
Orkestern som består av åtta personer, bildades 1985 och har kultförklarats i Storbritannien och har även rönt stor framgång i Sverige. Ett av deras motton är: "six strings bad, four strings good".

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain has been called "not only a national institution, but also a world-wide phenomenon". The UOGB has consistently received critical praise from the media for its concerts.

Over the years the UOGB has released over 30 albums, but have spent most of their time touring around the world. Lux died in 2017, two years after retiring from the orchestra due to chronic ill health. Along with Kitty Lux and George Hinchcliffe, David Suich and Ritchie Williams are original members Hester Goodman, Will Grove-White, Jonty Bankes, Peter Brooke Turner joined in the early 1990s, Leisa Rea joined in 2003, Ben Rouse in 2014 and Laura Currie in 2021. The UOGB has purposely remained an independent music group, unsigned to any record label. Songs are introduced with light hearted deadpan humour, and juxtaposition is a feature of their act, the members of the orchestra wear semi-formal (black tie) evening dress and sit behind music stands, in a parody of a classical ensemble. The songs are often performed with a reinterpretation, sometimes with a complete genre twist, or well known songs from multiple genres are seamlessly woven together. The UOGB is best known for performing covers of popular songs and musical pieces from a wide variety of music genres taken "from the rich pageant of western music". The orchestra features ukuleles of various sizes and registers from soprano to bass.

Goode de Chuck Berry et Wuthering Heights de Kate Bush.Le Bon, la Brute et le Truand de Ennio Morricone ou encore Shaft d'Isaac Hayes Ils ont été les invités de plusieurs émissions télévisées comme l'épisode 6 de la saison 4 de la série télévisée britannique Skins, Tomorrow's World, Blue Peter, The Slammer, Richard & Judy, This Morning et d'autres émissions britanniques.
#Ukulele orchestra of great britain pinball wizard plus
Ils ont notamment fait des reprises de Je t'aime… moi non plus de Serge Gainsbourg, Johnny B.

Le groupe : George Hinchliffe, Dave Suich, Peter Brooke-Turner, Hester Goodman, Richie Williams, Kitty Lux, Will Grove-White, Jonty Bankes (à la basse).
