ITV gets worried about offensive terminology, BBC goes for gender-balanced panel shows and Panorama takes on Comic Relief. Plus: Prince to act on a sitcom … as himselfThis week's comedy newsIs the word "Australian" verboten in TV comedy? Indeed it is, if you believe New Statesman and Goodnight Sweetheart writer Laurence Marks, who fired off a trenchant broadside against modern comedy in the Daily Mail last week. Wr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:31AM on December 17, 2013