Jimmy Carr
The week in TV: Doctor Who; Jimmy Carr Destroys Art; The Pact; The Devil’s Hour – review
Jodie Whittaker’s sendoff as the Doctor was overstuffed with its own history, while Channel 4’s take on cancel culture missed its mark
Barbara Ellen
30, Oct, 2022 @9:30 AM
TV tonight: is this the most controversial show of the year?
The comedian goes ahead with this questionable TV experiment. Plus: Stormzy is the first guest in Louis Theroux’s new celebrity interview series. Here’s what to watch this evening
Hollie Richardson, Graeme Virtue, Sammy Gecsoyler and Jack Seale
25, Oct, 2022 @5:20 AM
Tasteless Hitler painting show will be Channel 4’s downfall | Letter
Letter: Adam Fineberg on the filming of Jimmy Carr Destroys Art, which he left because it was ‘debased and debauched’
Letters
18, Oct, 2022 @5:35 PM
Hitler’s watercolours are best ignored, but you have to reckon with the power of Eric Gill | Martha Gill
A planned show featuring works by the evil and corrupt has caused outrage, but it asks some useful questions
Martha Gill
16, Oct, 2022 @5:30 AM
Backlash against C4 show that may destroy works by Hitler and Picasso
Jimmy Carr-fronted show accused of seeking attention with something akin to book burning
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent
13, Oct, 2022 @5:17 PM
Channel 4 buys painting by Hitler – and may let Jimmy Carr destroy it
Ian Katz says new show celebrates the channel’s tradition of ‘iconoclasm and irreverence’
Jim Waterson Media editor
13, Oct, 2022 @5:14 PM
Backstage With Katherine Ryan review – there are laughs, but why does it feel so cringemaking?
Ryan and fellow standups from Jimmy Carr to Desiree Burch are filmed behind the scenes, but no one really lets rip. What a wasted opportunity
Lucy Mangan
09, Jun, 2022 @1:38 PM
Backstage With Katherine Ryan – the secrets of standups revealed, kind of
A series that promises to expose the offstage antics of comics including Seann Walsh and Jimmy Carr gets off to a slick and intriguing start
Brian Logan
07, Jun, 2022 @1:39 PM
‘Everyone has one cancellation in them’: standup Joanne McNally on her unfiltered comedy
From career doldrums to fending off pantless stage invaders, the straight-talking Irish comic’s journey to becoming a must-see act has been a wild ride
Rachel Aroesti
14, Apr, 2022 @1:00 PM
Protest takes place outside Jimmy Carr Cambridge gig in response to Roma joke
Around 100 people attend demonstration outside the Corn Exchange over joke about Nazi killings
Tobi Thomas
16, Feb, 2022 @8:32 PM
Add genocide of Gypsies to national curriculum, say charities
Forty organisations call for ‘meaningful change’ after Jimmy Carr’s joke about mass murder of Roma and Sinti people
Sally Weale Education correspondent
09, Feb, 2022 @7:59 PM
The Guardian view on anti-Traveller prejudice: the aim must be inclusion | Editorial
Editorial: By criminalising their lifestyle, the government will push Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people closer to the edge
Editorial
08, Feb, 2022 @7:16 PM
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