BBC accused of comedy bias as research shows 75pc of slots are taken up by anti-Brexit, left-leaning comedians
Tim Davie, the BBC director-general, has acknowledged that the BBC’s comedy output is seen as too one-sided
12 December 2020 • 9:42pm
Mock the Week
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The BBC has been accused of flagrant bias after new figures show three-quarters of comedy slots on its main channels and airwaves are given to Left-leaning or anti-Brexit comics.
Over the month of November, the corporation featured 141 comedians across 364 slots on television and radio shows including Have I Got News For You on BBC One, Mock the Week on BBC Two and Just a Minute on Radio 4.