Little Britain stars David Walliams and Matt Lucas have been accused of racism after viewers of their latest TV show; Come Fly With Me slammed them for what they saw as racist comedy.

Lucas and Walliams found themselves defending their comedy on the social network platform Twitter. One Twitter fan tweeted…

“Watching replay of Come Fly With Me. Black & White Minstrel Show comes to mind.”

While another tweeted…

“Come Fly with Me. Weak, uninspired parody that stepped clumsily over the line into overt racism. Stupid and unfunny.”

It wasn’t long before Matt Lucas defended the show…

“Comedy has a social function and part of that function is to ruffle feathers. But it’s not as scatological as Little Britain. There are no F-words or vomiting or peeing. Like in Little Britain we try to reflect, affectionately, the multicultural Britain we love. No offence is intended.”

While a BBC spokesperson chirped in with…

“Come Fly With Me had a huge audience and many people loved it. Matt and David play all the characters and they are representing a multicultural society. They are not setting out to offend people

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