Little Britain goes large in US

Little Britain USA finally launches on HBO in the US next week, with a host of new characters such as Phyllis, who is powerless to ignore suggestions from her manipulative King Charles spaniel; Mark and Tom, hyper-masculine gym buddies who will do anything for each other and Ellie-Grace, a "frilly little girl with the mouth of a truck driver" are unleashed alongside old favourites such as Dafydd, Marjorie Dawes and Vicky Pollard. BBC1 has snapped up the rights and will show the series later this year but, in the meantime, check out this taster on the HBO website which tells just how the show was put together. Rosie O'Donnell for one seems very excited.