Little Britain sketch is ‘explicitly racist and outdated’, UK watchdog research finds

The sketch shows David Walliams as university employee Linda Flint describing an Asian student, Kenneth Lao, over the phone to her manager

Little Britain stars David Walliams (left) and Matt Lucas (Ian West/PA)

A controversial Little Britain sketch is “explicitly racist and outdated”, and it is surprising it is still available on BBC iPlayer, according to audience research by the UK regulator Ofcom.

The regulator showed people a number of clips of television as part of a study into audience expectations on potentially offensive content across linear TV and streaming services.