Vicky Pollard
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| Little Britain Character "Vicky" Victoria Pollard |
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 Matt Lucas as "Vicky" Victoria Pollard |
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| First appearance | Pilot episode |
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| Aliases | Beth Lewis |
| Gender | Female |
| Year of birth | 1989 Bristol |
| Occupation | Phone sex worker, Babysitter. |
| Family | Shelley Pollard (Mother), Ken Pollard (Father), Katie Pollard (Twin Sister) |
| Children | 12 and counting |
| Portrayed by | Matt Lucas |
| Created by | David Walliams and Matt Lucas |
Vicky Pollard is a fictional character from the BBC television and radio series Little Britain, played by Matt Lucas. She is known for her fast-paced, inarticulate speech and catchphrases.
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[edit] Personality
Vicky is a moody, obnoxious teenage girl seemingly incapable of doing much but gossip in a strong Bristol accent. She is a representation of teenage delinquents[1] and chavs.
When questioned about some aspect of her behaviour, Vicky will usually reply defensively with one of her several catchphrases, including "Yeah but no but yeah but no but...", "What-eva!", "Oh my god! I soooo can't believe you just said that!", "Shut up! I ain't even dun nuffin' or nuffin'!" and "Don't go giving me evils!" She will defend herself by going off on a long rant in which she relates gossip about people who have nothing to do with the predicament she is in.
[edit] Appearance
Vicky is often seen as the ultimate television chav[citation needed], although she was created before the term came into popular usage.[citation needed] She is usually dressed in a pink Kappa tracksuit with her hair pulled up in a scrunchy. She seems unaware at how grotesque her appearance is, sometimes describing herself as "fit", meaning attractive.
[edit] Personal history
Vicky was born in 1989 in Bristol, or "Brissle" as it is locally known[2] and most likely lives in a fictional place called Darkley Noone, where most of her sketches are set. The Little Britain Live programme reveals that she left school at 11 with six ASBOs to her name. As of series three she has had at least 12 children, some of whom appear dressed identically to her. In series one she revealed that she had exchanged one of her children for a Westlife CD.
The official series two tie-in script book featured a Jobseeker's Allowance benefit claim form partially filled in by Vicky, listing her previous occupations as a "retale sistant" (Retail Assistant), chicken slaughterer (at which she lasted less than two hours) and erotic dancer at Spearmint Rhino.
Her television credits include "roles" in Crimewatch (on which she appeared 27 times), South West Today in a segment on happy slapping, and on various closed-circuit television cameras. She also once slapped Jessica from Liberty X for "giving her evils".
Despite the fact that Vicky often seems to get into trouble at the end of her sketches, including appearances in court and arrests for shoplifting, she always seems to have avoided any serious penalties by her next appearance.
[edit] Role in series
Vicky has appeared in all but one Little Britain episode to date (including the pilot and the Comic Relief special). She did not appear in episode four of series three.
Vicky has a counterpart played by David Walliams, called Jackie Hayes, whom Vicky encountered at Borstal in an incident where she supposedly bit her. Jackie looks and talks exactly like Vicky does, except she wears blue instead of pink. When the governess at Borstal questions both girls about the biting incident, they get into a heated argument trying simultaneously to explain their side of the story by relating gossip about completely unrelated events. The governess, fed up with the pair of them, tells both girls to "piss off".
Unlike some of characters in Little Britain, Vicky had a fairly uneventful role in the last episode of the third series. A sketch simply showed her going to a newsagent and trying to claim money with a fake lottery ticket.
She appeared in the Christmas Special "Little Britain Abroad", in which she was imprisoned in a Thai prison for smuggling heroin. Dawn French guest-starred as Vicky's mother, Shelley Pollard, who shared her daughter's inarticulate speech patterns. Vicky was sentenced to 10 years in jail (Shelley received 20), making it uncertain whether she will appear in a possible fourth series of the show. However, most fans believe there may be a possibility the two may have escaped[citation needed].
[edit] Trivia
Vicky's full name is alternately given as Victoria Titania Pollard in the series two script book and Victoria Henrietta Pollard in the series three script book. The character was originally going to be called Vicky Collier[citation needed], and the reason for the change has not been revealed, although a series one episode showed her encounter with a teacher called Mr Collier, who reprimanded her for failure to hand in an essay on time.
[edit] References and notes
- ^ BBC official Vicky Pollard page
- ^ Little Britain Live programme
