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Just to be clear, Fawlty Towers has never been banned (*) and the historians speech wasn't a comedy sketch, although it could well become one. (*) Dave "reviewed" it a few years ago in the face of a number of programmes being reviewed due to external events, but it was available soon after...

Having read the full transcript now, whilst The Historian (and part time TV presenter) was trying making a powerful anti-racist point he really didn't need to do it like that. ( He could have made the point in a couple of sentences without an excruciating piece of "performance art" ) There are...

I have the same problem with that episode. I don't think it should be banned, but it shouldn't be defended on the basis of comedy alone. It cuts much deeper that that. It is clearly a satire on British xenophobia, racism and our obsession with World War II. That's quite something for the 1970s...