Yes, I remember him well....

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Yes, I remember him well....

Post by Boro Boy » Sat Jan 19, 2019 11:54 am

Another sad loss: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-46931129

and: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-38497286
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Re: Yes, I remember him well....

Post by blythburgh » Sat Jan 19, 2019 12:08 pm

No reruns of his biggest hit show as it would be considered racist. But it reflected the reality of the time it was set.
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Re: Yes, I remember him well....

Post by Boro Boy » Sat Jan 19, 2019 12:14 pm

blythburgh wrote: ↑
Sat Jan 19, 2019 12:08 pm
 No reruns of his biggest hit show as it would be considered racist. But it reflected the reality of the time it was set.
Don't forget the other guy "blacking up" as an Indian - probably be considered ultra-wrong by the BBC management in the current climate :silent:
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Re: Yes, I remember him well....

Post by Constantine » Sat Jan 19, 2019 3:59 pm

Oddly enough, 'Allo 'Allo! another wartime Croft/Perry sitcom is repeated regularly. Apparently it's OK to portray the German occupation of France as a figure of fun without any reference to forced labour, concentration camps, etc,
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Re: Yes, I remember him well....

Post by pakefield » Sat Jan 19, 2019 4:43 pm

It is obvious that you can be racist about white people but not those of colour
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Re: Yes, I remember him well....

Post by kevinchess1 » Sat Jan 19, 2019 11:04 pm

Oh dear
How sad
Never mind
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Re: Yes, I remember him well....

Post by kevinchess1 » Sat Jan 19, 2019 11:06 pm

Constantine wrote: ↑
Sat Jan 19, 2019 3:59 pm
 Oddly enough, 'Allo 'Allo! another wartime Croft/Perry sitcom is repeated regularly. Apparently it's OK to portray the German occupation of France as a figure of fun without any reference to forced labour, concentration camps, etc,
'Allo Allo is a piz take out of dramas made about WW2 rather than a spoof about the war
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Re: Yes, I remember him well....

Post by Boro Boy » Mon Jan 21, 2019 2:19 am

I had not realised that Don Estelle (Windsor Davis's side kick on It ain't half hot Mum) had passed away some years earlier... :(
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