Imam of Dibley spiked by ITV lawyers

August 22nd, 2008 by Monitor

The Times reports that ITV’s latest comedy star, Katy Brand, is angry at the decision by ITV lawyers to veto a sketch called The Imam of Dibley, deeming it “culturally insensitive”.

Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show will not contain the theology graduate’s Vicar of Dibley spoof, premised on a new imam arriving in a sleepy parish and the misunderstandings that ensue.

Says Katy,

The vast majority of Muslims are able to have a laugh at themselves just like everyone else.

Why should they be excluded from comedy? It’s funny that ITV had no problem with a new sketch about a pregnant Jesus’s girlfriend who has to deal with dating the Son of God

A very good question - especially when you consider that Jesus is also a Muslim “prophet”, and that to suggest God had a son is highly blasphemous in Islam. Why didn’t they ban this too?


One Response to “Imam of Dibley spiked by ITV lawyers”

  1. Alfster
    August 23rd, 2008 at 8:47 am



    It may simply be that the ITV lawyers have a sense if humour and have watched the Katy Brand show and realisd it’s shite.

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