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ON Stand Up & Deliver, “comedy mentor” David Baddiel, inset, had one strategy – to try to get the Rev Richard Coles to swear.

Specifically, to say: “Jesus, can I f***.” Yawn.

Shaun Ryder needed no encouragement. “You’re going to be laughing your b ***** ks off,” he said in the rehearsals. “Not because I’m funny but because I’ve spiked your f***ing drinks.” Away from his clumsy cue cards, Shaun was hilarious. I’d pay to hear an hour of his earthy anecdotes.

But Baroness Warsi – formerly the co-chairwoman of the Conservative Party – stormed to victory.

She did it largely by attacking the Tories and dropping the F-bomb – and she hadn’t even seen Rishi’s Budget.

Yeah, right-of-centre folk can make it in modern TV comedy, as long as they toe the line.

Next, how about booking someone genuinely funny to mentor the mentors?

COLES at his rudest: “I really like genital acts. I saw them support The Clash in 1977.”

BILL Maher’s cancel culture rant. Drawers Off using the Vision On music. Life In Colour. After Henry re-runs. Laia Costa, Devils. The Many Faces Of: Ronnie Barker.

A KILLER twist on Bloodlands as heroic cop Tom Brannick gunned down an innocent unarmed man.

Is Tom Goliath? Is his wife alive? Why is Tori, daughter of one of the victims, getting close to him? It’s so baffling I had to Goliath down.

The easy way for cops to discover Goliath’s identity? Just ask around town who’s been buying up postcards of that giant crane.

MEL Giedroyc: Unforgivable. Mel and Sue? Simply Unwatchable.