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Last week’s column featured the spectacular rise from being a pupil at Sir William Borlase’s School to international fame as bandleader and dancer – Ken “Snakehips” Johnson. By 1939, at the outbreak of the Second World War, he was a worldwide star, but the bombs falling almost nightly curtailed the activities of most London music venues. One that was allowed to continue in business was The Café de Paris on Coventry Street. It was one of the most popular places for affluent Londoners to relax at night during the Blitz. At 20 feet below ground and with thick concrete roof it was considered the “safest restaurant in town”.
BBC airs controversial Fawlty Towers episode after editing out racist rant Mirror 2 hrs ago James Brinsford
The BBC has aired a controversial episode of Fawlty Towers after it was previously removed from UKTV.
The episode, which was first shown in 1975, is titled The Germans and originally included racist slurs used by Major Gowen.
These slurs were removed in 2013 comedy had been given a content warning and was removed from BBC-owned UKTV before being reviewed as Black Lives Matter protests were at their height.
The controversial scene saw Major Gowen using offensive racial slurs when speaking about the West Indies cricket team, which included the use of the N-word.