The Daily Mail told yesterday how viewers were outraged by the antics of drunken comedians on the Big Fat Quiz of 2012, presented by controversial comic Jimmy Carr on Sunday.
TV watchdog Ofcom has already received complaints about the pre-recorded show and the countless vile sexual jokes told by stand-up star Jack Whitehall and actor James Corden.
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Crude:
Channel 4 has been further criticised for broadcasting Big Fat Quiz of
the Year, which featured guests Richard Ayoade, Russell Howard, Jonathan
Ross, Jimmy Carr, Jack Whitehall, James Cordon and Gabby Logan
Anger:
Comedian Jack Whitehall and actor James Corden were behind many of the
offensive remarks on Channel 4's Big Fat Quiz of the year 2012. The
broadcaster is under increasing pressure to explain why it aired the
show
Lord Burns, the chairman of Channel 4, last night refused to comment on the broadcast.
After the Mail attempted to speak to him at his home and over the telephone a member of the Channel 4 press office told us he would not be commenting and asked us to stop contacting him.
Criticism:
MP Conor Burns, member of the Commons culture, media and sport select
committee, said he watched part of the programme and found it
'distasteful'
David Abraham, the chief executive of Channel 4, was also unable to comment because he was on holiday in Vietnam, we were told.Now Tory MP Conor Burns, a member of the Commons culture, media and sport select committee, is demanding to know why the quiz was broadcast as early as 9pm.
'I walked into the other room. Sadly this sort of gauche, vulgar “anything goes humour” that appeals to the lowest common denominator in society is becoming more common.
‘I just wonder, given everything that has been going on in the media over the last six months, what has happened to editorial judgment and reason.
‘It was base, unfunny comedy and in some ways I thought its greater crime really was that it just wasn’t funny.
‘In my role on the committee I will be writing to Channel 4 and asking for its editorial explanation for broadcasting such unpleasant output so soon after the watershed.’
Former Gavin and Stacey star Corden, 34, and Marlborough-educated Whitehall, 24, were seen to get drunk on red wine during the quiz which was shown between 9pm and 10.30pm.
Their infantile behaviour was egged on by Jonathan Ross, 52, who lost his job with the BBC after making an abusive phone call to actor Andrew Sachs during a radio show.
Last night the Channel 4 quiz, which attracted an audience of 2.5million, was coming under increased criticism from viewers via the internet and social networking sites such as Twitter.
Cathie Green wrote: ‘No lessons learned from the Brand/Ross event which was on the same gutteral level ...
‘These idiot men are so grossly arrogant, have no sense of respect for others, let alone the people whom they have so sickeningly vilified.’
Patricia Martin wrote: ‘I usually like that quiz but this year we turned over because I was sickened by them being so rude about the Queen and the really bad language.’
Carr later joked that the pair had drunk a bottle of wine each.
After making a disgusting joke about Susan Boyle, Corden appears to realise he has gone too far saying: ‘This is where I do myself in and forget we’re recording this and it’s going to be broadcast on TV.
‘I just think we are having a great time eating pizza.’
Peter Riley tweeted: ‘Big Fat Quiz Of The Year, basically a reminder of what a sorry state Britain has become, and what a disgraceful year 2012 has been.'
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