BBC Radio Fires Presenter Over Queen Sex Jokes

David Baddiel

BBC Radio 4 has axed a show hosted by David Baddiel after outrage over jokes about the Queen’s sex life on her 90th birthday, according to The Guardian.

Don’t Make Me Laugh, which is created and fronted by Baddiel, features panellists discussing topics they are given.

One pre-recorded episode, which aired at 6.30pm on the day of the Queen’s 90th birthday, included the subject “The Queen must have had sex at least four times”. She has four children.

Panellists, who included the comic Russell Kane, made sex jokes about the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.

The BBC received more than 120 complaints about the show and the corporation’s governing body, the BBC Trust, ruled that the panellists’ comments were “personal, intrusive and demeaning”.

Baddiel later apologised for the offensive section of the show and said that it was never meant to be scheduled to air on the Queen’s birthday but the week after.