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April 2007

4/4/07- David's been out walking in Primrose Hill, pushing his mate Geri Halliwell's baby Bluebell. See pics on sky and on justjared. Cheers Marte and Ana.

March 2007

29/3/07- Both David and Matt were featured, "Vox-popping" on the TV tribute for Elton John's 60th birthday tonight on ITV1.

23/3/07- Matt's confirmed to Sky that Little Britain will not be a film and that their next project will be their work with HBO to translate the show for a US audience.
The cover of the paperback of Inside Little Britain has changed. See a picture of the new cover here. The paperback is out on 1st June. Cheers Michael.

20/3/07- If you have a spare £800 or so, you can buy your very own limited edition Little Britain print which is signed by David and Matt and also the artist Gerald Scarfe. The money goes to Comic Relief! Cheers Emma. According to DigiGuide David will be on Happy Birthday Elton [John] on the 29th March on ITV at 9pm. Cheers Suz.

19/3/07- Comic Relief are auctioning an I-pod Nano on ebay, loaded with David's choice of tracks. Cheers Teresa.

17/3/07- The Comic Relief single I am gonna be (500 miles), featuring Matt as Andy Pipkin alongside Peter Kay as Brian Potter will be released on CD and DVD on Monday.
According to the HMV website, I'm Gay will finally be out in the UK on 26 March.
Cheers Hannah for both these updates.

16/3/07- There was a short interview with Matt and David on MTV Japan today to promote the release of Little Britain (you can buy it from HMV Japan).
This is probably pre-recorded as the guys are back in the UK today for Comic Relief this evening. Cheers Joanna.

14/3/07- David attended Elton John's 60th birthday party last night, The Sun reports. Their slideshow has a picture, as does Getty Images. Cheers Teresa.

13/3/07- Matt and David are currently in Japan to promote their newly released Little Britain DVD there. They appeared on Japanese popular lunchtime program called Waratte Iitomo. Cheers Daruma.
There's a picture of David swimming in the sea in Australia in this week's New! Magazine (UK). Cheers Emma.

9/3/07- Matt and David will be revealing their favourite TV moments in Perfect Night In, a new Channel 4 show starting in April, according to the Sun today. Cheers Teresa.

3/3/07- Matt and David will be making a "surprise" appearance in the soap Neighbours according to EntertainmentWise. Cheers Teresa.

February 2007

28/2/07- Matt and David will be on GMTV Friday morning 2nd March, probably on Entertainment Today. Cheers Cas.

27/2/07- Matt and David are on Hamish & Andy again today. The podcasts are little bit slow but it should be there in 3-4 days. Cheers Kylie and Hayley.

25/2/07- In the Sydney Morning Herald today, there's an article about David having a swim and lunch with Candice Falzon. Cheers Sally.

24/2/07- Matt and David spoke to Jonathan Ross on the telephone today. They were on at around 11:30, if you fast forward to 01:25 then they come on at 01:26, David talks first and then Matt speaks later. Cheers Katie.

22/2/07- David & Matt were interviewed live from Australia on the Chris Moyles
show on Radio 1 yesterday morning. You can listen again on the Radio 1 website under the Wednesday show. Cheers Sheila.
You can now download the series "The Strangerers" from UKnova, A Sky One tv series from 2000 in which David has a small supporting role. Cheers Vanessa.

David will be on Hotel Babylon on BBC One tonight, guest starring as the leader of an end-of-the-world cult.

21/2/07- The Comic Relief Little Britain Live DVD is available to buy today. Here's a review from the Telegraph which has fantastic photos. Cheers Cas.
Here's a great review from one of the Brisbane Live shows. Cheers Melissa, who's friends are in the photo with the specially made tshirts.

19/2/07- At the moment, we're seeing very negative reviews of the new Little Britain game for the PC and Playstation, such as this one. If you've played the game and have a review - let us know! Cheers Michael.

16/2/07- The Comic Relief version of Little Britain Live will be released next Wednesday, 21st February for £5, available from HMV, Woolworths, Sainsbury or online. You can see clips right now on the Red Nose Day website. Cheers Teresa, Michael and Hannah.
David has inspired a schoolgirl from Fontmell Magna to win a national contest exploring what it means to be British. Cheers Christina.

14/2/07- The Daily Telegraph ran a story today about David going for a meal with Australian model Candice Falzon. Cheers Emily.

Tony Head is presenting the award for Best British Group at tonight's Brit Awards on ITV 1. Cheers Kate.

13/2/07- David's agent's (Troika) have updated their website with a new high-quality photo of him. Cheers Christina.

12/2/07- Don't forget, Hotel Babylon starts this Thursday on BBC 1. David is in Episode 2 (next week), playing the leader of an end-of-the-world cult who causes a stir when he and his followers check in.

Read a review of the Adelaid gig last night. Cheers Emily.

Vanessa has sent us scans of three articles from the Sydney Sun Herald from yesterday: David and Emily Scott, Matt and David and David at Billy Crystal's party.

More information about the release of I'm Gay as a single in Australia - the tentative date for the release of the CD is Feb 24. There are supposedly 2 tracks on the CD: I'm Gay and the Little Britain Theme. Cheers Vanessa again for this.

10/2/07- You can now watch the special Lou and Andy advert on the Comic Relief site. Cheers Teresa and Michael.

9/2/07- The Sun ran a story and printed photos of David taking Emily Scott to the beach. ABC Australia did a story on the non-PC nature of Little Britain. And The Border Mail printed a new picture of David doing his Manly swim. Cheers Christina for these.

8/2/07- The Telegraph also reported on David's antics at Billy Crystal's after party, linking him to a girl called Monique. Cheers Kylie and Ingrid. This is also reported on the Herald Sun website.

There's a transcript from David and Matt's interview on the 7:30 Report yesterday here. Cheers Ingrid.

7/2/07- It's good to see David's still ligging, even in Australia! You can see him posing for Photos with Billy Crystal on WENN at the premier of 100 Sundays in Sydney yesterday evening. Cheers Ingrid.

6/2/07- The Sydney Morning Herald have reviewed Little Britain Live here. Also Hamish and Andy have put up a photo of them with Matt and David. Cheers Ingrid.
You can now watch David and Matt being moved into postion just before yesterday's Sunrise interview on YouTube. Thanks again to Sophie for uploading this for us!

It was Tony Head's last night on the Little Britain Live tour last night in Sydney. He flew home to the UK today. Cheers Raelene and Vanessa.

Here is a link to David's ranking on the Cole Classic swim he did the other day. He came 25th out of 198 in the 30 to 34 category. Cheers Vanessa.

Apparently, I'm Gay will be released as a CD single in Australia some time soon. Cheers to Vanessa and JB HiFi.

5/2/07- Matt and David were interviewed on Sunrise in Australia this morning. You can watch the interview on YouTube. Thanks very much to Sophie from our forum for uploading this. Matt and David bumped into The Scissor Sisters during the filming of this. Cheers Ingrid.

Here's another article about David's swim yesterday from the Herald Sun. and another one from the Sydney Morning Herald. Cheers Emily and Christina.

And the Telegraph ran a story about David reuniting with ex-girlfriend Emily Scott. Cheers Kylie. Apparently David got annoyed with a photographer while watching Emily be crowned FHM beach babe. Read more here. Cheers Ingrid.

David sent a message to Kylie Minogue after her split with her boyfriend, according to yahoo. Cheers Christina.

4/2/07- David swam the Manly Classic Ocean Swim today, a 2km swim in Sydney. Read all about it here. Cheers Ingrid and Michael.

3/2/07- Watch Matt and David opening the Sydney Mardi Gras as Daffyd and Emily! Big thanks to Christina for this video link. Read a lovely interview with Matt and David in the Sydney Morning Herald. Cheers Ingrid.

2/2/07- The Little Britain Game is out today. Michael testing this on the PS2 and reports several issues with the game: "Even though the graphics are in 3D, they are no where near as good as some games you now see on the PS2. Secondly, the first game you play when you start up the game is Vicky Pollard racing through the park collecting CDs. This is not easy to control and is a very difficult challenge to get to the next stage (even in easy mode). If you don't get past this stage, you won't get any further into the game. If you want to exit the game, you have the choice of yes or no but for some reason, you can't click yes (I want to exit). It is always no so you end up back on the game until the timer runs out. Finally, if you have the PS2 version of the game, make sure you have a memory card or you will find yourself back at the start!" Thanks Michael for this review.

Matt and David are likely to be involved in a Mardi Gras "Flash Mob" (a meeting of a crowd of people organised by text) on Saturday 3rd Feb, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. Cheers Ingrid.

Meanwhile, David's hardly been in Australia for five minutes and already the Herald Sun is linking him with Nova 100 promotions girl Rosie Gregory! Cheers Ingrid.

You can now hear the Hamish and Andy interview in two parts here. Cheers Sophie. Also, Matt and David were on Nova 100's Hughesy and Kate show (Friday 2nd Feb). If you are in Australia you can download the podcast, it is about 10-15 minutes in. Cheers Simone.

In the Sun newspaper (page 47) you can win a trip to see Little Britain live in Australia. Good luck if you enter. Cheers Cas.

1/2/07- Matt and David will be on the Sunrise program (Australia, Channel 7, 6am weekdays) on Monday 5 February 2007. Cheers Ingrid. If someone could tape this and put it on YouTube for David's international fans to see, that would be fantastic!
Matt and David are doing some special comic relief adverts, according to this week's Heat magazine. These will promote Red Nose Day and should be on our TVs from 12th Feb.

January 2007

31/1/07- Reviews from the first Little Britain Live show in Australia are just coming in such as this one from The Age. There's a picture on the Herald Sun website of the first show in Melbourne. Tony Head is included in the cast at present. Cheers Sophie, Peter and Ingrid.
Apparently Matt and David will be on the Hamish and Andy podcast today. Cheers Ingrid. They have also met the cast of Neighbours during their stay. Cheers Hannah.
The Sydney Mardi Gras are also hinting that Matt may take part in the events - although Boy George is headlining! Cheers Ingrid.

30/1/07- Little Britain Live begins in Australia today! Good luck to Matt and David for the duration of the tour.
There are new pictures from the Little Britain game on GamersNation. Cheers Michael.

29/1/07- David features on a track on the new Les Incompetents album. David's spoken word contribution on the track "Introduction" comes from a Les Incompetents live gig, where subjects he brushes upon include the legend that is Anthea Turner. `End of an Error (2004-2006)' is released through White Heat records on February 26. Cheers Michael and Christina. More info can be found here.
Don't forget, the new Little Britain game is released on 2nd February. You can read some reviews on Leeds today and the Yorkshire Post. Cheers Christina.
Matt is currently in Australia and shot scenes for his guest appearance in Kath and Kim on 24th January. Read all about it on the Herald Sun. Cheers Kylie.

23/1/07- Some more information about those rearranged Brisbane tour dates: Monday 22 January has been rearranged to Sunday 18 February while Tuesday 23 January is now Monday 19 February. We're pretty sure the change is to allow David to continue filming Capturing Mary. Cheers Christina.

22/1/07- Thanks to Ingrid who tells us that the Australian LB tour does not now start until 30 January 2007. The tour date of 22 January in Brisbane is postponed due to David's commitment to a film. The tour now kicks off in Melbourne on 30 January 2007.

David was a guest at Kate Moss's 33rd birthday party in London according to The Sun. Cheers Michael.

18/1/07- Keep up to date with the Little Britain Live tour of Australia at the official website here. The tour kicks off on 22nd January at Brisbane.
David's in the gossip columns for the first time in ages, this time with pal Vernon Kaye in the Daily Mirror here. Thanks Christina for both of these stories.

13/1/07- Christina has found out a little more about David's cameo in the forthcoming new Neil Gaiman movie Stardust. David will play a ghost called  Sextus, who was the son of Lord of Stormhold (Peter O'Toole) David's character has seven more dead brothers, played by Adam Buxton, Mark Heap and Julian Rhind-Tutt Other stars include Jason Flemyng, Mark Strong and the legendary Rupert Everett. You can see three pictures on imdb.com. Here's the Ain't It Cool Review of the movie (Spoilers).

12/1/07- Thanks to Martin for telling us that David has an uncredited cameo appearance on the DVD for The IT Crowd. There is a short film entitled "Hello, Friend" about a man who buys a new computer system that takes over and destroys his life. David plays one of the man's friends, he has a couple of short scenes, firstly at a dinner party where the camera pans along the table and
David is holding court in his own inimitable fashion and secondly after he has also bought one of the computer systems and we see him repeating a couple of the main characters actions.

3/1/07- Part 2 of Little Britain Abroad is now up on YouTube. Cheers Emma.
Check out this Computer Says No website. Great fun.

1/1/07- Happy new year! Matt starred as Mr Toad in the BBC One production of Wind in the Willows, broadcast tonight. You can see Matt talking about it here.
There are two new Little Britain wallpapers on the BBC website. Cheers Christina.
There are new photos from the Little Britain video game on amazon. The videogame is released on 4th Jan. Cheers Michael and Christina.
You can get a map of Llandewi Brefi on paper made from Sheep poo! Yes, really. Buy it here. Cheers very much to Harrie for making us laugh with this item!