Not content with bending the USA to his whimsical will, Ricky Gervais has moved beyond the realm of the former Iron Curtain. It’s true - David Brentski will soon become a star in Russia just as he did in the US and of course the UK before that.

The Russian version of The Office - to be known as Ofis, so I’m informed - is apparently just the latest in a line of British comedies that have been adapted for cabbage and beetroot consumers on the streets of Moscow and St Petersberg.

No, it seems that there is also a version of Little Britain - Nasha Russia - a character called Ivan Dulin, who is… the “only gay in the factory”.

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The BBC have reported that Matt Lucas and David Walliams are working on two new films.

Best known for Little Britain (although their Rock Profiles series for UK Play was certainly as funny in places), Lucas and Walliams are apparently developing a new project with Working Title (Hot Fuzz) while simultaneously working with Dreamworks.

Shooting on the US version of Little Britain is apparently underway following the resolution of the Writer’s Strike in the USA.  10 new characters are apparently planned, as well as cultural revisions to some current favourites in the HBO-produced series.

Success in any of these projects would be significant; Lucas and Walliams are now able to command audiences around the world on a par with the Pythons in the late 1970s.

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Just browsing the web the other day, I stumbled across the results of Channel 4’s 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches (2006?). It’s a good mix of contemporary and classic, and despite giving the award to Little Britain I feel that the rest of the table is a pretty good reflection.

In fact the only really contentious point is the presence of The League of Gentlemen, confirming that no one seems to know whether it is a sketch show or a sitcom.

1. Lou and Andy (Swimming Pool) - Little Britain
2. Petshop/Dead Parrot - Monty Python’s Flying Circus
3. Tubbs and Edward (Road Men) - The League of Gentlemen
4. Vicky Pollard (Swimming Pool) - Little Britain
5. Four Candles - The Two Ronnies
6. Going For An English - Goodness Gracious Me
7. Acorn Antiques � Victoria Wood, As Seen On TV
8. Breakfast - The Morecambe and Wise Show
9. Ted and Ralph (Drinking Game) - The Fast Show
10. Good Aids/Bad Aids - Brass Eye

Sketchcom?

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Channel 4 recently rebroadcast their Top 50 Comedy Characters poll, voted by… well, someone voted.

Narrated by Simon Pegg, the top 10 featured Basil Fawlty and Alan Partridge, but I was slightly bewildered to find that some of the greatest comedy characters ever had been sidelined in favour of modern entries.

Now, naturally there is a case for contemporary entries, but they have to deserve their place. Lou and Andy from Little Britain, for instance, like any character from a sketch show, have to be arse-breakingly hilarious – in my mind – to be able to be placed alongside characters from a sitcom.

It’s not rocket science; sketch show characters have around 2-4 minutes to develop per episode, whereas primary sitcom characters are going to have 6 times as much character development their first series. As such, Kris Marshall’s Nick from My Family kicks Lou & Andy’s arses. The ratings will back me up on that one, incidentally.