Two episodes out of six of the "Little Britain USA" series that aired on HBO in 2008 are still up on HBO's VOD and presumably on HBO Max and whatever the other streamer is called. Whether the remaining episodes (2 and 5) don't have any of the blackface characters, I don't know.
I do know that the series that Australian Chris Lilley did for HBO (with the Australian pubcaster the ABC) that featured characters in blackface are off of HBO's VOD, as Netflix has taken them off in other countries. The one exception, "We Can Be Heroes: The Search for the Australian of the Year," Lilley's first series, was seen in the U.S. under the title "The Nominees" on SundanceTV when it was the commercial-free Sundance Channel co-owned by Viacom and NBC with Robert Redford. The Lilley series are "Summer Heights High," "Angry Boys," "Ja'mie: Private School Girl" and "Jonah from Tonga" (there's your blackface right there--the character originated in "Summer Heights High" and Maori Television in New Zealand aired the first episode and said that they could not bring themselves to air the rest of the series). Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 9:36 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Adam Bowie, to moi, in part, Friday (6/12): >> >> We've also seen a number of other comedies like Little Britain (something >> I've never liked) and Bo' Selecta being withdrawn from iPlayer, Netflix and >> All4 since characters appear in blackface. >> >>> >>> > "Little Britain" creators Matt Lucas and David Walliams issued > nearly-identical apologies... > https://tvline.com/2020/06/13/little-britain-creators-apologize-blackface-netflix-removal/ > (link) > > B > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/48629d3f-f6dd-42b2-b606-d7a01ef2fc7eo%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/48629d3f-f6dd-42b2-b606-d7a01ef2fc7eo%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi-1_YzsmM7nRYK_CvUBZLqd0MH-Rsr7UZe_GfSe9H9Q1A%40mail.gmail.com.
