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The comic, whose sketch show returns to Channel 4 this week, said that he believed that there should always be some restrictions on the targets of humour.
"I'm not going to do a sketch about Jade Goody, Michael Jackson and Maddie McCann," he told the BBC. "Those sort of things aren't really funny. People aren't going to laugh at that, so there are some things that are off limits.
"We don't want to make people feel sick. I think the secret to making a show that everyone likes is making the person who you're taking the mickey out of laugh as well."
Bishop also insisted that he doesn't deliberately aim to offend with his celebrity parodies, claiming that sketches only make the cut if they are of high quality.
"We have an obligation to ourselves when something is funny and makes us laugh," he added. "It's got to go in the show otherwise we're not being true to ourselves."
The Kevin Bishop Show starts on Friday, July 31 on Channel 4.
> Click here to read our full interview with Kevin Bishop about the new series
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