Lee Nelson stadium ban stops him playing charity match

The FA have let common sense get the better of them again. They have banned BBC Three funnyman Simon Brodkin - aka Lee Nelson - from playing in the Soccer Sixes charity football tournament at Reading FC's Madejski Stadium.

Lee Nelson's '17-point manifesto' for South Shields

Lee Nelson, the character creation of comedian Simon Brodkin, today announced plans to stand in the South Shields by-election on 2 May. Here's his 17-point 'manifesto' for a Well Good South Shields. Riveting.

Lee Nelson withdraws from South Shields by-election

Lee Nelson, the character created by Simon Brodkin, handed in his nomination papers this morning to stand in the by-election for David Miliband's former seat. However, the official list of candidates announced for the South Shields constituency this afternoon stated that he had withdrawn.

Interview: Simon Brodkin

Comic Simon Brodkin reveals how he has been banned from doing stunts by his mum after he was arrested for Man City prank.

Simon Brodkin cautioned over football pitch stunt

A comedian who warmed up with the Manchester City team on the pitch before a Premier League match has escaped prosecution.

Watch Simon Brodkin joke outside court after caution

Lee Nelson' comedian Simon Brodkin played his TV football character outside court today after admitting trespass on a Premier League pitch.

How a well-good stunt landed Simon Brodkin in court

The man behind Lee Nelson tells Ian Burrell he will have to keep a straight face in front of magistrates this week.

Simon Brodkin will face court after pitch invasion

The comedian who snuck on to the pitch posing as a Manchester City player during Saturday's match will face court after being charged yesterday.

Simon Brodkin revives his divisive Lee Nelson character, as one of dozens of alter egos in a new sketch show. It's crass: a well-intentioned satire on church homophobia is slightly ruined by Brodkin playing an African preacher, in blackface; and the Nelson skit sees him pretend to be blind so he can grope a woman, a routine Benny Hill might have thought was a bit basic. Brodkin's performances, for example when he easily sustains a monologue by a gangster who's taken over a failing school, offer some glimmers.

Evidently not satisfied with the untold misery that his awful and ironically named Well Good Show inflicted on humankind, Lee Nelson has returned with a new offering to crush your will to live in the form of Lee Nelson's Well Funny People. From his racist policeman to his gangster headmaster, his Geordie chef to his African priest, and 'old favourites' Jason Bent and Chris from Kavos, this is a mindless, scattergun approach to comedy which is depressingly predictable and incredibly dated.

There's nothing wrong with using stereotypes, as long as you subvert or do something clever with them, a fact which seems to have escaped writer/performer Simon Brodkin's attention. He may have good energy and love doing an accent, but there isn't nearly enough here to redeem this latest lowest common denominator offering from BBC3.