Sunday, June 14, 2020

Episode Restored After Outcry.

(From L to R) Actors Prunella Scales, John Cleese, Connie Booth and Andrew Sachs pose for photographs as the original cast members of the British comedy programme "Fawlty Towers" attend a press conference in central London, on May 6, 2009. The event was held to promote a new documentary marking …Leon Neal/AFP via Getty Images
VICTORIA FRIEDMAN
 12 Jun 2020
4:07
Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has declared “humour is dead” after a BBC-controlled network removed an episode of the cult 1970s series Fawlty Towers because it was deemed racist and contained “outdated language”.
The BBC-controlled UKTV streaming service announced on Thursday that it had “temporarily removed” the episode often referred to in fan circles as “Don’t Mention the War”.
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