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Old 24-01-2013, 12:16 PM #164
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A More Simple Way
show that Episode after 9PM

"Don't mention the ***: Censorship
row as BBC cuts the Major's 'racist' lines
from classic Fawlty Towers episode
Viewers complain that only the 'terminally thin-skinned' could
be offended by the character
BBC said it was edited to suit a family
audience to reflect changing attitudes"


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz2ItVw7GCV



"Ballard Berkeley as the Major Gowen,
who makes the offensive remark. Viewers said
that the 'bigoted character' was meant to be laughed at - not with"



BBC Re-Writes History --- George Orwell is Born Again

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