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Channel 4 buys painting by Hitler - and may let Jimmy Carr destroy it
Art Trouble celebrates the channel's tradition of 'iconoclasm and irreverence'.
The Guardian, 13th October 2022These computer generated posters of comedians will give you nightmares
Artificial intelligence is getting good at generating images... but it's not perfect yet. Comedy writer and performer David Reed has demonstrated this by getting a computer to generate posters for some well-known comedians, and posting the results on Twitter. Prepare to have nightmares...
British Comedy Guide, 13th October 2022Channel 4 criticised for Jimmy Carr show involving Hitler painting
A new Channel 4 show in which a studio audience will decide whether comedian Jimmy Carr should destroy a painting by Adolf Hitler has been criticised.
BBC, 13th October 2022If Jimmy Carr burns a painting by Hitler on Channel 4, I'll be watching
Many are shocked by C4's commission of new show Art Trouble, which will ask whether we can separate monsters from their artworks. But why should we shut down an important debate?
Jordan Tyldesley, i Newspaper, 13th October 2022Jimmy Carr being sued for defamation by his own dad
The dad of stand-up comedian Jimmy Carr is said to be suing him for defamation, with the pair reportedly having been embroiled in a two decades long feud with one another.
Graeme Culliford, The Mirror, 7th October 2022Jimmy Carr to host Channel 4 programme about free expression
Jimmy Carr is to host Art Trouble, a one-off Channel 4 show that explores "the limits of free expression in art".
British Comedy Guide, 22nd August 2022Jimmy Carr on being controversial again and making comedy with a 'strong flavour'
"As a comedian, you desperately want to be liked, but it's okay for people to be offended and to not like it. I mean, there are those who turn it off and say, 'that's a bit much for me and I don't like it,' but to say, 'I don't think anyone should be allowed to hear that,' those are two different things."
Taylor C. Noakes, Cult MTL, 24th July 2022Jimmy Carr blasted over dark 9/11 joke in new Netflix show just months after Holocaust gag
Jimmy Carr's latest controversial joke is included in the streaming giant's new show, The Best Of Netflix Is A Joke: The Festival.
Rose Hill, The Mirror, 21st July 2022Moaning comics are just punching down - and that joke is not funny
Frankie Boyle - who thinks jokes about disabled children are funny - claimed he's now "afraid" to post controversial gags online.
Jean Johansson, Daily Record, 3rd July 2022Arrest that joke! A history of gags so offensive that punters called the cops
Stand-up Joe Lycett has revealed that he was reported to police for one of his routines. From Sacha Baron Cohen to Jo Brand, Brian Logan looks at what happens when laughter and the law collide.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 28th June 2022