David Walliams Cut From Fing!, Sky Exits as UK and Ireland Licensee

David Walliams has been cut from the film Fing!, and Sky has pulled out as the film's UK and Ireland licensee, according to Deadline, published on 10 November 2026. A licensee is the company that pays for the right to show a film in a particular territory. Sky has also removed content featuring Walliams from its platforms.

The moves follow a joint investigation by ITV News and The Guardian. Deadline reports that the investigation was based on conversations with more than 100 sources. Women accuse Walliams of using his fame to pursue girls and young women as young as 15 for sexual purposes, including through Britain's Got Talent. Walliams, 55, is best known for Little Britain and that ITV talent show. He denies being a sexual predator or breaking the law.

Deadline also reports that Walliams lost a bid for an injunction that would have stopped ITV News and The Guardian publishing the investigation. His literary agent at Independent Talent has dropped him. The BBC is removing episodes of Little Britain from its iPlayer service.

Walliams will have no involvement in the release or promotion of Fing!. The film also stars Taika Waititi, Mia Wasikowska, Matt Lucas and Iona Bell. Angel will release it in the United States in early January, according to Deadline.

Sales on the film are being handled by AGC, which continues talks at the American Film Market. That market, held each November, is where distributors buy and sell rights to independent films for different countries.

For a film with a cast this size, a change to one role late in the process is unusual, and it lands on the people who made the picture as well as the performers. Walliams's cameo had been part of the film, and now it is not. Sky's exit leaves the UK and Ireland rights open, and the film's other partners have not been named.

The allegations are serious, and they are not proven in court. Walliams denies them.