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Netflix chiefs have pulled four of Australian comedian Chris Lilley’s shows due to their inclusion of blackface or racially insensitive characters.

Earlier this week, BBC and Netflix executives pulled British TV comedy Little Britain from online streaming platforms following the Black Lives Matter protests that have spread across the world since the death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers in Minnesota on 25 May.

And on Wednesday, a Netflix representative confirmed that Lilley’s shows Angry Boys, Summer Heights High, We Can Be Heroes, and Jonah From Tonga, as well as another British comedy, The League of Gentlemen, have all been pulled from the service.

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