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Jimmy Carr gets the BBC into trouble with ‘dwarf’ joke on The One Show

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Ofcom have ruled that a joke made by Jimmy Carr on BBC One’s The One Show in November was in ‘breach’ of the broadcasting code of conduct.

During an episode on 4 November, the comedian was asked by host Matt Baker which joke, that audiences find the funniest, has surprised him, and he made a borderline offensive joke about Welsh people.

He then said: ‘I tried to write the shortest joke possible, so I wrote a two-word joke, which was, “Dwarf shortage”.’

He then turned to the camera and said: ‘If you’re a dwarf… Read the full story


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