The BBC has confirmed that it has pulled a number of TV shows written by or featuring David Walliams from its iPlayer service.
On Tuesday afternoon, The Guardian and the news production company ITN published allegations of sexual misconduct which numerous women had made against the former Britain’s Got Talent judge, as part of a three-year investigation.
Among these allegations were claims that Walliams “groomed” some of the women as teenagers, while another specifically accused him of sexual assault.
While Walliams has denied all of the accusations levelled against him, the BBC has announced that it has pulled multiple shows from its iPlayer streaming platform, including Little Britain.
“These are serious allegations,” a BBC spokesperson said. “As such, the BBC is looking carefully at all material featuring and written by David Walliams on our platforms.
“We are in the process of removing some programmes, including Little Britain, whilst this review is underway.”
In a statement issued to the media on Tuesday, Walliams said: “Looking back, I realise that at times I behaved thoughtlessly towards other people I had casual sexual relationships with. I realise I did not always take people’s feelings properly into account. That is something I regret.
“And whilst a power imbalance is inevitable when one party is famous, abusing that power is something else entirely and it is something that I never did…”
Insisting he is “not a sexual predator” and had “not broken the law”, Walliams continued: “I am devastated that some of the women I met 10 to 20 years ago have now expressed hurt or anger towards me.”
Walliams first rose to fame alongside his comedy partner Matt Lucas, appearing in sketch series like Come Fly With Me, Rock Profile and, most notably, Little Britain.
His profile continued to grow during his time on the Britain’s Got Talent judging panel, and he also became a successful children’s author.
In December 2025, it was revealed that his publisher HarperCollins UK – with whom he had previously collaborated on more than 20 children’s books – had “decided not to publish any new titles” by Walliams following an investigation into his conduct.
At the time, The Telegraph reported allegations had been made that he had behaved inappropriately towards young women at the company.
“HarperCollins takes employee well-being extremely seriously and has processes in place for reporting and investigating concerns,” a HarperCollins rep said at the time, while declining to comment any more specifically on “internal matters”.
Walliams’ agent responded: “David has never been informed of any allegations raised against him by HarperCollins.
“He was not party to any investigation or given any opportunity to answer questions. David strongly denies that he has behaved inappropriately and is taking legal advice.”
More recently, in September 2026, HarperCollins confirmed it had dropped Walliams’ backlist, meaning it would be phasing out his past titles, while Alton Towers confirmed last week that an area of the park inspired by his stories had been closed permanently.
Since the allegations were made public, Walliams has also been dropped by his literary agent.
