Channel 4 News
@channel4news·4.2M subscribers·26.4K videos
'I wasn't interested in doing comedy without a point of view' - Comedian Nish Kumar
Posted
November 15, 2021
Views
8,588
Likes
253
Comments
110
Engagement
November 15, 2021
8,588
253
110
4.23%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
34:06Now PlayingComedian Nish Kumar is best known for his five years at the helm of BBC Two's The Mash Report.
(Subscribe)
The show was cancelled by the BBC earlier this year and moved to Dave under a new name - Late Night Mash.
But in an act of "self-cancellation", Kumar stepped down as its host and is touring with his new show, Control, in 2022.
He speaks to Krishnan about leaving The Mash Report, seeking professional help for his mental health and sexism in comedy.
Producer: Faye White
-------
Watch more of our explainer series here
Get more news at our site
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
