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[Alistair20000]

Ironically they use to accuse Bates with racism even back then when he spoke to the other Indian characters but he spoke to them in perfect Urdu as he was born in British India in the days of the Raj and spoke fluently

Indeed, but if anything, the programme was mainly taking the pi*s out of the British Army rather than India and the Indian people

 

[DB9]

Indeed, but if anything, the programme was mainly taking the pi*s out of the British Army rather than India and the Indian people

Exactly right, Just like the series "The Goodies" when all hell broke out when they did a thing about the Black & White Minstrels and Tim Brooke Taylor blacked up as one, They were taking the **** out of white people blacking up, Not mocking black people if people actually listened to that episode

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

Exactly right, Just like the series "The Goodies" when all hell broke out when they did a thing about the Black & White Minstrels and Tim Brooke Taylor blacked up as one, They were taking the **** out of white people blacking up, Not mocking black people if people actually listened to that episode

Most good comedy has a dose of irony which as time has gone on seems to have been forgotten in the rush to be perceived as ‘not to offend’
They used to say it was only the Americans who did not understand irony

 

[DB9]

Most good comedy has a dose of irony which as time has gone on seems to have been forgotten in the rush to be perceived as ‘not to offend’
They used to say it was only the Americans who did not understand irony

Very true Olds, Characters in Alf Garnet and Love Thy Neighbour, If you saw those programmes the main characters were shown how dumb they were and stupid in their racist tones and it writers made them look fools. They won't be shown again as not to offend but they should IMHO, At the end of each show Alf and Jack were always shown up by their stupid bigoted views

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

Very true Olds, Characters in Alf Garnet and Love Thy Neighbour, If you saw those programmes the main characters were shown how dumb they were and stupid in their racist tones and it writers made them look fools. They won't be shown again as not to offend but they should IMHO, At the end of each show Alf and Jack were always shown up by their stupid bigoted views

Brit Box the BBC & ITV streaming service have not allowed those series onto their platform.No surprise there.
I think most of us would feel uncomfortable watching those programmes if they were broadcasted nowadays.

There is a bit of uproar about a few episodes of Dr Who The Talons of Weng-Chiang(1977)
No warning about outdated terms used was broadcasted & actors wearing makeup to appear oriental.

Even Fools & Horses has a content warning on the platform

Watching the excellent series Snowfall on the i player no such warnings at all for some of the language used between the black characters to each other.

 

[Grecian2K]

Surely the late, great Spike Milligan reached the pinnacle of that era's political incorrectness in "Curry & Chips"?

 

[Jason H]

Surely the late, great Spike Milligan reached the pinnacle of that era's political incorrectness in "Curry & Chips"?

More like with "The Melting Pot", which was scrapped after one episode.

 

[Greyhound]

Michael Bates also played an Indian in an episode of "The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder", around 1969-71. Reeder, played by Hugh Burden, was a mild-looking chap with a brilliant brain, a deadly nemesis of criminals. His bullying boss was the enormous Willoughby Goddard, who had earlier been the villain in "William Tell".

 

[ecfc70]

A new series of Race Across the World started on bbc2 last night, I enjoyed the 1st series which saw pairs of people go from Greenwich to Singapore via checkpoints for the price of a single flight each but they cannot use a plane, they have no phones or atm cards and only rely on a map and GPS tracker.......this time the pairs must go from Mexico city to somewhere in the deep south of Argentina. Should be interesting to find out how they get on especially the 2 lads who spent 5% of their budget to get a taxi to a boat only to find out there's no tickets left that day and they now find they are over 24 hours behind everyone else after 3 days

 

[Grecian2K]

Series 3 should be quite fascinating.

Try to get from Calais to Dover (or vice versa) in the inflatable of your choice while trying to evade "Priti's Patriotic Border Force"