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BBC to rerun all Fawlty Towers episodes with racist remarks from character removed

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BBC will rerun every episode of Fawlty Towers - but racist remarks from one of the characters will be removed. All 12 episodes of the popular comedy series will air from March 15 as part of the broadcasters Festival of Funny.

But a controversial part from ‘The Germans’ episode will be cut from the rerun, reports the Mirror. The scene sees Fawlty Towers resident Major Gowen go on a racist rant about the West Indies cricket team - using terms such as the n-word and “wogs” to describe the players.It is the second time that the scene has come under the microscope in the last year - with the episode being removed entirely from the BBC-owned UKTV’s Gold Box Set in June Writer and star John Cleese, who plays Basil Fawlty, branded the BBC as.

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