How do Little Britain and Shameless use stereotypes to create comedy?
… teenage stereotype is also used. ‘One Foot in the Grave’, is another British comedy that uses many stereotypes such as old people. Showing the elderly, for example as nosy and grumpy. To demonstrate how British television comedies use stereotypes of people and places to create amusement this essay will analyse ‘Little Britain’ and ‘Shameless’. It will focus on specific characters and situations to establish how stereotypes are used to create comedy. ‘Little Britain’ is a hilarious comedy based around and about Britain. The programme was originally on BBC Radio Four, but as it became successful it was transferred to BBC Three as a comedy sketch show, in October 2003. Again, the show’s popularity increased. So it was decided to put in on BBC One. But due to the explicit content of some scenes, they were edited out, as not to offend , it was believed to be “unsuitable for a mainstream audience”. …
