BBC appears to breach its own racism rules after airing Dad'

BBC appears to breach its own racism rules after airing Dad's Army episode


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The broadcaster said the warning 'has nothing to do with the general content of #DadsArmy, which is a British TV classic,' but said the film 'includes a specific racially derogatory phrase'.
The warning referred to the archaic term 'fuzzy-wuzzies', used by British soldiers to describe people from the Sudan. 
The broadcaster said the warning had, 'has nothing to do with the general content of #DadsArmy, which is a British TV classic,' but said the film, 'includes a specific racially derogatory phrase'
A 1974 radio special Present Arms, featuring cast members from the TV hit, was aired on Radio 4 Extra and later posted to BBC Sounds without any warning it included offensive language, The Mirror revealed. Pictured, John Le Mesurier as Sergeant Wilson in Dad's Army

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