Why Russell was dropped from TV show

Russell Kane has been dropped from a TV show – for fear his fast-moving performance could induce epilepsy.

The Essex stand-up recorded a set for Russell Howard's Good News, which was due to be broadcast on BBC Three tonight, but producers cut the segment because he moved around too much.

Cameras panning to keep up with him caused a strobing effect on the background to the set, which is made up of giant TV displays.

Kane, who last month caused controversy in Australia for joking about autistic children on similarly titled TV show Good News Week, told Chortle: ' It's funny, but a bit gutting too.

‘I have been completely cut from tonight's Good News on BBC Three because I moved so quickly on the stage that I made the background behind me strobe. The recording failed the epilepsy safety test.'

'I'm now so fast I can induce seizures,’ he joked.

Kane said he will now appear on the next series of the show, where he promised to be ‘much less twitchy’.

Published: 8 May 2010