John Cleese, who plays Basil Fawlty, has said the move is"stupid"
"One of the things I've learned in the last 180 years is that people have very different senses of humour," he said.
Really?!?!?! This is ridiculous!!!!🤬
I'm sick of all this 'cleansing'. Do the idiots who have removed this, not realised that it is making a mockery of the situation it portrays?
Stupid reactions to real problems at the BBC.
We are all idiots
NO ONE ASKED FOR THIS- this shit is such a blatant attempt to discredit the BLM movement
Presumably they all should in view of the frequent comments about where the waiter comes from. But hopefully not. Fawlty Towers should be celebrated as the best of British comedy, not attacked.
On a different note, I always thought Manuel’s character was based on a negative stereotype (an idiotic Spanish waiter who could barely think). So should we ban all humour based on negative stereotypes?
We didn’t ask for this! We just want equality on a daily basis.
To be honest I always had trouble understanding Manuel as Spaniards have very thick string accents.
We should expect this. The Bbc is stuffed with the priviledged and unproductive middle class woke. Time they earned their keep. End the licence fee.
Crazy!
The are history, nothing now but a farcical rip off!
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This is the height of our patheticness😳
You should be ashamed of being manipulated. Remember you are for all the people. I’m thinking of cancelling my tv licence boycottthebbc
As if that will solve the real issue of racisim and prejedice that is rooted in ‘some’. You can’t change the past, but you can make the future.
Pathetic! 😳
For ffff sake. It is comedy. Some of the best there is. People who get hurty feelings need to go see a headshrink.
You can't change the past, stop trying historyishistory
All you boomers need to grow up and learn how to stream you know it’s free right ? If this is really gonna make a hole in ur life google it weirdos
Good, the whole thing is offensive and outdated
So should we remove all episodes because of all the insults to “Manuel” as a Spaniard? The world has gone completely mad...!
Unedited episode removed. Edited (Cleese approved) episode still available.
Britain is not a racist country but it is a stupid one.
Enjoying the DVD’s!
BBC being stupid or worse
The episode with The Major talking about going to watch the cricket is still on Netflix....
Wont see the Dam Busters repeated again then..the black labradors name gets mentioned several times when hit by jeep.
So an organisation which supported creators of cutting edge classic comedy descends into a hypocritical virtue signalling left wing cabal which fails to give the public the credit to understand the joke was on the central character, as with Alf Garnett. Imbeciles. JohnCleese
Oh FFS!
This is just BS ... you can’t change history ffs, you learn from it & evolve... removing classic comedies/films will do absolutely nothing!!
Can't take away our DVD's can you 🖕
And what's the first thing I did this morning? Ordered the entire collection. I will not see the greatest sitcom of all time erased because people don't understand satire
Snowflake generation
Pathetic! There is a difference between racism and humour that most people understand.
Is Lenny Henry now going to apologise for whiting-up in that god-awful film True Identity in light of the current PC purges? Asking for a friend.
Literally nobody asked for this. Everyone’s removing their shit in a panic and it’s the fault of BLM protesters? Did you see any BLM protester coming on here to ask you to remove it? Stop trying to antagonise people.
Why are you lot watching BBC. Just stop paying licence fee...
I agree that a film/tv show filmed today would be extremely inappropriate if including some of the language/jokes seen in some of the 60s/70s tv. But if we are taking down all tv someone would find offensive, we’d have nothing left and would all be watching the same thing 1984
Balance please, reports of black slavers, anti Jewish history, anti Muslim history, anti white history anti everything history, reports of how a noisy minority ruins the lives of the majority, what do millions come to the Uk vs ROW?
Pathetic doesn't quite cover it!!!
Absolute bollucks
Why am I still paying TV license when you’re taking out good shows ?! Looks like have to cancel mine now 👍
Think I will stop paying my licence. The BBC make Jeremy Corbyn look almost centre right
But the film whitechicks is fine where blacks white up does it not work both ways
What is this Country coming to...
Monty python also?
Ok then ,why do I have to have the BBC forced onto me, And pay a LICENCE fee. I want the option not to receive it
To whomever’s decision this was: 🖕🏻🖕🏼🖕🏽🖕🏾🖕🏿
Are nursery rhymes banned also
Now the WHITES CAN STAND UP ,
Sod off ,BBC are getting PATHETIC, SO RISING DAMP HAS GOT TO GO and boat loads more ,GROW UP
Crazy world
This program is publicly owned by definition, so get it back up again!
Crazy
Dads army next?
err yeah no black person watches faulty towers lmao.. this is just another way to trivialise the actual cause
BBC commissioned it, made money from sales, banned it?
ScumMedia DefundTheBBC
Ludicrous ... Some years ago I was in a German bar on Lanzarote where I was living ... they showed this episode on the bar TV... the Germans in the bar were laughing and thought it hilarious..... you are pathetic and over PC .... not worth the licence fee and a laughing stock
Whatever next!
It's a comedy show and great one at that ffs,as a broadcaster you are finished. How far are you lot going to go to appease all these snowflakes that have just appeared,separate channels?
Pathetic Orwellian reconstruction of British history DefundTheBBC
Stupidity beyond belief
Is Round the Horne (classic 60s radio comedy) still available.
You mean an old white English Man thinks it’s stupid.... what a surprise 😂
Show me one petition, stop fake news. All you, the sun etc are. No one called for this, it’s purely the company covering their arces.
Sell the bbc
The worlds gone mad!!!
PRIVATISE THE BBC
Find these statues offence, can please arrange for them to be removed🤷🏼♀️ What has the world come too🤪
The more that go... the more fuel on the fire.
People should have a choice whether to watch programmes/films past and present. They show what society was like back then and what was seen as acceptable to where we are now. Put disclaimers on these episodes instead... I bet 75 percent complaining have never seen it!
I don’t think people understand satire
May god help us.
When is rap ‘music’ going to be removed from the pop charts and iTunes for the use of that word? If it’s shocking for people to hear the major say it then why isn’t it shocking for kids to hear rappers say it repeatedly?
I have never heard anything so stupid,this series was funny and just like Basil. You have gone too far BBC
The whole world is going mad 😠. If there’s something on TV you don’t like, don’t watch it. A statue you don’t like don’t look at it. You have options. Don’t look at it. Don’t listen to it. Don’t visit it. Please, please don’t spoil the world for everyone else.
I don't recall any significant outcry over the film 'Twelve Years a Slave' despite the absolutely choice range of racist language. In fact it received many accolades. Cherry picking I think.
My kids are complaining why Jerry have been constantly chased and prosecuted by Tom.Please remove this cartoon and replace it by more politically correct one. Many thanks
just a retarded decision
Crazy
RIDICULOUS
Pathetic. This is going way too far. Bring back 'Love thy Nrighbour' and Alf Garnett too , that will piss people off.
This is now getting silly.
The world has gone totally bonkers...
Isn't the character of Manuel offensive to Spanish people, do they not matter, too?
They were racial slurs. Why the quote marks?
Why? What are the BBC on ?
I guess the Dambusters is off the schedule then “woof”
Why are we still paying you I don’t pay my licence fee for you to police my thoughts and constantly lie to us. Stop pandering to this far left extreme bullshit start reporting the news fairly. You are just a left wing propaganda network now
Nothing new in reviewing cautions to fit current sensibility. Censorship is another matter... How does Are You Being Served fare? Taming of the Shrew? Merchant of Venice? Peaky Blinders?
Blue peter nailed it.
Why not just put a standard 'contains material that some viewers may find offensive' warning and move the fuck on with life. Literally everyone has likely seen this episode dozens of times anyway, it can't be 'unseen'. It's TV *fictional* comedy ffs
Dads Army and Cpl Jones Fuzzy Wuzzies next I suppose DefundTheBBC
I as a German demand ze war to be mentioned!
I take it that we will never see a repeat of 'Till death do us part' with Alf Garnett.Such a shame,the world has gone bloody mad.
It was a different time. In order to progress we need to know what we are progressing from and not be offended. All this does is piss people off and create more division. People don’t take this comedy seriously or get offended unless they are trying to be
Yep. The jokes are based on white supremacy. Fact. Imperialism with a laugh track. Cleese is more concerned with his syndication checks. Old school English “empire” self entitled asshole. Explain the relationship between Manuel, Polly(wife btw), and Basil then? =? It’s dated 💩
Absolutely pathetic. Leave it where it is. There are other channels for snowflakes to watch. Enough cooking programs or are they offensive too
Ridiculous response indeed. I love the show and ALL of its episodes. How unfortunate, I do hope the amended episode will be returned back for us soon, in its original shape and form.
Since you bbctvuk removed these with agreement of Cleese over 7 yrs ago thankfully the old version being updated by ITV. Why is this news unless as gaslighting or distraction from BLM? JohnCleese
Let's not screen any programme with white people in it because we all know their racists. that way all the people who couldn't wait to come here, who knew we were all racists but still came 'for a better way of life' won't be offended
✍ what a load of shite, I'd like to voice my true opinion but Freedom of Speech isn't allowed anymore
Sad day to witness abject surrender to far left hysteria!
oh come onnnnnnnnnnnnnn is there anything in this world that is not free from the extreme PC police?
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Dear BBC. I think i will remove your tv licence. Have a nice day
As is the norm at the moment, the SNOWFLAKES BBC, are pandering to the minority of the population of dickwads. If you don't like it don't watch it. 🏴☠️🏴☠️
What about the racial stereotype lampooned in every episode? Manuel the Spanish waiter is in every episode. Also to be deleted Morcambe and Wise, Porridge, Open all hours, Monty Python, The Young ones, etc. In fact all comedy made before 31/05/2020 needs to be erased.
Lol, removed the episode that might be offensive to Germans when every single episode had a caricature Spanish waiter played by an English actor
“You started it” “no we didn’t” “yes you did, you invaded Poland” classic line 😂
BBC are nonce protectors GET RID OF THE STATUE HYPOCRITES
MeeganReadCBC Unbelievable
The world has gone virtue signalling mad
My goodness, what a hero, this surely is what the people want when it comes to black lives matter, this sure is going to solve the racial disparities in out society, thank you white executive!!!!
Let’s start burning books shall we - what a fucking nightmare
Omg really
More stupidity by Far-Lefties.
I’m sure the Nazis would be delighted to learn that they’ve now successfully been declared a ‘race’ by the BBC.
Oh come on! Getting silly now🤷♂️
Again Pathetic decision,what next?
Nooooooooooooo
Does anyone else think this is all getting out of hand ?
WTF!
They're probably trawling 'Onlu fools and Horses' as we speak trying to find the slightest thing that 'might' be offensive to someone, somewhere ... It's only a matter of time now... 😭
I'm sure basis reply would be What a load of bollocks!!!!
Fuck sake. So we are not aloud to laugh anymore. The great offended are going to end comedy as we know it.
What about when a black persons makes a joke about a white person?
Cultural fascism!!!
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Thank you. Another excellent justification for me cancelling my tvlicense this week! Pathetic. ScumMedia bbc
Your run of the mill two minute long rap song has more racial slurs than every TV show combined, but they still make billions doing it...
Ridiculous
Almost certainly nobody asked UKTV to remove the episode but examples like this are used to mock those campaigning to have statues of human rights abusers removed (and the de-institutionalising of racism within British society). That's the point, triggering people into gammons.
I want to tell them 'you have absolutely no sense of humour' as in that episode.
They should be ashamed of themselves for pandering to narrow minded imbeciles. Don't like a show ? Don't watch it then .. not bloody rocket science.
Can we ‘remove’ the activist BBC for it’s divisive narrative? DefundTheBBC DefundBBC
John Cleese said he was in Germany not long after this epidsode was made. In the hotel, an elderly German businessman shouted to him - 'Hey Fawlty, who won the war ?' John was in hysterics. Understand now, BBC ? Most Germans loved this episode.
This is a absolute disgrace, the PC brigade back at it again, If people aren't careful the far right will emerge to protect British history.
flipping ridiculous!!!!
Good job Alf Garnett is not around!
Sorry Mr cleese!
You have got to be taking the piss worldsgonemad
So its not okay to show biggoted old white men as characters of derision an disgust?
Everyone knows they can turn off programs they don’t like right?
Shall we get back to real issues BlackLivesMatter BorisJohnson
Will BBCScotland be requesting the removal of other BBC Racist shows? How about their repeated portrayals of Scots as drunks/violent criminals etc. How about their repeated ignorance when it comes to politically loading shows like Question Time etc. These are also racism.
double standards - remove White Chicks, black men dressed as white women - racism goes both ways!
Here comes all the gammon
This is getting ridiculous
It's still on netflix
John Cleese is rolling in his grave....
Getting silly now
Ridiculous- to remove brilliant comedy when reality reflects far more damage
Really BBC........this is getting a little silly now🤔
I have the complete box set of Fawlty Towers - when will the secret police be turning up to put me in a 'correction camp'? Probably be executed when they find out I have 'Allo 'Allo! Box set too 😳
It was 1975. It’s now a show we watch because it is comforting to watch old programs. If you are so offended by Basil Fawlty you can’t rest till he is erased, you are a control freak and you will not make the world a better place
More people will now watch the absolute ‘best’ TV comedy series ever made! 👏
Leftist pc insanity we are all doomed - BBC Ban the Biased Broadcasting Corporation
Daft !
Oh for fucks sake, when will stupidity stop!!
things are getting ridiculous...I've had the micky taken out of me all my life and I call it banter...it's Not meant to upset!
Yet rappers are allowed to spew out hate, racism and glorify drugs and violence in thier crappy songs and they get given awards and praise for it. Yet campy 1970's/80's comedy shows are offensive? Utter Bollox!
Bloody hell this country has definitely got mad cows disease!
Ridiculous.
Wow. We're actually now living in a censorship state like china.
At this rate, VPNs and torrent sites will become even busier.
YOU SNOBS!
This is wrong, wrong, WRONG!
I’m here for all the old people to lose thier shit
They miss the point...Basil wasn’t a nice person, he was irrational, narcissistic, rude and ran a terrible hotel..He was violent to Manuel..The Nazi things is supposed to make us cringe but also the war was still very fresh in our minds.. Germans were still hated
As a foreign national, leaving in this country for over 30 years....... I’m telling you, you people are gone mad....... it’s comedy for god sake!! 🤬🤬🤬 Best way for you is to stop do tv all together !! Mad!!
Fucking hell you best not watch 8 Mile then!!
Oh my god, he didn't mention the war did he?
This is ridiculous !
I rarely agree with Nigel Farage, but this time I do. It is ridiculous to remove this classic and very funny episode of Basil Fawlty basically making a right fool of himself. It is in no way racist and I doubt any German person would be offended. Nigel_Farage
Tragic.
Then they burn our books
Bye-bye BBC I won't pay you a penny and call on everyone still paying the licence fee, extorted with menaces from TV owners whether they access BBC broadcasts or not, to also refuse all and any future payment Henceforth, you can preach your far left pc sermons to an empty room
Are we banning all use of the n word too? That's gonna hit some music artists very hard
Another move by the liberal left to remove our ability to choose what we watch or listen.
Fairly certain the netflix version just censored the major. Why not just do that?
Why are you not covering the trials in the USA of the Hilary Clinton /Obama hearings Asking for 63 million interested friends
Are they going to bam whitechick movie as well then worlds gone mad they enver complained before because its comedy. Worlds gone mad
This is getting out of hand, the good old BBC wringing their hands again, the lunatics really are taking over the asylum
Left wing bbc don’t you support peadophiles, Rule Britainnia 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
If this is about the N word the Major says then surely all music with the N word in surely has to be banned.... This cannot be a one way street!
Who the hell is making these decision? Do they not realise it just fuels racial discontent? Or is that the intention?
We will be left with nothing of classic tv because no1 knows how to take a joke.
Absolute joke, unlike the comedy genius that was well ahead of his time and depicted a character that said racist things. It doesn't mean that the writers were racist.Why don't people get that?
Is lenny henry going to apologise an be removed from TV for his portrayal of david bellamy. sorryforbeingwhite
Comedy gold, I for one will still watch and still laugh. Dont particularly care what other think.
To be fair, they did invade Poland, though.
Ffs 😡
DADS ARMY next, 'they dont like it up them', 'Allo 'Allo! after that. VanessaOnAir cultural fascism, the irony isn't lost on the Supreme Leader of China/Iran/etc .
Cant wait for the edited 4 minute version of django unchained
BBC - in your new moralistic tone how about removing every programme that turns violence and sexual misconduct into ‘entertainment!’
The Chinese Communist Party will be proud.
Seriously...
“And now they've come for Fawlty Towers. Is everyone still sure that they know where the brakes are on this thing?” - Douglas Murray
Pathetic
The White man, builder of western societies, obviously needs to be removed. Oroboro's got nothing on this latest trend.
If politicians and the like really want to make a contribution. Why don't they set the ball rolling by confiscating the lands and wealth of those still benefitting the evil trade?
Only fools and horses next along with Allo Allo .. best start listening to the archers me tinks 🤦♂️🤦♂️
Ow c’mon what is going on. Just stop.
Time to boycott the tv license once and for all, would love to see the BBC suffer!
Ridiculous whatever next? We must pander to the minority sod the majority.
I presume the Egyptian pyramids will be knocked down to as they were built by slaves. Absolute Madness that is alienating more people than it is supposed to help
Will you also remove the episode of the deaf woman being ridiculed. idontcareihavethedvds
And yet this guy can say nothing wrong in the eyes of the left. Not seeing their own hypocrisy seems to be the woke lefts best skill!
Can we also remove goodness gracious me as they stereotype white english people. 'Going for an English', and The Coopers etc. If they can remove Fawlty Towers, Little Britain etc, then surely they can remove GGM?
Get a grip ffs. It’s even more insulting that the BBC to have to wait 30 years to realise and then jump on with the others AFTER the others started doing it. So Is there a crack team going through all footage to actively find stuff. Mind blowing
This is incredible, genuinely incredible how they want to remove British television icons from history, first little Britain and now Fawlty towers! Can't people understand the joke intended toward the general? Programs like these need to stay up in order to set an example of bad.
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