BBC Radio 4 has axed a show hosted by David Baddiel after outrage over jokes about the Queen’s sex life on her 90th birthday. Don’t Make Me Laugh, which is created and fronted by Baddiel, features panellists discussing topics they are given. One pre-recorded episode, which aired at 6.30pm on the day of the Queen’s 90th birthday, included the subject “The Queen must have had sex at least four times”. Jokes about Queen's sex life in BBC show ruled out of order Read morePanellists, who included the comic Russell Kane, made sex jokes about the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. The BBC received more than 120 complaints about the show and the corporation’s governing body, the BBC Trust, ruled that the panellists’ comments were “personal, intrusive and demeaning”.
Source: The Guardian October 05, 2016 11:15 UTC