Mr Angry of TV comedy severs links with Putin network on way to Edinburgh fringe
by Vanessa Thorpe, arts and media correspondent from Technology | The Guardian on (#1MMFC)
Tom Walker, creator of Jonathan Pie, says it's now time to move on from the channel that made his name
Jonathan Pie, the fictional television reporter who is regularly pushed to the edge of sanity and beyond by British politics, has now made a political stand of his own in preparation for his first national tour and an appearance on the Edinburgh festival fringe.
Pie, the foul-mouthed creation of actor Tom Walker, has become an internet sensation since the success of his short comic films in which his television journalist melts down on screen once he is "off air". Pie rails against hypocrisy in politics and in television newsrooms and is disillusioned with both his job and the ethics of Westminster.
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