1... He's a better comedy actor ...don't really like him on panel shows. And I hate the it crowd. I should have been more specific. Black British stand ups are not funny…
In terms of the original point I think O'Briain is correct. This type of tokenism is pointless and achieves nothing. Some folk won't be happy until every job is filled by a Benetton rainbow of fat lesbians.
Did anyone see that hideous old trout Miriam Margoyles on Graham Norton the other night? even accepting that I've got a farily low tolerance for pure smut and toilet humour she was vile - and not in the slightest bit funny. She's well into her 70s FFS
. I haven't read any of his books but I'm led to understand he's actually a better comedian than an author - you've been warned.