Nigel Farage furious over TV show assassinating 'Neil Fromage'

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Nigel Farage furious over TV show assassinating 'Neil Fromage'

1st July 2019

The Brexit party leader has slammed Channel 4 for their ‘totally sick’ show Year of the Rabbit, in which a right-wing campaigner gets shot in the head


Nigel Farage and Neil Fromage in Year of The Rabbit.

Nigel Farage has spoken out against Channel 4 for a “totally sick” scene in the comedy Year of The Rabbit that shows a right-wing campaigner named Neil Fromage being shot in the head.

The Brexit party leader called the moment in the Matt Berry-starring spoof show, in which the character of Fromage is killed while giving an anti-immigration speech, “totally sick and frankly irresponsible”.

Speaking to the Daily Star on Sunday, Farage went on to attack the network: “With Channel 4, we have reached a point where they are so partisan politically in everything they do that they now consistently go beyond what’s acceptable.”

The comedy about a policeman romping swearily around rat-ridden Victorian London was described by the Guardian review as “a heady mix of period detail, gleeful anachronism and baroque profanity”.

In the assassination scene, Fromage takes to a soapbox and says: “Immigrants infest this city they do … like a cancer. And if they take over, you can be sure of one thing.” “Far better restaurants?” a character in the crowd interjects. “Blood, blood, blood.”

Farage’s outrage comes weeks after his fury at comedian Jo Brand, who made a gag on BBC Radio 4 show Heresy about the recent incident at which a milkshake was thrown over him: “Why bother with a milkshake when you could get some battery acid?” The BBC said Brand’s jokes were “deliberately provocative”, as the show’s title suggests.

A spokesperson for Channel 4 said: “Year of the Rabbit is a purposefully outrageous and heightened comedy set in Victorian-era London featuring exaggerated and ridiculous fictional characters and in this context it is clear to viewers that the actions of these characters – be they grave robbers, murderous historical preservation enthusiasts or serial killer politicians – are preposterous and not to be taken seriously.”

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-r...-of-the-rabbit

[Ayetooey]

Maybe he should grow a thicker skin. It's freedom of speech and expression.

[♥ Lily ♥]

Channel 4 is known for being even worse than the BBC.

[♥ Lily ♥]

Maybe he should grow a thicker skin. It's freedom of speech and expression.

'Tis hate speech and abusive and violent expression. It doesn't surprise me though coming from the likes of Channel 4 - as I don't expect them (with their appallingly biased reputation and track record) to ever be capable of being decent, fair, and impartial.

He has the right to freedom of expression too in stating that he finds it sick and offensive. Channel 4 can dish it out - but can they take it back? CH4 needs to be thicker-skinned with Nigel and his millions of supporters free views of their dull 'comedy'.

He has balls of steel after surviving his private plane crash - as he still courageously speaks out against the corrupt MP's and EU dictators. It will take a lot more than a sick 'comedy' of him being assassinated to silence him from speaking-out.