Little Britain Swings American

There's both a proud (The Office) and embarrassing (Coupling) tradition of adapting hit British TV series into American shows.

Romeo has high hopes regarding the recent announcement that the comedy geniuses behind Little Britain (gay Matt Lucas and straight David Walliams) will be making a U.S. version of their smash sketch-comedy show for HBO.

Viewers of BBC America are already familiar with the duo's naughty, hysterical characters, including Daffyd, who's wrongly convinced that he's the "only gay" in his Welsh mining village.

Can't wait to see how Daffyd, slutty teen Vickie Pollard, unconvincing drag queen Emily Howard, and all the rest play with American accents.

And, as Romeo previously reported, queer TV mogul Darren Star is Americanizing the pitch-black British sitcom Nighty Night, so it looks like a new British Invasion is well underway.