David Walliams purged from iPlayer

The BBC has removed Little Britain from iPlayer following the allegations against David Walliams made public today.

ITV News and The Guardian report that female fans complained he groomed them when they were as young as 15 and harassed women in the workplace.

Walliams denies any wrongdoing and sought an injunction to stop the allegations being aired, with lawyers claiming he would be at risk of suicide should they be made public. However, he lost that bid, and missed yesterday’s deadline to appeal, meaning the media outlets were free to publish the results of their three-year investigation.

The BBC said:‘These are serious allegations. As such, the BBC is looking carefully at all material featuring and written by David Walliams on our platforms. We are in the process of removing some programmes, including Little Britain, whilst this review is under way.’

Also gone are The Doctor Who episode, God Complex, in which he guest starred and the adaptation of his kids’ book Gangsta Granny. A fake behind-the-scenes promotional short joking about how difficult her was to work on that programme currently remains on the BBC website.

At the time of writing, some of his radio appearances, such as Desert Island Discs and podcast interviews with the likes of Graham Norton, Sheridan Smith and  Laura Whitmore remain on BBC Sounds.

Here is the ITV documentary:

Published: 10 Nov 2026