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‘Little Britain’ and ‘Come Fly With Me’ removed from streaming services over use of blackface

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Little Britain and Come Fly With Me have been removed from Netflix, BBC iPlayer and Britbox over their use of blackface.In light of the Black Lives Matter protests and global conversations about systemic racism, the TV series have been taken down.“There’s a lot of historical programming available on BBC iPlayer, which we regularly review,” a BBC spokesperson said in a statement. “Times have changed since Little Britain first aired so it is not currently available on BBC iPlayer.”The sentiment was echoed by a spokesperson for BritBox, the subscription service prioritising British boxsets, “Times have changed since Little Britain first aired, so it is not currently available on BritBox.

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