Comedian’s stand against ‘abuse’ of disabled star by nightclub forces BBC to pull podcast

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Media

Description

The BBC has pulled its weekly podcast of a popular radio programme because its presenter, the comedian Russell Brand, refused to allow the corporation to edit out contentious material. Officials admitted they had been unable to distribute podcast copies of Brand’s Sunday morning show because he objected to the omission of a controversial section in which Ade Adepitan, the wheelchair-using basketball player and CBBC presenter, claimed he was abused by doormen at a London nightclub.

Creator

Hugh Muir

Source

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/aug/09/radio.arts

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theguardian.com

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