I attended the filming of the Channel 4 programme Jimmy Carr Destroys Art last Wednesday (Backlash against C4 show that may destroy works by Hitler and Picasso, 13 October). It will be the end of Channel 4 if it is broadcast.
It was a Top Gear-type format, with Carr cracking jokes about child abuse while presenting the material and the dilemmas involved. He rolled out a comedian and an art critic to consider the merits of keeping or destroying a Rolf Harris painting or an Eric Gill print. The audience were given paddles to turn to green or red for which piece of art they thought should be destroyed.
