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John Cleese criticises decision to remove Fawlty Towers episode from UKTV
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breakingnews.ieJohn Cleese has hit out at the removal of an episode of classic 1970s sitcom Fawlty Towers from streaming service UKTV. The famous “don’t mention the war” episode was removed because it contains “racial slurs”.
UKTV, which is owned by BBC Studios, said it had temporarily made The Germans unavailable while it carries out a review. Cleese told The Age newspaper that “if you put nonsense words into the mouth of someone you want to make fun of you’re not broadcasting their views, you’re making fun of them. “The major was an old fossil left over from decades before. “We were not supporting his views, we were making fun of them. “If they can’t see that, if people are too stupid to see that, what can one say?” He said there was a “really admirable
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