BBC pulls Chris Lilley's blackface clips
...after initially refusing to bow to pressure
10/06/2020 … The BBC has quietly removed clips of Australian comedian Chris Lilley in blackface from its website.
2020 Archives
Wed 10 June 2020
Ant and Dec apologise over blackface
'we are sincerely sorry to everyone that was offended'
10/06/2020 … Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly have apologised for using blackface in Saturday Night Takeaway.
© GCB Films/Infinity Hill Staged
10/06/2020 … Everyone in lockdown feels variously bored, distracted and listless and struggling to hold on to reality.
Bill & Ted Face The Music: First trailer
With Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter
10/06/2020 … The first trailer has been released for Bill & Ted Face The Music, the third instalment in the season.
© C4 Thriller role for Aisling Bea
10/06/2020 … Aisling Bea and Nick Frost are to star in a crime-thriller movie described as ‘Fargo in England’ Sweet Dreams is about ‘a series of unfortunate…
Netflix pulls League Of Gentlemen in blackface row
As BBC faces questions over Chris Lilley clips still online
10/06/2020 … The League Of Gentlemen has been pulled from Netflix in the continuing row over blackface in comedy.
In for a penny, in for £5,000
Ronnie Barker's lucky coin goes under the hammer
10/06/2020 … Ronnie Barker’s lucky penny is to go under the hammer this month, with an estimate of up to £5,000.
No'Selecta!
Channel 4 pulls show after Leigh Francis's 'blackface' apology
10/06/2020 … Bo’Selecta! has been pulled from Channel 4’s on-demand service amid the ongoing debate about comedians using blackface, Chortle can reveal.