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Fawlty Towers will be repeated on BBC with racist remarks by Major edited out Mirror 2/03/2021 Nicola Methven The  BBC is re-running Fawlty Towers to cheer Britain up - but with racist outbursts from cantankerous Major Gowan removed. The classic comedy, which runs to 12 episodes, airs from March 15 in its Festival of Funny. Last year writer and star John Cleese, who plays Basil Fawlty, branded Beeb bosses “gutless” for temporarily removing the episode with the Major’s racist remarks from the UKTV streaming platform. Arguing the remarks were fine in context, he said: �...

© DC Thomson Sir, – At risk of sounding out of step with the nation, I wonder if the English media’s saturation coverage of old army Captain Sir Tom Moore and the Westminster politicians who have been at pains to outdo each other in their bombastic praise is little more than smokescreen jingoism? There is no doubt that the centenarian did formidably well by raising the best part of £40 million for the NHS. However, there are aspects of this media story which don’t sit well. It seems odd that a nation which views old military titles as a reason for light hearted ridicule, as exemplifie...