Meet the new residents of Little Britain

Little Britain returns to BBC Three for a second series on October 19.

As well as cult favourites such as rubbish transvestite Emily Howard, wheelchair user Andy and his carer Lou, and teenage mum Vicky Pollard,  Matt Lucas and David Walliams will unveil a cast of new characters.

The series also includes a number of guest appearances, including Hi-Di-Hi’s Ruth Madoc, as the mother of Daffyd – the only gay in the village; Nigel Havers as the leader of the Opposition and Vanessa Fletz as the new face of Fat Fighters.

Here is a preview of some of the new additions to the Little Briton canon…

Rachel and Nicola (above)

Rachel and Nicola are two sophisticated, modern, single women looking for that special someone. In between the spritzers and sea breezes, they keep track of their dates and potential partners by taking some very strange Polaroids of their anatomy…

Bubbles

Bubbles (Lucas) is the obese wife of a mysteriously absent businessman who spends her every waking moment being pampered and preened in a health spa.

Whenever the manager, Mr Hutton, tries to establish how her elusive husband intends on paying her ever-expanding bill, she fobs him off with “alternative” methods of payment, which mainly seem to involve her naked flesh…

Harvey

Harvey (Walliams) is a well-to-do young man with the image to match – the classic car, the cravat, the family home in the country – and is introducing his new fiancée to his rather posh parents. There is a splendid wedding to plan, but Harvey has a disturbing babyish habit that his mother and father seem to find quite normal…

Judy and Maggie

Whether it’s at the “bring and buy”, the village fête judging the cake competition, meeting a Tory candidate or looking after the cub Scouts, Judy and Maggie  are a couple of regular middle-class ladies – unless they find something distasteful about you …

Doug at rehab

At a rehab centre, Doug (Lucas) is an expert counsellor when it comes to drugs. Whether it’s cocaine, H, skank or acid, Doug has been there and done that, which is why he can help others deal with their addictions, reaching out and giving them his knowledge and experience. Except that Doug hasn’t really been there and done that at all – in fact, the closest he has come to drugs is smelling a marker pen….

Carol at the bank (not pictured)

Published: 3 Oct 2004