Little Britain Series One

I've been catching up with Little Britain over the last three months having never watched more than a fraction of an episode previously. I have been suitably entertained and amazed by a humour that beats Chris Morris and the Trigger Happy approach to sickeningly accurate portrayals of faulty ways of living. The different with the makers of LB is that they show up our own foibles and behaviours, mediated to us through the most tasteless of characters -- its funny because it reminds us of ourselves. Take for instance 'the only gay in the village' its much more to do with wanting to be special than it is to do with sexuality for me -- I can still picture him blocking the door to the pub on the first 'gay night' he puts on, appalled at the crowds who turn up to join him.