Nick Cohen (I)

Blacking up: 'comedy' that dealt in contempt

Little Britain, removed from BBC streaming services, anticipated a coming vindictiveness.

Since when has Steve Coogan stood against censorship?

Why is Index on Censorship cosying up to the tribune of Hacked Off? I have looked everywhere. I have Googled, and asked around. But I can find no evidence that Steve Coogan has ever taken the trouble to defend freedom of speech at home or abroad.

Mock the Nation

Dara O'Briain, a buttery-faced man with a smugly malicious manner, presides over panellists without a political idea in their little heads.

Satirists once had real bite. Not any more