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"I can't believe some of the shit I used to do with you..."

David in "Spaced"

David appeared in first series of the Channel Four twenty-somethings sitcom, Spaced (C4, '99), with a scene-stealing performance as Ian/Vulva, a transexual performance artist, in Episode 3, Series 1 ("Art").

Synopsis of "Art"

Brian gets an invitation from old friend Vulva (David Walliams) to their show.  Meanwhile Daisy has an unsucessful interview with 'Flaps' Magazine and Tim stays in the flat playing resident evil.  Daisy invites herself and Tim to Vulva's show.  After the show Brian chats with Vulva.

Press

A couple of photos featuring David were published on the BBC Web Site (see below) as well as one in Shivers magazine.

Screen Shots

What a performance! Vulva and Brian back in those days...

Fatal Attraction - Vulva breaks up with Brian

Macro-biotic! Vulva and Hoover perform their "Art"

You came... Brian plucks up the courage to talk to Vulva afterwards.

Quotes

"I'm sorry Brian, it's your work, abstract expressionism it's so mid to late 80's" (over the top laughter)

Vulva "Macro biotic!"
"Dust me clean"
Vulva "A breath ... alizer!"
"Using a cleaning spray"
Vulva "Knee jerk"
"suck it in Filter it out Go on!" "Fade out"

(ripple of applause)
"It's not finished"
(Silence)
"It's finished"
(Applause)

"sounds delicious"
"you should see what's for pudding"

(Vulva laughs loudly) "Oh Briain, you came"
"Umm... No I just spilt my drink"
"so nice to see you, are you still painting"
"N-not...er,...multimedia...platers,...irony and self-deprecation."
"Sounds a little hard to swallow."
"Theres,...theres pudding"
"Pud-ding! I always loved your quirkiness.  You must be able to see I've moved on.  The project I've been working with Hoover are the most incisive and effective I've ever done.  I can't believe some of the shit I used to do with you.  That's the difference between you and me, Brian, I could always see into the distance, you, it has to be said, were always a little short-sighted.  Anyway we're having a postmortem at the Squid and Mashed Potato.  I suppose you could tag along"
"I'm not sure"
"You make your mind up and maybe i'll see you later."

3-disk special ediotion DVD

This was released on 27th Sep (see Play.com). It includes an in-depth and specially filmed documentary featuring interviews with cast members, (including Simon Pegg, Jessica Stevenson, Nick Frost), cameo actors (Bill Bailey, David Walliams, Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith) and even journalists (Boyd Hilton from Heat and the Sunday Telegraph's James Delingpole).

David is interviewed several times on the "Skip to the end" Disk 3.

Filming of Series 1 (30 mins into the documentary)

David talks about being "Vulva", working with Paul Kaye (on Dennis Pennis).

Raw footage:

• Vulva and Brian eating ice cream
• Vulva and Brian play with blow-up ball and paddling pool. Lots of groinal apple play!
• Vulva and Hoover on stage (various, including some lovely tongue action)

Mash and Peas

There's a tiny clip from Mash and Peas. The first two screen shots are from the title sequence. The second is from "A puppet lives in my house" (first version).

There are also some extra Vulva deleted scenes on Disk 1 (Series 1)

Synopsis, Quotes and Screen shots from the original series courtesy of Clive 2004.