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Dad’s Army fans left baffled after BBC issues ‘discriminatory language’ warning
THE BBC baffled Dad’s Army fans by issuing a discriminatory language warning before showing the sitcom’s 1971 movie.
The film features gags about Hitler’s Nazis and also contains cheeky catchphrases such as Clive Dunn’s character L-Cpl Jones’s “They don’t like it up them”.
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But a BBC source said the pre-show warning was given because the phrase 'fuzzy wuzzy' was used - a derogatory name for a black person.
A BBC spokesman said: "Since Dad’s Army first aired public attitudes have changed significantly and guidance was given at the start of the programme due to a specific discriminatory remark."
BBC2 viewers hit out at Saturday night’s “snowflake” caution.
Fan Gavin Moffitt asked: “What has the world come to?”
Jean Snoad, 82, speculated: “Why must we erase history?”
Tony Pritchard, of the Dad’s Army Appreciation Society, added: “People are judging programmes made 50 years ago by what people think today.
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“Where do you draw the line?”
Others feared the BBC could remove episodes from iPlayer — as it did with “offensive” Fawlty Towers classics last year.
The BBC said: “Attitudes have changed significantly and guidance was given due to a specific discriminatory remark.
-This article has been amended to explain the specific term the BBC's warning was referring to.
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WHO do they think they are kidding?
The increasingly woke BBC warned viewers that the 1971 Dad’s Army movie contained discriminatory language.
Those determined to take offence will always find something to offend them.
But the problem with putting such disclaimers on even the most innocuous programmes is that the warnings cease to have any meaning when applied to genuinely offensive content.
Or maybe BBC chiefs really do fear a strongly-worded letter from neo-Nazis upset at Hitler being called “shabby”.
Stupid boys.
The BBC comedy series, Dad’s Army ran for over nine years in the UK
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