Little Britain Live UK was 'Little Britain's Big Swim' which featured David Walliams swimming the English Channel. Daffyd Thomas's song "I'm Gay" was recorded in a studio and released as an Internet-only single on the UK and Australian iTunes Stores. This is a night of "Little Britain Live" with celebrity guests such as Kate Moss and Peter Kay. £3 from each DVD sale goes to Comic Relief. A live "Little Britain" show was made for Comic Relief at the Hammersmith Apollo on 22 November 2006, and featured many guest artists and celebrities. This version was released in March 2007 and televised as part
Comic relief the Renaissance England Marlowe among the University Wits introduced comic relief through the presentation of crude scenes in Doctor Faustus following the native tradition of Interlude which was usually introduced between two tragic plays. In fact, in the classical tradition the mingling of the tragic and the comic was not allowed. William Shakespeare deviated from the classical tradition and used comic relief in "Hamlet", "Macbeth", "Othello", "The Merchant of Venice" and "Romeo and Juliet". The Porter scene in "Macbeth", the grave-digger scene in "Hamlet" and the gulling of Roderigo provide immense comic relief. The mockery of the fool in "King