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BBC angers fans after airing censored version of 'inappropriate' Fawlty Towers episode

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BBC viewers were stunned on Monday evening as an episode of Fawlty Towers was broadcasted with an "inappropriate" Nazi scene.The episode titled The Germans, which originally aired in 1975, shows hotel owner Basil Fawlty (John Cleese) whispering "Don't mention the war" and goose-stepping in front of German guests.It also originally included racist language used by Major Gowen (Ballard Blascheck) , but the slurs were removed from the comedy back in 2013.The controversial scene saw the character using offensive racial slurs when speaking about the West Indies cricket team, which included the use of the N-word.Viewers rushed to their keyboards to question why an episode of the BBC sitcom was repeated after EastEnders last night on BBC.

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