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January 2009
There's not much to laugh at these days - especially if you're working class
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January 2009
Critics of Ross and Brand called for sterner intervention from the BBC director-general. Is censorship really the answer?
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January 2009
The comedy of self-recognition invites us to laugh gently at ourselves, rather than despise others
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January 2009
Fawlty Towers is too politically incorrect and too well written to be shown today
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