British Comedy Guide

David Lammy

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Radio 4 orders free speech comedy show Unsafe Space, despite protests

Radio 4 has commissioned Unsafe Space, a "provocative" comedy and debate show championing free speech and broader class representation, despite protesters allegedly threatening to shut it down by blowing airhorns during the recording.

British Comedy Guide, 8th December 2022

Post-Comic Relief criticism of David Lammy is a joke

The objection is not about what Comic Relief do. Since they were founded they have raised over £1 billion for good causes both in the UK and abroad, and that is worthy of praise. The objection is in how Comic Relief and similar organisations portray the work they are doing. Images have an unfortunate history of racialised appropriation. Actively combating this torrid tradition would be a step in the right direction when it comes to overturning centuries of nationalist power play.

James Hanton, The Student Newspaper, 28th March 2019

What Labour MPs make of political comedy Labour of Love

The mountains of leaflets, the WhatsApp groups, the election night panic ... Harriet Harman, Tracy Brabin and David Lammy on what the play gets right - and wrong.

Chris Wiegand and Emine Saner, The Guardian, 1st November 2017

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