 of the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Pilote, and every Valérian story from Bad Dreams to The Wrath of Hypsis was initially serialised in Pilote. The second Valérian story, The City of Shifting Waters (La Cité des Eaux Mouvantes), was the first to be collected in graphic novel album format by Dargaud. Since On the Frontiers, every Valérian story has debuted in album format. Seven short stories were also published in the digest-sized Super Pocket Pilote in 1969 and 1970 and later collected in Across the Pathways of Space (Par Les Chemins De l’Espace) in 1997. The series was originally published under the title Valérian: Spatio-Temporal Agent. However, with the publication of The Order of the Stones in 2007, the series now goes under the title Valérian and Laureline.

On 22 January 2010, the last album, L'OuvreTemps (The Time Opener), was published. With this album the authors concluded the entire comic series with the intention to prevent the series from becoming weak, or staggering behind newer comics. However, Christin has written a 270-page Valérian and Laureline novel, Valérian et Laureline: Lininil a disparu (Valérian and Laureline: Lininil Has Disappeared), and indicated that Valérian and Laureline will continue to live on in a yet unspecified form.

English translations
The first Valérian album to be translated into English was Ambassador of the Shadows which was serialised across four issues of the magazine Heavy Metal in 1981 (Volume 4, Number 10 (January 1981) to Volume 5, Number 1 (April 1981)).

Ambassador of the Shadows was later republished in English in album format as were World Without Stars, Welcome to Alflolol and Heroes of the Equinox by the short-lived Dargaud-USA and Dargaud-Canada between 1981 and 1984 and in the United Kingdom by Hodder-Dargaud in 1984 and 1985.

In 1989 it was announced that NBM Publishing were going to reissue the four English language albums published by Dargaud-USA and also release a translation of Empire of a Thousand Planets but nothing seems to have come of this.

Heroes of the Equinox was republished in July 1996 in black and white by Fantasy Flight Publishing (an offshoot of Fantasy Flight Games) in two issues as standard American sized comic-books as part of an unsuccessful attempt to translate and print several European comic book series including Spirou et Fantasio and Lucky Luke.

In November 2004, iBooks published Valérian: The New Future Trilogy, collecting the albums On the Frontiers, The Living Weapons and The Circles of Power in one volume reduced to standard American graphic novel size. These were the only Valérian stories iBooks published and the company has since declared bankruptcy.

Since July 2010, UK publisher Cinebook has been publishing English language editions of Valérian. These began at a rate of one volume every six months. However, as the cinematic release of Luc Besson's film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets approached, the rate increased to one every three months. Twenty-two volumes had been published by the end of 2017. Pursuant the individual softcover title releases, the publisher announced in December 2016 a complete hardcover book series, aka "Intégrales", of Valérian, slated to launch in 2017 as Valerian - The Complete Collection. Completed in 2018, each outing in the seven-volume series collects 3-4 titles of the original individual book releases. An international effort, Cinebook's release was, save for the language, identical to the ones concurrently released in French, Dutch, Portuguese (Brazil only), and Standard Chinese.

In other languages
Many of the Valérian stories have, be it in part or in whole as a series, been translated from their original French into several other languages besides English, including German (as Valerian und Veronique), Dutch (as Ravian: Tijd/ruimte-agent), the Scandinavian languages (Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish) (as Linda og/och Valentin), Finnish (as Valerian ja Laureline and previously as Avaruusagentti Valerianin seikkailuja), Spanish, Portuguese (as Valérian, agente espácio-temporal), Serbian (as Valerijan), Italian, Turkish, Polish, Indonesian and Standard Chinese. "Intégrale' editions have been published in several of these languages as well, of which the later, aforementioned Cinebook version and those of its international companions incidentally, were merely slightly updated editions, only enhanced with a long interview with the two creators and film director Luc Besson, spread over the individual volumes of the collection.

Animated television series
The notion of making an animated adaptation of Valérian dates back to at least 1976. In 1982, Mézières produced concept art for an episode titled The Asteroids of Shimballil (Les Astéroïdes de Shimballil) which was later published in 2000 as an appendix to the album release of Bad Dreams. In 1991, Dargaud Films financed the production of a three-minute pilot, directed by Bernard Deyriès and animated by Studio 32 in Paris and Luxembourg, but nothing came of this venture. Several stills from this pilot episode were published in Mézières Extras. Another pilot, directed by Florient Ferrier, was made by the French animation studio 2 Minutes in 2001. Nothing came of this attempt either.

An animated series entitled Time Jam: Valerian and Laureline made its debut on Canal+ Family in France on 20 October 2007. In total, forty 26-minute episodes have been made. The series is a Franco–Japanese co-production, directed by Philippe Vidal.

The scripts were written by a French team under the supervision of Peter Berts; while Charles Vaucelles was responsible for the realisation of the characters and Vincent Momméja was responsible for the design of the locations and spacecraft. Music is by Alexandre Azzaria. In the French dub of the series Valérian is voiced by Gwendal Anglade and Laureline by Mélodie Orru. Three trailers were released to promote the series: the first on 24 April 2006, the second on 10 October 2006 and the third on 30 August 2007.

The series differs from the original comics in that Valerian comes from the year 2417, instead of 2720, and meets Laureline in the year 912 instead of 1000. Whereas in the comics Valerian takes Laureline back to the 28th century without any trouble, in the animated series this results in Earth disappearing from the Solar System.

According to Animation World Network, "Time Jam - Valerian & Laureline sets out to answer the question: Where on Earth has Earth gone? Valerian and Laureline, our two young heroes, seem to be the only representatives of the human race in the unsafe galaxy where the nightmarish Vlagos are conspiring to control the world. Sent out on an assignment by the head of STS (the Spatial-Temporal Service), Valerian and Laureline discover the existence of a time-portal, a mysterious phenomenon, which may hold the key to the recovery of Earth. The series from Dargaud Marina mixes 2D and CGI animation with an anime touch". The series has also been sold to Belgium, Spain, Israel and Morocco.

Feature film
In 2012, it was announced that Luc Besson planned to make a movie for the big screen of Valérian and Laureline. The film was shot in January 2016 and stars Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne. It was released on 21 July 2017.

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Material
Who did the guys get the material and ideas for the show from? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.197.207.87 (talk) 14:13, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Where did the guys get the material from? They wrote it. As to ideas, the growing chav culture, insulting weightwatcher groups and so on. You'll have to ask them. 92.20.144.201 (talk) 08:15, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

Latymer Crown
I removed 'when the show is being broadcast' from the BBC Radio 4 external link because I thought it gave a false impression (particularly to people who can't get the BBC) that you can't listen to it unless the series is being broadcast currently (when you can). I'm sorry if this seems picky, but I think I should give some justification for changing what the previous editor wrote. -- Cortina 21:56, 21 February 2004 (UTC)

 * What it actually said was "when the series is being broadcast" not "when the show is being broadcast", and thats true, its being repeated on Radio 4 on tuesdays at the moment for the next few weeks, but once the series has finished you wont be able to listen to it again until they broadcast the next series or repeat this one again. Maybe I could've used better wording though, some like "when the series is on, for a week after each episode has been broadcast you can listen to the latest episode." OK?Saul Taylor 01:16, 22 Feb 2004 (UTC)
 * I changed it back. Sorry for doubting you, but I just wasn't sure -- I stand corrected. Cortina

 * The series has been released on audio CD. It is a BBC audiobook. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.167.5.117 (talk) 03:21, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

I really don't think Speedway's additions are relevant (specifically quotes). Looks like a bad edit to me. IDX So you don't like the Series 2 section then? User:Speedway

 * Mr man, that shopkeeper and Margaret should be included in this article, I'm not sure what the shopkeeper's name is though. And Viv the lady who says everyone is gaaaawwwwgeous.
 * Also characters weren't necessarily ditched in favour of others, some simply could not have sets made in time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.156.251.24 (talk) 00:23, 20 December 2004

I was in WH Smiths yesterday and the League of Gentlemen script book is called Scripts and That. Are you sure the Little Britain book is too? User:Speedway
 * http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0007193025/qid=1104007608/ref=pd_ka_1/202-5164192-8858265 - 	"Little Britain": The Complete Scripts and All That - Series 1: Vol 1 --Neo 20:48, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)

OK, sorry. User:Speedway

I think it should be made clear that it is only Judy who vomits on people. Maggie just stares, horrified. User:Speedway 12:09, 1 Jan 05 Actually its the other way round Dogs suck. Cats rule. 17:49, 28 August 2006 (UTC) David Cat

 * Feel free to edit the article! -- Avaragado 12:39, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

To whoever edited Latymer Crown to Latymer: His full name is Latymer Crown, as said on the Commentary. I added some sections on the DVD. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.42.145.213 (talk) 00:52, 17 February 2005

Criticism
I find the criticism section to be somewhat riduculous and the shows critics opinions are unfounded. yes, the show is crude. yes, it ridicules many people, but it is a very self loathing sort of ridicule which is the entire reason it is funny in the first place. What the show is really making fun of is the manners - peculiar to the English in this case - of prudes, homophobes and racists. 'Little Britain' indeed. Don't these people know what 'camp' is?! This is not 'South Park,' which actually is offensive and stupid, since SP is done by two straight rich white guys, who don't even understand what they're making fun of most of the time, which is why they are not funny, and Little Britain is. I think the comparison to South Park is warranted, but South Park is a failure as camp humor. I also feel this article warrants an LGBT tag since it is pure queer humor and is most certainly part of gay culture. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kelt65 (talk • contribs) 15:26, 2 July 2007

Seeing as Mat Lucas has no hair at all i think he knows what it is like to be a minority and the show trivialises differences such as homosexuality and race making people look past it to the appauling personality of the character-Fists- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.168.214.140 (talk) 01:22, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

The Criticism section should mention that the 'recurring characters' are basically rehashing the same jokes over and over. You can find plenty of references to this24.4.132.165 (talk) 21:32, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Majorie Dawes and Pauline
I think these characters are very similar; in fact when I first switched on MD, I thought it was Pauline (League of Gentlemen)... the difference being one stops people getting jobs, and the other stops people getting slim, due to their own personal inferiority complexes and bullying. Definitely some influence there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.41.232.50 (talk) 22:05, 13 February 2005

 * This seems correct. They are both clipboard-using, bullying, and also men dressed as women.DavidFarmbrough 11:59, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, there are definate parallels, and it is also documented that The League of Gentlemen team had workshop sessions and collaborations with Walliams & Lucas.--feline1 13:09, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Mr Mann - series 2?
Isn't Mr Mann really a Series 2 character? He only makes a single appearance in Series 1, in the 'Pirate Memory Game' sketch. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tchocky (talk • contribs) 21:44, 5 June 2005

 * The fact that he appears in all three seasons makes him count as a character in each of them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.167.5.117 (talk) 03:24, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Name
"The name is a modification of the term 'Little England'." Is it? I thought it was from 'Great Britain'. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.63.87.227 (talk) 12:45, 22 July 2005
 * It's from both. Crazy Eddy 11:33, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Non-catchphrases
Only said by a character once. Don't see how it counts as a catchphrase.
 * "Anybody? No? Dust. Anybody? No? Dust." (Marjorie Dawes)
 * "(Crying, yet screeching) Ivor! That's the name of Ivor!" (Janet)

Edit: Actually, Marjorie says this again in Series 2, during the Christmas Day Out with the Fat Fighters.KatsuyaJounouchi 14:59, 22 October 2005 (UTC) He says things along that line, but that particular phrase was only said once. It was only pirate memory games once, he asked for other things in subsequence sketches. Its always a different song, in what way is that a catch phrase. Saul Taylor 07:34, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
 * "I am hard but soft, I am colored yet clear, I am fruity and sweet. I am jelly. What am I?" (Ray McCooney)
 * "Have you got any pirate memory games?" (Mr Mann)
 * "*Dennis Waterman sings a song in the style of the Minder theme tune depending on the job he is being offered." (Dennis Waterman)

"Some catch phrases only catch on within specific sub-cultures." "Pronunciation is essential to some catch phrases. For example, Marv Albert's "Yes!" is a catch phrase mainly due to his distinctive sounding of that word, and people who imitate or parody it try to duplicate his style. It is not the repition of a line's use by a character, so much as it's repition of use by the public. RandallFlagg 21:37, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Marjorie Dawe's "Dust" line qualifies as a catchphrase by Wikipedia's own definition of a catch phrase, as follows: "A catch phrase is a phrase or expression that becomes spontaneously popularized (i.e., it "catches" on) through widespread repeated usage. Catch phrases often originate in popular culture (such as movies and television), and are spread through a variety of media, including word of mouth. A catch phrase's defining features are its sudden, spontaneous, and widespread public reception, and its adopted use by the public, often to its amusement"

Vicky Pollard catchphrase
This might be really picky or indeed even incorrect, thus why I ask here, but isn't her quote "don't go giving me evils" not "Don't give me evils!". I'll go and watch the DVD again but doing a google search I think I might be right. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hesperus (talk • contribs) 15:50, 22 October 2005

 * It actually is "don't go giving me evils." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.167.5.117 (talk) 03:25, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

12 year olds
I feel I have to say, this "Little Britain" article is one of the poorest I have come across on Wikipedia. It reads like it was written by a bunch of 12 year olds. Much of the grammar and general sentence structure is extremely poor. Some industrious folk need to edit the arse out of it. I only wish I had the time--feline1 21:55, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, well, the time you took to leave this comment could have been used for a few constructive minor edits! CLW 08:57, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Maybe about one! However hopefully my comment being here will inspire dozens of other people to edit! ;-)--feline1 10:33, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
 * I do kinda agree with you there. But its just too long for me to read through and change in one go. I do change bits think the article needs to be split somehow. I just shaved off 10kb of bollocks, and corrected a bit of spelling/grammar. -- jeffthejiff  ( talk ) 14:50, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Is it worth splitting the main characters out to their own articles? If some of the 'Allo 'Allo! characters merit their own articles, surely some of the Little Britain ones do! CLW 16:30, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
 * I suppose they do really. There isnt much written about each character at the moment, but with seperate articles there could be more. Dame Sally Markham already has her own article for some reason.. -- jeffthejiff  ( talk ) 22:37, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Now that all characters are on one page, do they really need seperate pages as well? Because that page is going to look really ugly if it consists of nothing more than 'Main article: Character name' (unsigned comment by
 * I think these pages are needed. What's so ugly about links through to main articles? If you think they are ugly, remove them and change the character's name to a wikilink through to the main article. One of the previous issues with this page was that it was getting too large. The same will be true of the characters page if key characters don't have their own pages, especially as images and further details are added, which is bound to happen as a new series is imminent. And the page will never be "nothing more than 'Main article: Character name'" - minor characters such as "charity shop shopper" don't warrant their own articles. Just my opinion, though... CLW 17:16, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

Edit: That's probably because it WAS written by a bunch of twelve- year olds, you twit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.12.65.33 (talk) 09:35, 14 December 2005

Characters section
The characters section looks extremely untidy will all the characters in a paragraph long list. Unless there is anyone opposed, I was planning on changed it to be more like;
 * Marjorie Dawes - Leader of Fat Fighters
 * Daffyd Thomas - Out gay who believes he is the only gay in the village
 * Emily Howard - Transvestite who tries to convince everyone he is "a laydee"
 * Sebastian Love - Aide of the Prime Minister, who Sebastian has a crush on

etc, etc. Anyone opposed? Squidward2602 15:50, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

 * It's certainly unreadable as it is now, and your suggestion would tidy it up. But I suggest that if there is to be a list of characters on the main page, it should only be of the most major and frequently occurring ones.
 * And drop the series sections, too, combine it all in one (relatively short) list... Let's avoid duplicating too much of the content of Little Britain characters. --David Edgar 17:03, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

Criticism
Quotes and links referring to criticism of Little Britain keeps appearing in the Trivia and External Links sections. Would it be alright to add a critcism section for such citings? Or is it best to just delete them? -- jeffthejiff  ( talk ) 09:27, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

 * I don't see any reason for well-worded criticisms of Little Britain to be deleted, wikipedia isn't a fan site.
 * Putting them in their own section would probably be the best option —Preceding unsigned comment added by Penx (talk • contribs) 17:52, 11 December 2005

 * I don't believe that this section should be included - this isn't the kind of thing you would find in an encyclopedia article. The anon editor who made the comment that "Wikipedia isn't a fan site" misses the point - even if the radio presenter in question had said "this show is great", it still wouldn't be worthy of inclusion here. CLW 17:33, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

I've had a look over the criticism made by Tam Cowan of Off The Ball. Basically, dont take him too seriously. He is a creep with huge problems with woman. Listen to any of his drivel on Off The Ball every saturday for an example. And it did not belong here anyway. RandallFlagg Scotland 12:57, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

 * I have tried several times to add something on the article that his remotely critical but it is deleted almost immediately. Do Matt Lucas and David Walliams constantly visit Wikipedia or something? This show has recieved a noticeable backlash and this article makes Little Britain sound like it is enjoyed by absolutely everyone. This is inaccurate. --Loganator, 20:27, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

 * If it can be written factually and neutrally in its own section, citing appropriate quotes and sources, then there is no reason for it to be removed. However, if it comes across as one person's opinion, then unfortunately it is more likely to be deleted. This doesn't just apply to criticism: I reverted an edit earlier today that was nothing short of an "unqualified rave" for the LB stage show. Chris 42 21:04, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

 * I've now added two sourced criticisms that will hopefully go some way to redress the balance. However much the show is liked, there are those who don't watch it — and, crucially, are prepared to say why. I believe this needs to be reflected in the article. Chris 42 16:16, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Guests
When have Keith Harris, Paul Daniels, Debbie McGee and Caroline Quentin appeared in the show? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Trampikey (talk • contribs) 23:03, 23 January 2006

 * I'm wondering where the heck is "Samantha Power" in the list of the Little Britain voice actors? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.106.231.25 (talk) 04:46, 8 June 2006

 * I think they were in a Series One deleted scene, featuring Peter Andre, who tried to pose as Keith Harris with a fake Orville. Squidward2602 20:44, 25 January 2006 (UTC) (and edited again at a later date to correct a fact)

Clean-up
I have been through this article and, without removing any of its intended content, have given it a general tidy-up, including replacing any repetition and grammar/typos that needed fixing. (Hopefully I spotted all of them!) I removed the (Series 1–3) tags, as they are redundant if a character appeared in all three. I also expanded some of the character descriptions to (hopefully) give a concise summary of each. Chris 42 18:00, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

I've also lifted a couple of paragraphs from the Matt Lucas article, concerning the series' style, since they seemed more relevant to this one. I hope it seems a bit more coherent now. Chris 42 00:26, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Fan sites
I'm pretty sure Wikipedia users can easily find fan sites with a Google search - I really don't think we need this many listed. --  Gary Kirk  (talk) 20:04, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Agree with you. But only the very notable ones should be listed. -- S iva1979 Talk to me  20:16, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

 * littlerbritain.com was not a fan site, but the only official tribute act people... --Asterion talk to me 19:38, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Regarding removal of the fan sites by Jeffthejiff, I don't particularly mind having fan sites there, non of them actually constituted SPAM. What I did mind originally about the list that was it was untidy and very difficult to follow... So I tidied it. It was then reverted (by another person) to it's original untidy form for no reason so I changed it back again. As it stands, there should be no arguement no matter how many or how little fan sites are listed, just please keep it tidy. Peter Bowers 21:16, 14 May 2006 (UTC+1)

The only fansite that should be listed is littlebritainfans.com, it's a reliable source with a lot of news articles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.10.66.213 (talk) 10:52, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Ended?
There is no reliable source to say the show has definitely ended and a new series will never be produced...I'm going to rephrase that section --  Gary Kirk  (talk) 11:06, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Agreed, yet for some reason your rephrasing was reverted to the original "show has ended" introduction.
 * There are many reliable sources that suggest there will be a Christmas Special this year and a fourth series next year. At the audience recordings for series 3 Matt Lucas said: "You may have heard there will be no more Little Britain after this series. We never said that! We would LOVE to carry it on, so hopefully this is not the last!" In the Daily Mirror (23rd July) the show was reported to be being "rested" during the tour. The Daily Star (23rd July) reported that the Sunday Times report (12th June) about the show being finished was rubbish: Lucas revealed that there will be a fourth series of the comedy despite reports that the show was coming to an end to allow him and Walliams to concentrate on other projects. "We never said that", said Lucas.
 * So that clears that up, so please could we keep the introduction referring to the show in the present tense as apposed to the past tense until someone like Lucas and Walliams or the BBC themselves is in fact quoted as saying the show has ended. Thanks. --  Peter Bowers  (talk) 14:39, 30 April 2006 (UTC+1)

 * Since Little Britain USA was broadcast, David Walliams has announced that Little Britain "will no longer continue."  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.167.5.117 (talk) 03:34, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

The daily star lie, alot! It's over. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.201.150.108 (talk) 00:47, 29 July 2007

References to literature
I've found two references to somewhat abstract literature, if a few more can be found it might be worthwhile to add a section about literary references, otherwise it could be included in the trivia section. As it is, the references are:

- In a Bernard Chumley Sketch, a poster for "An Inspector Pops Round" can be seen on the wall. This is a reference to "An Inspector Calls" by J.B. Priestly.

- In a Mr. Cleeves sketch, he uses the line "Unman, Wittering and Zigo absent" which is a reference to the play "Unman, Wittering and Zigo" by Giles Cooper. Tomtyke 06:45, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

- In the Bernard Chumley Sketches thers a poster for "sex pleases were not Brittish" which is referance to the stage show (and film) "no sex please were Brittish"--Chrisordie 14:59, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Characters with no pages
There seems to be a few characters without pages, such as Kenny Craig (who features quite a few times in the show), and yet a character who came in season 2 and doesn't show as much has a page (Bubbles DeVere). Anyone care to make these? I can help! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cocopopz2005 (talk • contribs) 13:23, 16 May 2006

 * I STARTED TO WORK ON KENNY CRAIG! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cocopopz2005 (talk • contribs) 04:30, 3 June 2006

So-called intelligent humour
For the record, I am a big fan of Little Britain. However, is it appropriate to say that Little Britain "despite appearing rude, is actually intelligent humor?" It doesn't seem like such a statement should appear in an encyclopedia, as it seems to be completely subjective. Jiggz84 05:06, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

The characters and what they say, are actually parodies and satire of the personalitys that permeate in society in general. Of how some people are too self obsessed to notice the world arround them is not an extension of their ego. The humour is self depricating in origin and maybe when viewed out of context, it comes across as just being filth and mockery for the sake of mockery. Of course humour is down to individual interpretation. So perhaps others think differently who failed to grasp the complexity of the characters and the associated bigoted views and observations of society being made. It is a comic reflection back of the dichotomy that exists between projected and internalised thoughts, feeling and emotions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.40.112.93 (talk) 16:36, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject Fawlty Towers
If you're interested in sitcoms you may wish to join my new Fawlty Towers-based wikiproject to maintain the standard, and create fabulous new articles based upon this milestone in British Comedy. If you are interested, and woud like to bcome a member, please enquire at the above link, or on my talk page for more information. Thanks Foxearth 02:55, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

 * This page is supposed to be about improving the Little Britain article. It is not for self-promotion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.167.5.117 (talk) 03:30, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Biased entry
This entry is completely biased towards the viewpoint of whomever wrote the entry. Perhaps I am wrong, but should an encyclopedia not just report information and not have a slant on it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.30.202.16 (talk) 14:49, 18 July 2006

 * Perhaps you could elaborate? As far as I can see, it is factual and balanced. Furthermore, it wasn't written by one person: it is a collaborative effort, and some of us try to ensure that it stays as neutral as possible. Chris 42 21:00, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Well known
The best known characters on the main article, will they appear on the new series in 2007? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.137.16.101 (talk) 21:20, 20 August 2006

Yuki Kushida
Should Yuki Gushida, who plays a named character (Gita the beauty therapist in Bubble's sketches) be in the guest characters or normal cast or what? I've added her in the past but she seems to have been removed in an edit since. Feedback please. — G a ry Kirk | talk! 18:37, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Shorten it up, new episode guide!
Hi all, This article is way too long lets clean it up! I have made a new episode guide and a massive nav-box at the base of the article, so lets get to it and try to just link new pages to the nav-box and get that horrible characters list and dvd's list off the main article.

Thankyou, --Aaron J Nicoli 13:07, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

 * Agreed. Also, the Trivia section is too big. Some of the information can be cleaned up into other parts of the article or episode guides. It certainly shouldn't have its own subsection. The Doctor Who references could be made into its own section, and expanded to include references to other TV series. Peteb16 13:16, 10 November 2006 (UTC) I've added a cleanup remainder tag after the Background section. If you belive it needs to be higer please adjust it. Thanks.  Peteb16 13:23, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

 * Good work mate, everyone needs to pich in and get this article looking smick! --Aaron J Nicoli 04:15, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Links to actors' articles
I'm going to be bold by reinstating the duplicate links to actors' articles contrary to the current comment (and remove the comment while I am at it).

My interpretation of WP:MOS-L section 1.1 is that terms recurring in the same sentence or paragraph should generally not be relinked, but instances of the term that are distant from one another may be linked if appropriate.

It is plausible that a reader may go directly to "The Cast" section (or take notice of it while scanning), see "Tom Baker", and want to go to his article. They should not need to rescan the entire article looking for his previous wikilink.

I'll directly notify and  since they were involved in the original edits that resulted in the relevant comment tag being added to the article.

Cheers, Chovain 07:49, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Comedy Tumbleweed Awards
These awards are not notable. They were created by an online discussion forum, and do not appear to receive coverage outside blogs.

The contributor suggests in this edit's summary that the article covers positive awards. I see no such coverage (although as my comment in the section immediately above may indicate, I don't want to read the whole thing ;)). In my opinion, the article seems quite balanced: It has a subsection for criticism, which is well referenced.  (Disclaimer: I have never seen an episode of the show in my life).

For those reason, I am reverting again. Chovain 13:36, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

 * They have recieved coverage in several high street publications including the newspaper Metro, and have been discussed on British radio.
 * If you've never seen an episode, how come you said computer says no on the history page, eh? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.29.35.157 (talk) 21:01, 15 December 2006

 * Actually, I said "The computer says no," which I learnt is not quite correct. It's meant to be "Computer says no."  I said I've never seen an episode, not that I live in a hole. Chovain 08:24, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

The arguement is that no other awards are covered in this article, therefore to make this award notable you have to add all awards (positive or negative) in an appropriate section. Chovain was correct to remove this information on the grounds that it was added to an already bloated trivia section and also created an unbalanced representation of the show's awards. I hope that clears things up and please could you sign your comments. Thanks. Peteb16 09:42, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Fan sites
With WP:NOT in mind, can anyone see any reason for keeping the fansite links? They're unencyclopedic, and any donkey can find them in Google. Chovain 22:50, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Consider them gone. Chovain 20:21, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Agreed - fansites don't really have any place here IMO CLW 21:14, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I think the links to the Australian tour and to the "Little Britain Shop" should go as well. It's just advertising. 81.145.242.40 18:22, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree, and will remove them. The Australian tour site is also linked in-line as a reference (see "Stage Show" section).  I'm going to look for a better reference when I get a chance, but in the meantime the inline link is all we've got. Chovain 00:26, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Little Britain Logo.PNG
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No series 4?
I thought we could gather from little britain down under shown last night that there was not gonna be a series 4 as little britain from what I gathered from this documentary is now over. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.201.150.108 (talk) 00:44, 29 July 2007

Blacksmith
In one episode, there was some guy who played a muscled shirtless blacksmith that perked Dafydd's interest. Who played that guy's character? I'm hoping someone will know. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)

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Characters and quotes
I've merged what had become a substantial "Main characters" section with the Little Britain characters article, and trimmed that section down, mentioning Vicky Pollard as a character whose catch-phrase has become quite popular. I've also removed the quotes section because the content can be placed on wikiquote if it isn't already there. --Tony Sidaway 19:05, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree that the Characters section was redundant with the Little Britain characters article. Good idea! •  Supā saru  14:07, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Ripping off League of Gentlemen
Little Britain has ripped off many of League Of Gentlemans skits. A lot of Little Britains sketches have stolen a significant number of the Leagues surely this should be mentioned under criticism ?. 78.150.161.172 (talk) 22:50, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

 * Only if it is sourced. Carl.bunderson (talk) 02:07, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Out of scope
The criticism section is out of the scope of an encyclopaedia article. This article should just briefly explain what Little Britain is about and who makes it. Anything more should be put on a fan site or a website dedicated to the show itself. An encyclopaedia has a specific purpose and giving praise or criticism to a television show is not part of that purpose. Unless this section is drastically changed or even removed, I'll have to remove it in the next few days Owen214 (talk) 08:59, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
 * While the section could certainly do with a bit of balancing, it is perfectly acceptable within the context of Wikipedia per WP:MOSTV. As long as the criticisms are supported by reliable, third party sources (which is the case here), there's no reason to remove it.  Pinkadelica ♣  09:47, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

That manual of style is as open to editing as the articles it governs, so its existence is almost completely redundant. I read the part at your link and that doesn't even support the criticism section here. The section here is just vandalism left over from a prude who stopped by this article.Owen214 (talk) 09:59, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Then I suggest opening a WP:RFC on the matter.  Pinkadelica ♣  10:51, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Little Britain Down Under
Anyone know of any information about this episode? There is no mention of it in this article. There is some information here http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007qb6r —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.0.89.166 (talk) 20:00, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Little Britain Abroad, 2006
The section currently reads like there were two seperate specials. Let me know if i'm wrong, but wasn't it one two part special? Also did they visit multiple countries? I thought it was just the island they crash land on.

"In 2006, two Christmas specials were released. In each, characters from the show were depicted as visiting other countries."

I think it should read something like 'In 2006, a two part Chistmas special was released...... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Craigthomas1 (talk • contribs) 22:44, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Just watched it again and it definately is one, 2-part special. Watching it again brought back all the countries they 'visit' which I had completely forgotten about. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Craigthomas1 (talk • contribs) 01:06, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Unencyclopaedic phraseology: "offended wet wipes"
What or who are "wet wipes"? Were they right or wrong to be offended? The author should not take sides here. I will replace the phrase with "viewers".11:07, 10 June 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Truthordare (talk • contribs)

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List of U.S. communities with Asian-American majority populations

The following list of ethnic groups is a partial list of United States cities and towns in which a majority (over 50%) of the population is Asian American or Asian, according to the United States Census Bureau. This list does not include cities in which, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, merely a plurality (as opposed to a majority) of the residents are Asian American. The list below is organized by state or territory and, within each state or territory, by population size. The percentage of each city's population that is Asian American is listed in parentheses next to the city's name.

There are 51 communities in four states and two territories with Asian-American majority populations.

Cities and census-designated places with Asian alone, Non-Hispanic majority populations
Following are cities with Asian alone, non-Hispanic majority populations

Places with more than 100,000 people

 * Fremont (63.72%)
 * Daly City (56.93%)
 * Sunnyvale (49.78%)

Places with between 25,000 and 100,000 people (2020)

 * Milpitas (71.33%)
 * Cupertino (69.9%)
 * Monterey Park (69.6%)
 * Walnut (69.2%)
 * Rosemead (67.0%)
 * San Gabriel (66.4%)
 * Arcadia (65.9%)
 * Cerritos (65.2%)
 * Temple City (65.1%)
 * Rowland Heights (64.9%)
 * Diamond Bar (60.8%)
 * Union City (57.41%)
 * Foster City (54.7%)
 * Saratoga (54.4%)
 * Dublin (53.7%)
 * Alhambra (51.35%)
 * Westminster (51.16%)
 * San Ramon (50.89%)
 * Hercules (50.6%)

Places with fewer than 25,000 people

 * Norris Canyon (69.2%)
 * San Marino (62.9%)
 * Camino Tassajara (61.6%)
 * South San Gabriel (60.0%)
 * East San Gabriel (57.8%)
 * Mountain House (57.6%)
 * Millbrae (53.9%)
 * La Palma (53.4%)

Places with fewer than 25,000 people

 * Tamuning (including Tumon) (50.0%)

Places with more than 100,000 people

 * Honolulu (54.8%)

Places with between 25,000 and 100,000 people

 * Waipahu (67.1%)
 * Pearl City (53.2%)

Places with fewer than 25,000 people

 * Kaumakani (77.3%)
 * 'Ewa Villages (70.4%)
 * Whitmore Village (65.9%)
 * Puhi (65.7%)
 * 'Ele`ele (61.8%)
 * Hamamaulu (61.5%)
 * Lāna`i City (58.1%)
 * Village Park (57.9%)
 * 'Aiea (57.7%)
 * Kea`au (57.7%)
 * Waipio (54.7%)
 * Pepe`ekeo (54.7%)
 * Kahului (53.6%)
 * Pāhoa (52.4%)
 * Waialua (51.9%)
 * Hālawa (51.6%)
 * 'Ewa Gentry (51.4%)

Places with between 25,000 and 100,000 people

 * Edison (2020, 53.62%)

Places with fewer than 25,000 people

 * Palisades Park (59.6%)
 * Plainsboro (57.8%)
 * West Windsor (54.7%)

Places with between 25,000 and 100,000 people

 * Saipan (50.9%)
 * Garapan, Saipan (81.2%)
 * Chalan Piao, Sapian (71.9%)
 * China Town, Saipan (77.2%)
 * Chalan Kanoa I, Saipan (66.9%)

Places with fewer than 25,000 people

 * Millbourne (63.9%)

Places with fewer than 25,000 people

 * Loudoun Valley Estates CDP (61.0%)
 * Navy CDP (50.13%)

Places with over 100,000 people

 * Honolulu, Hawaii (55.9%)
 * Daly City, California (50.7%)

Places with between 25,000 and 100,000 people

 * Waipahu, Hawaii (65.8%)
 * Monterey Park, California (61.8%)

Places with fewer than 25,000 people

 * Kaumakani, Hawaii (77.3%)
 * Ewa Villages, Hawaii (70.4%)