{"id":1232046,"date":"2022-01-22T17:37:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T22:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1232046"},"modified":"2022-01-22T17:37:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T22:37:33","slug":"memory-holed-woke-bbc-quietly-censoring-classic-comedy-programmes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/memory-holed-woke-bbc-quietly-censoring-classic-comedy-programmes\/","title":{"rendered":"Memory Holed: Woke BBC Quietly Censoring Classic Comedy Programmes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmemory-holed-woke-bbc-quietly-censoring-classic-comedy-programmes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1232046&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Dads-Army-BBC-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Britain\u2019s publicly funded broadcaster, the BBC, has been quietly censoring radio rebroadcasts of classic comedy shows, memory-holing jokes deemed too politically incorrect for modern audiences.<\/p>\n<p>A number of skits from classic comedy shows have been memory-holed entirely by the BBC, with the UK\u2019s national broadcaster quietly editing re-broadcasts of old programming to remove supposedly offensive elements of the shows.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The broadcaster has previously come under fire for censoring classic televisions shows, being called \u201ccowardly and gutless\u201d as a result.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/bbc-classic-shows-edited-for-race-and-sex-slurs-in-archives-2zm5kc6b6\">report<\/a> by&nbsp;<em>The<\/em> Times,<em>&nbsp;<\/em>however, the state-broadcaster has also been stripping out segments deemed racist, misogynistic, or otherwise unacceptable in the modern age from re-aired versions of old radio versions of shows.<\/p>\n<p>Shows such as&nbsp;<em>Dad\u2019s Army<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Steptoe and Son<\/em> and<em> I\u2019m Sorry, I\u2019ll Read That Again<\/em> have been hit by censorship according to the publication, with some sketches being stripped from rebroadcasted programmes entirely.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cancel Brum? BBC Put \u2018Outdated Attitudes\u2019 Trigger Warning on Kids\u2019 Show <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GRXMyO1Ehf\">https:\/\/t.co\/GRXMyO1Ehf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1309078363911393280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 24, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Frequent targets of censorship are jokes revolving around sexuality, gender relations and race, with mentions of now-disgraced stars, such as Jimmy Savile and Rolf Harris, also often ending up on the cutting room floor.<\/p>\n<p>For example, in one 1971 episode of&nbsp;<em>Steptoe and Son<\/em>, the word \u201cpoofy\u201d was cut from a rebroadcast, with other offensive terms being stripped from <em>Dad\u2019s Army<\/em> and <em>Lines From My Grandfather\u2019s Forehead<\/em> episodes.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a 1970 episode of&nbsp;<em>I\u2019m Sorry, I\u2019ll Read That Again<\/em> had an entire sketch cut that involved a gag about scantily dressed women seen on <em>Top of the Pops<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have noticed that it is possible to see right up to the girls\u2019 knickers, owing to the shortness of their miniskirts, so we\u2019ve asked the girls to drop them,\u201d legendary actor John Cleese said while parodying a spokesman for the BBC during the bit.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>On the cuts,&nbsp;<em>The Times&nbsp;<\/em>reports a spokesman from the BBC as saying that edits to shows are made so that they are \u201csuitable for broadcast\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cListeners enjoy a huge number of old comedies from the archives on 4 Extra and on occasion, we edit some episodes so they\u2019re suitable for broadcast today, including removing racially offensive language and stereotypes from decades ago, as the vast majority of our audience would expect,\u201d the spokesman said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BBC Adds \u2018Trigger Warnings\u2019 Before Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Blackadder <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PFCt7JeEUK\">https:\/\/t.co\/PFCt7JeEUK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1358822398766768131?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The BBC has been caught memory-holing old jokes before, with Cleese himself <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/entertainment-arts-53020335\">slamming<\/a> the \u201ccowardly and gutless\u201d broadcaster for removing an entire episode of Fawlty Towers over the presence of a racial slur.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe BBC is now run by a mixture of marketing people and petty bureaucrats,\u201d Cleese said. \u201cIt used to have a large sprinkling of people who\u2019d actually made programmes. Not any more.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSo BBC decisions are made by persons whose main concern is not losing their jobs\u2026 That\u2019s why they\u2019re so cowardly and gutless and contemptible,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>However, the future of the woke broadcaster is now under serious threat thanks to a government&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/16\/bbc-tax-to-be-abolished-by-2028-as-uk-promises-eventual-end-to-elderly-being-threatened-with-prison\/\">proposal<\/a> to scrap the BBC\u2019s licence fee tax by 2028.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes as the British government roll out \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/17\/saving-his-own-skin-boris-johnson-deploys-military-to-secure-border-in-bid-to-boost-popularity\/\">Operation Red Meat<\/a>\u201c, a bid seemingly to save Boris Johnson\u2019s premiership after the Conservative leader has been plagued with calls to resign as a result of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/18\/boris-nobody-told-me-boozy-lockdown-party-wasnt-work-related\/\">partygate<\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\n<p>Seemingly one of the government\u2019s \u201cred meat\u201d policies, the future change has prompted much gnashing of teeth within the state broadcaster, though the UK\u2019s Culture Secretary, Nadine Dorries, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/16\/bbc-tax-to-be-abolished-by-2028-as-uk-promises-eventual-end-to-elderly-being-threatened-with-prison\/\">said<\/a> that the BBC should be able to adapt like any other business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe days of the elderly being threatened with prison sentences and bailiffs knocking on doors are over,\u201d Dorries said regarding the measure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTime now to discuss and debate new ways of funding, supporting and selling great British content,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ITV-BBC Netflix Rival Bans Politically Incorrect Classic TV Shows <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/scq4ByEunl\">https:\/\/t.co\/scq4ByEunl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1193100918457159681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britain\u2019s publicly funded broadcaster, the BBC, has been quietly censoring radio rebroadcasts of classic comedy shows, memory-holing jokes deemed too politically incorrect for modern audiences. 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