Comic fined for anti-Jew comments
French star's history of outrage
11/09/2007 … A French comic has been fined almost £5,000 after he accused Jews of ‘memorial pornography’ for their remembrance of the Holocaust.
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Tue 11 September 2007
© Bravo Jesus gag sparks outrage
US comic Kathy Griffin to be censored
11/09/2007 … American comic Kathy Griffin is to be censored by TV chiefs after enraging hardline Christians with a joke about Jesus.
© ITV Shock news: Davidson is offensive
11/09/2007 … Jim Davidson has left reality show Hell’s Kitchen after making homophobic comments.
Mon 10 September 2007
'Fat, white bastard'? That's fine...
Sir Trevor cleared over Manning jibe
10/09/2007 … Sir Trevor McDonald has been cleared of making offensive comments about Bernard Manning in the week of his death.
© Paula Solloway A 'Buzzcocks' – but for comedy
10/09/2007 … The BBC is working on new radio quiz game, based on archive comedy clips and comedy trivia.
Gervais in privacy row
Ricky sets lawyers on to local paper
10/09/2007 … Ricky Gervais has set his lawyers on to his local newspaper after it printed pictures of his house, claiming it breached his privacy.
Sun 09 September 2007
Comics vs the God bovverers
Legal blitz on catchphrase posters
09/09/2007 … Religious groups have been forced to stop using catchphrases from Little Britain and Catherine Tate to try to persuade youngsters into church.
Fri 07 September 2007
Coogan in Hamlet (the sequel)
07/09/2007 … Steve Coogan is to star in a new comedy movie called Hamlet 2.