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Horrible Histories? We're living through one right now

The supposed "lack of patriotism" in the CBBC show is another poor excuse from those who would dismantle public broadcasting, says Stewart Lee.

Why is CBBC trolling Brexiteers?

That Nish Kumar / Horrible Histories thing shows that Remoaners have won the culture war.

Horrible Histories Brexit special condemned

The BBC's very own high-profile political heavyweight Andrew Neil was unimpressed by the satirical take on "what we'll miss".

Jimmy Carr returns as the sarky quizmaster in this bumper edition of his anarchic celeb gameshow. Guests Claudia Winkleman, Nish Kumar, Joe Lycett, Alan Carr, Stacey Solomon and Jonathan Ross are all put through their paces in an eccentric celebration of the past 10 years.

BBC, the public thinks your values stink

"I see that the BBC has decided to make Nish Kumar one of the regular presenters of the Radio 4 comedy programme The News Quiz. I suppose it thinks he ticks a box - not for his ethnicity but because, like seemingly every other comedian employed by the corporation, he is about as funny as kidney stones or gas gangrene of the shin", says Rod Liddle.

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Nish Kumar gig in Brighton turns 'ugly and hostile'

A Nish Kumar gig at the Brighton Dome turned "ugly and hostile" last night. Kumar was the headline act and the first half of his performance went into great detail about the recent "bread roll incident" - which saw the political comedian being booed and heckled and eventually a bread roll thrown at the stage at the Lord Taverner's charity event earlier this month. But towards the end of the Brighton set, The Mash Report presenter was interrupted by a number of hecklers. One repeatedly shouted at him not to talk about the election, another simply shouted "bread roll" and told him to tell a joke, and another made remarks about minorities.

Details of Alternative Election Night line-up revealed

Joining the political bigwigs will be a host comedians including: Jimmy Carr, Nish Kumar, Henning Wehn, Geoff Norcott, Sophie Willan and Tez Ilyas.