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.
2020 News
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Wed 10 June 2020
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.
Celebrating Frank Sidebottom online
'It'll be like Live Aid with gaffer tape and cardboard'
10/06/2020 … Rare and unseen Frank Sidebottom footage is to be screened online later this month to mark the tenth anniversary of creator Chris Sievey’s death.
Mark Watson launches a drive-in tour
With Ed Byrne, Shappi Khorsandi ... and celebrity chef Tom Kerridge
10/06/2020 … Mark Watson is spearheading a new series of drive-in comedy shows.
© Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0 Inbetweeners creators working on a new show for Will Arnett
...who already appears in their BBC Two comedy The First Team
10/06/2020 … The Inbetweeners creators Iain Morris and Damon Beesley are working on a new show for Will Arnett.
Tue 09 June 2020
© BBC Little Britain pulled over blackface
Matt Lucas and David Walliams's Come Fly With Me also vanishes from streaming services
09/06/2020 … Little Britain has been pulled from streaming services because Matt Lucas and David Walliams used blackface for some of their characters.
Janey Godley leads Scottish Comedy Award nominees
Four nods as shortlists revealed
09/06/2020 … Janey Godley leads the shortlists in this year’s Scottish Comedy Awards, securing four nominations.
Top comedy writers to mentor BAME talent
09/06/2020 … Established comedy writers are offering a year's free mentoring to BAME talent hoping to break into the business.