Could ‘Little Britain USA’ Be the Way?

A very unusual Transatlantic experiment will take place on Sept. 28. That’s when HBO is set to air Little Britain USA, essentially the fourth season of the BBC’s Little Britain.

Shot in Wilmington, NC, the six-part series also will air on the BBC in the UK and The Movie Network in Canada.

In addition to the usual gang of outrageous characters featured in previous series of Little Britain, this year’s entry also will include some new American ones:

• “Sweet American Teen Connor and his grandmother Mildred”
• “Misguided beauty pageant hopeful Ellie-Grace and her pushy mother” (pictured)
• Iron-pumpers Tom and Mark
• Bing Gordyn, the eighth astronaut on the moon

Up till now, Little Britain has been seen in the USA only on the BBC America cable channel. It remains to be seen what effect filming the series in the US for a combined UK/North American audience will have on the often-crude sketch show. Could this finally be a successful compromise between airing British programs in America and remaking them with American casts?