The Outcast Comic
- TV documentary
- Sky Arts
- 2016
- 1 episode
Documentary exploring censorship and free speech in comedy, through the centre-right comedian Andrew Lawrence. Also features Al Murray, Reginald D Hunter, Nish Kumar, Shaparak Khorsandi, Brendon Burns and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Documentary
- Broadcast
- 2016
- Channel
- Sky Arts
- Episodes
- 1
- Features
- Andrew Lawrence, Al Murray, Reginald D Hunter, Nish Kumar, Shaparak Khorsandi, Brendon Burns, Steve Bennett, John Moloney and more
- Writers
- Wael Dabbous
- Directors
- Wael Dabbous
- Producers
- Wael Dabbous
- Company
The inside story of how stand-up comic Andrew Lawrence outraged the comedy world and became one of Britain's most hated comedians overnight, when he challenged political correctness in the industry and 'came out' as a right-leaning voter.
In the latest film from award-winning documentary maker Wael Dabbous, The Outcast Comic explores political correctness, free speech and the boundaries of comedy in a time when a culture of censorship threatens to control what can and can't be said in Britain today.
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Single camera
- Picture
- Colour
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Thursday 6th October 2016 at 10pm on Sky Arts
- Episode length
- 1 hour
- Most recent repeats
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- Monday 2nd March 2020 at 3:00am on Sky Arts
- Thursday 27th February 2020 at 11:00pm on Sky Arts
- Wednesday 3rd October 2018 at 10:00pm on Sky Arts