Once, Richard Thomas’s Jerry Springer the Opera, to which I contributed unpopular elements, held the TV hate record, with 62,000 complaints. But last week it was out-hated by the BBC’s saturation coverage of Prince Philip’s death, which didn’t even win four Olivier awards and had no singing coprophiles. BBC appeasements of unappeasable bad faith actors…
On 23 March 2020, 74 days after China declared coronavirus to the WHO, Britain went into lockdown. In the interim Boris “I Shook Hands With Everyone” Johnson had ignored emails about a Europe-wide PPE purchasing scheme; ignored experts’ recommendations to close pubs and restaurants; taken a holiday in Kent, back before it became clogged with…
As a Bafta- and Olivier-winning cultural innovator, described by the Times as “the world’s greatest living standup” and by the Scotsman as having helped set “the new gold standard for rockumentaries”, I was invited last week to address a parliamentary select committee meeting on “the statue problem”. The culture secretary, Oliver Dowden, dabbed his two…
Before Brexit, 44% of British musicians, including my showbusiness friend Fish from Marillion, earned up to half their income from now inaccessible European audiences. But, should Fish find some way around the government’s failure to preserve artists’ touring opportunities, his unfortunate choice of stage name could mean he was still subject to time-consuming delays at…
In 2019, Jeremy Hunt, who once hid behind a tree to avoid the press on the way to a party, said politicians boycotting Donald Trump’s state visit were exhibiting “virtue signalling of the worst kind”. Was Hunt also virtue signalling last week, then, when he conceded that Trump “shames American democracy”? Or have the goalposts,…
An eel farmer in Gloucestershire who exports eels to continental Europe, and who voted for Brexit, may lose his business because of eel paperwork incurred by the red-tape-removing Brexit he voted for. One can only pity him, and his eels. The time for filthy Remainer schadenfreude has passed. But regular readers will remember that I…
John Robins, Comedian
John Robins, Comedian
Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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Hiewy, Youtube
Gwaites, Digitalspy
Gwaites, Digitalspy
Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
Fairy Pingu, Twitter
Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
Pudabaya, Twitter
Pudabaya, Twitter
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
Contrapuntal, Twitter
Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Shit Crit, Twitter
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Wharto15, Twitter
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Anon, westhamonline.com
Bosco239, youtube
Bosco239, youtube
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
A D Ward, Twitter
A D Ward, Twitter
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Danazawa, Youtube
FBC, finalgear.com
FBC, finalgear.com
BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
Robert Gavin, Twitter
Robert Gavin, Twitter
Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Richard Herring, Comedian
Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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Tokyofist, Youtube
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Mearecate, Youtube
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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World Without End, Twitter
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Chez, Chortle.com
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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Stuart, Chortle
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
Microcuts 22, Twitter
Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Stokeylitfest, Twitter
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Keilloh, Twitter
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Jamespearse, Twitter
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
Mpf1947, Youtube
Mpf1947, Youtube
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Jackmumf, Twitter
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Cyberbloke, Twitter
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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Clampdown59, Twitter.
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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Z-factor, Twitter.
Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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Idrie, Youtube
Emilyistrendy, Youtube
Emilyistrendy, Youtube
Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
Sweeping Curves, Twitter
Sweeping Curves, Twitter
James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
Joe, Independent.co.uk
Joe, Independent.co.uk
Secretdeveloper, Youtube
Secretdeveloper, Youtube
Anamatronix, Youtube
Anamatronix, Youtube
12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
Sidsings000, Youtube
Sidsings000, Youtube
Liam Travitt, Twitter
Liam Travitt, Twitter
Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
Meninblack, Twitter
Meninblack, Twitter
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
Fowkes81, Twitter
Fowkes81, Twitter
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
Rubyshoes, Twitter
Rubyshoes, Twitter
Brighton Argus
Brighton Argus
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Guest1001, Youtube
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Funday’schild, youtube.
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
Tres Ryan, Twitter
Tres Ryan, Twitter
Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Kozzy06, Youtube
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
Leach Juice, Twitter
Leach Juice, Twitter
Len Firewood, Twitter
Len Firewood, Twitter
Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
Alwyn, Digiguide.tv