Jo Brand's 'battery acid' joke was 'too far' but didn't 'incite violence' - BBC

Jo Brand’s sick ‘battery acid’ joke ‘went too far’ but BBC dismisses complaints it ‘incited violence’

But the corporation today only partially upheld complaints about the quip.

"So it was partially upheld against generally accepted standards of BBC output. The ECU also noted that in the right context and with the right treatment, there is no subject matter which should be beyond the scope of comedy."Brand, 61, told Radio 4 show Heresy - hosted by Victoria Coren Mitchell - that yobs who attacked Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage with milkshakes were “pathetic”.

Her comment on the BBC1 show Have I Got News For You angered officials, who said she had done “serious damage” to the town’s reputation.

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