FabSwingers.com forum: TV shows from the past that could not be aired theses days

By *ribsa OP Man
over a year ago

A box at end of your bed

Can anyone remember some of the old TV shows or series that would just not go out on air for whatever reason nowadays.

First off, Love Thy Neighbour

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Balls of Steel. World is too soft for such shows these days. Absolutely loved it.

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By *antasy Explorers 1313Couple
over a year ago

A place where others reside

Don't have to go back that far really.

Little Britain would have no chance and you'd have to lose a lot of content from Friends to make it appropriate for current day television.

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By *arcosaMan
over a year ago

London

Catweazle. A programme about kids meeting up with a strange man in the woods? That ain't going to fly...

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By *ixie BeanMan
over a year ago

Wallasey

Eurotrash .

Ofcom would be inundated

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Little Britain. We should probably ban David Walliams altogether just to be on the safe side.

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By *arcosaMan
over a year ago

London

"Balls of Steel. World is too soft for such shows these days. Absolutely loved it. "

I was a huge fan of Neg's Extreme Sports.

Fuckin' diddy donuts! Whoop whoop!

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

Every programme is of its time and very few are totally palatable in the years after they've been aired. Society changes and frankly a lot of the programmes that people say couldn't be aired today, often are on BBC4 or other channels.

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By *hloe sussexTV/TS
over a year ago

Larne

"Balls of Steel. World is too soft for such shows these days. Absolutely loved it.

I was a huge fan of Neg's Extreme Sports.

Fuckin' diddy donuts! Whoop whoop!"

Are you being served

Benny hill

Till death do us part

Could go on but basically any show pre 2000

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By *ribsa OP Man
over a year ago

A box at end of your bed

OTT Over the top. Brilliant and so silly & funny at the time.

It ant haft hot mum another great show.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Brass eye, the pedo episode was the nail in this shows coffin.

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By *assy69Man
over a year ago

West Sussex and Wales

Ant & Dec used to do a Saturday morning kids show, Holly Willoughby in a maid’s outfit, a dwarf in a hard hat being torpedoed at doors…… just can’t see that happening anymore

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

Mind your language.

It ain't half hot mum.

Definitely some mother's do have em.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Can anyone remember some of the old TV shows or series that would just not go out on air for whatever reason nowadays.

First off, Love Thy Neighbour "

Hmmmmm, Love Thy Neighbour.

I do wonder what the reaction to that would be now??

Because from memory, Eddie, the white bigot, was always made to look foolish.

Bill, the black neighbour, never rose to any of the name calling or derogatory terms used.

And the two wives, Barbie and the white wife (i cant remember her name), got on brilliantly.

The same with Till Death Us Do Part.

Alf Garnett was always made to look stupid and like an idiot. By his daughter, his son-in-law.

I remember one episode in a pub with the brilliant Derek Griffiths. He totally upstaged Alf by laughing and joking...leaving Alf speechless.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Mind your language.

It ain't half hot mum.

Definitely some mother's do have em.

Oh god yes, Mind Your Language.

How many cultural stereotypes could they get into one classroom.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Ant & Dec used to do a Saturday morning kids show, Holly Willoughby in a maid’s outfit, a dwarf in a hard hat being torpedoed at doors…… just can’t see that happening anymore

Ahhhh, Cakey Skate!

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

"Can anyone remember some of the old TV shows or series that would just not go out on air for whatever reason nowadays.

First off, Love Thy Neighbour

Hmmmmm, Love Thy Neighbour.

I do wonder what the reaction to that would be now??

Because from memory, Eddie, the white bigot, was always made to look foolish.

Bill, the black neighbour, never rose to any of the name calling or derogatory terms used.

And the two wives, Barbie and the white wife (i cant remember her name), got on brilliantly.

The same with Till Death Us Do Part.

Alf Garnett was always made to look stupid and like an idiot. By his daughter, his son-in-law.

I remember one episode in a pub with the brilliant Derek Griffiths. He totally upstaged Alf by laughing and joking...leaving Alf speechless. "

That was really the whole point of the show, highlighting the idiot racist bigot for the fool he was.

For today's audiences I doubt a watered down version would have the same impact.

But I can't see anyway they could possibly use the same language again.

I never really found it funny if I'm honest.

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

Not The Nine O'Clock News.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

On The Buses.

Fawlty Towers

Doctor In The House

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

"Not The Nine O'Clock News."

Dunno about that, maybe some of the sketches but it would have deprived us of the gorgeous Pamela Stephenson

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

How could we all forget...The Black And White Minstrel Show.

What was that all about???

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By *eeliciouschaosWoman
over a year ago

Wherever

I vote for Mind your language.

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By *tephanjMan
over a year ago

Kettering

How about steptoe and son

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By *ightkitty4uWoman
over a year ago

Epsom

"I vote for Mind your language."

I was about to suggest Mind Your Language!

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By *assy69Man
over a year ago

West Sussex and Wales

"How could we all forget...The Black And White Minstrel Show.

What was that all about???"

I once knew the wife of a black and white minstrel, they’d had a fascinating life together

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By *eff4000Man
over a year ago

Camberley

"Eurotrash .

Ofcom would be inundated "

The amount of wanks I had in my youth to this show.

Was always a gamble as well, you could be wanking over some lovely tits and then it cuts to a new segment about an ugly naked German guy who paints with his own shit

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By *eff4000Man
over a year ago

Camberley

"Brass eye, the pedo episode was the nail in this shows coffin."

Satire is dead anyway. They take the piss about a guy called Peter File getting beaten up because people are idiots and then in actual real life a paediatrician gets beaten up because people are idiots and think it means paedo

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By *onnie 90Woman
over a year ago

Leeds

"Not The Nine O'Clock News.

Dunno about that, maybe some of the sketches but it would have deprived us of the gorgeous Pamela Stephenson "

Constable Savage with his list of offences committed by the same man, Mr Winston Codogo of Mercer Terrace.

Breaking and entering a boiled egg.

Talking after lights out.

Living in a built up area during the hours of darkness.

Crossing the road to avoid me.

Grievous bodily odour.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Eurotrash .

Ofcom would be inundated

The amount of wanks I had in my youth to this show.

Was always a gamble as well, you could be wanking over some lovely tits and then it cuts to a new segment about an ugly naked German guy who paints with his own shit

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By *aria_dreamgirlTV/TS
over a year ago

stockport

Till death do us part. Alf Garnett the obvious racist.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Miranda.

Please be Miranda.

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By *ecky400TV/TS
over a year ago

/highlands

Allo allo. The french and germans would be screaming at us x

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By *tephTV67TV/TS
over a year ago

Cheshire

Kick Start, health and safety gone mad, these days so would never allow my suggestion.

If you’ve not seen it, it was a motorcycle trials competition for kids. Yes, teenagers riding motorbikes over obstacles, brilliant. It’s one of the reasons I got into motorcycling.

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By *ribsa OP Man
over a year ago

A box at end of your bed

"Kick Start, health and safety gone mad, these days so would never allow my suggestion.

If you’ve not seen it, it was a motorcycle trials competition for kids. Yes, teenagers riding motorbikes over obstacles, brilliant. It’s one of the reasons I got into motorcycling.

This was a fantastic show was a must to watch when I was younger. It was the starting point for many big names in motorcycle world today. Dougie Lampkin being one I believe.

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By *ig_eric_tionMan
over a year ago

IPSWICH

Alot of the programmes mentioned above are still being aired.

Til death us do part is being repeated. On the busses is on quite often. Even Benny Hill was on a few weeks ago.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Come fly with me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Don't have to go back that far really.

Little Britain would have no chance and you'd have to lose a lot of content from Friends to make it appropriate for current day television. "

Friends is repeated weekly without censorship. Some of the humour is naughty but nothing offensive.

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol

"Balls of Steel. World is too soft for such shows these days. Absolutely loved it. "

I'd forgotten about this. Cracked me up.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Goodness gracious me. Racist both ways,innitt

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

On the buses

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

"Don't have to go back that far really.

Little Britain would have no chance and you'd have to lose a lot of content from Friends to make it appropriate for current day television. "

Loved little Britain & Cone Fly with me.

There was a show when I was a kid called Mind your language, that would be banned.

As would most of the 70s comedy - rightly so - benny hill, Jim Davisson , Bernard Mathews, Kenny Everett - just awful.

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By *ucsherMan
over a year ago

Stevenage/Uxbridge

Mind your language.

The Ali G show

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By *onlywishiMan
over a year ago

Newcastle

Magic roundabout ?

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By *ribsa OP Man
over a year ago

A box at end of your bed

"Magic roundabout ? "

There was a lot of risky kid's programs back in the day.

Captain pugwash was another. Seaman stains and master baits

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By *aomilatteCouple
over a year ago

Midlands

"Miranda.

Please be Miranda."

Harmless unfortunately

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By *otlovefun42Couple
over a year ago

Costa Blanca Spain...

I don't think Corporal Jones (Dads Army) would pass muster today.

FW'S who don't like it up 'em and all that.

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By *aomilatteCouple
over a year ago

Midlands

To add to the many shows listed above (many of which we still watch and laugh at), the Catherine Tate show. In particular when she stepped in as a translator

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

", Bernard Mathews. "

Definitely - all that fowl language

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By *anSMan
over a year ago

Shrewsbury

"Balls of Steel. World is too soft for such shows these days. Absolutely loved it.

I was a huge fan of Neg's Extreme Sports.

Fuckin' diddy donuts! Whoop whoop!"

Neg’s urban sports on Balls Of Steel was funny as!!

His ‘knock and don’t run’ is brilliant, I’m sure it’s probably still available on YouTube somewhere..

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By *amierebelMan
over a year ago

nae danger.

[Removed by poster at 09/01/23 13:03:11]

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By *amierebelMan
over a year ago

nae danger.

"Balls of Steel. World is too soft for such shows these days. Absolutely loved it.

I'd forgotten about this. Cracked me up."

Balls of steel was class the big gay following guy asking to touch guys knobs for a tenner and negs urban sports away to check channel 4 app now

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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago

Away for Christmas

"Every programme is of its time and very few are totally palatable in the years after they've been aired. Society changes and frankly a lot of the programmes that people say couldn't be aired today, often are on BBC4 or other channels."

I think it's more a case of if it were made/remade for a modern audience it would have huge changes that would in some cases not resemble the original show/concept. So it is less that these things can still be shown, done, or said and more about it just would be left out instead of actually cut out in the name of being censored.

The inbetweeners, not all that long ago in the grand scheme of things. Reruns as far as I know are not edited or censored (after watershed/streamed) yet if it were remade things would be greatly changed and I doubt it would be half as popular because it would have lost a great deal of its personality that made it what it was.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Magic roundabout ?

There was a lot of risky kid's programs back in the day.

Captain pugwash was another. Seaman stains and master baits "

Unfortunately, OP, just an urban myth.

I remember an article about it in Loaded magazine.

There were no characters by those names in Captain Pugwash

There was a 'Master Mate' and 'Tom the Cabin Boy'

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By *edstockings2Couple
over a year ago

Ilfracombe

Friends

Having watched an episode recently I am surprised it's ever aired on TV now.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Friends

Having watched an episode recently I am surprised it's ever aired on TV now.

Which episode?

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

Till death do us part

Desmonds

Some mother do have em

Benny hill show

Kenny everett shows

The goon show

Monty pythons flying circus

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

It aint alf hot mum

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By *asycouple1971Couple
over a year ago

midlands

The Word with Dani Behr...she was hot.

The Word got away with alot of stuff.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The carry on films over Christmas had me going, 'oooh sexual predator, racist, criminal sex assault fantasies inappropriate touching'.. On the buses was the same.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Jim’ll Fix It would be problematic.

As Simon Bird said, though, even The Inbetweeners would be dodgy now and it wasn’t made that long ago…!

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By *m A FuckerMan
over a year ago

kingswood,surrey/leysdown kent

Eastenders in the first 5years when it came out.language was different then

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Rainbow

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

", Bernard Mathews.

Definitely - all that fowl language "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I can remember watching an episode of only fools and horses when a white boy asked Dell for some money and after Dell boy had given him some, the child then asked if he could have some for his brother who was standing near by. The other child was black.

In todays politically correct world that episode would be seen to be inappropriate.

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By *icolerobbieCouple
over a year ago

walsall

"Kick Start, health and safety gone mad, these days so would never allow my suggestion.

If you’ve not seen it, it was a motorcycle trials competition for kids. Yes, teenagers riding motorbikes over obstacles, brilliant. It’s one of the reasons I got into motorcycling.

Some of those kids went on to be world champions.

Paul Edmondson went on to be multiple world enduro champion, graham Jarvis, multiple extreme enduro world champion as well as British trials champion. Dougie lampkin multiple world trials champion.

They should bring back shoes like that.

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By *hunky GentMan
over a year ago

Maldon and Peterborough

Love Island.

Or it f'ing shouldn't be aired.

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By *obloodyhornyMan
over a year ago

East Lothian

max and paddy

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By *ndiiiMan
over a year ago

Paisley Scotland

On the buses

The black and white minstrel show!!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Shafted hosted by Robert Kilroy-Silk

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By *amantMan
over a year ago

Alnmouth

Most of these programmes are still aired now, regularly in some cases. Unlikely you'd be able to make one like Benny Hill now but if it hadn't been created and you'd put it on now it wouldn't do well. One of the most watched clips of that Citizen Khan sitcom is of the central character moaning about Eastern European migrants and how British they are. It's the sort of humour from decades ago. It just isn't funny to a modern audience.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

In Sickness and in Health

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Naked Jungle with Keith Chegwin

Any show featuring Gunther Von Hagens

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By *.D.I.D.A.SMan
over a year ago

London/Essex... ish... Romford to be exact

Meanwhile they'd probably bring back Brookside for featuring that kiss.

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By *unnyhunnyWoman
over a year ago

Forest of Dean

Kenny Everett I loved him x

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By *ustafasinghMan
over a year ago

leicester

Phone/Face jackers hilarious but wouldn’t survive today!

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

No way Baywatch gets made today.

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By *inkyInkedBiWoman
over a year ago

"Phone/Face jackers hilarious but wouldn’t survive today!"

Loved those!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Balls of Steel. World is too soft for such shows these days. Absolutely loved it.

I'd forgotten about this. Cracked me up."

I just YouTube it, saw a guy who knocks random doors and either says nothing or asked why are the homeowners knocking his door and tries to keep them there for the longest time.

Reminds me of mister shake hands man.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Euro trash with JPG

Loved it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Faulty towers

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Captain pugwash!

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By *hyblueEyesMan
over a year ago

Daventry

Harry Enfield and Chuns - ‘women know your limits’ sketch or even the ‘peekaboo’ one

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Married with children

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By *penbicoupleCouple
over a year ago

Northampton

The Royle Family has *really* not aged well.

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By *tumpy5333Man
over a year ago

Doncaster

Well I still watch old editions of friends and Benny hill on my fire tv

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Young Ones.

Winston

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

Any panel show or sports coverage that doesn't have the right "mix"... Gay, straight, bi, black, white

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

Jimll fix it

Rolf Harris.. Can you see what it is yet?

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By *ustincider888Man
over a year ago

Preston Ish

Tizwaz

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By *tead88Man
over a year ago

nine elms

Bo selecta, i watched a few clips the other day and its mental

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By *xydadbodMan
over a year ago

Milton keynes

Mind your language.

I still remember watching this sitcom when I was very young. Yeah, definitely won't be accepted in today's age

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down

All television programmes are a reflection of the Zeitgeist of the time and when watched again, out of context, sometimes appear crude, crass and racist, in specific cases.

Benny Hill is now deceased over thirty years, and TV executives cancelled his show because they did not change with the times, to reflect changing attitudes

I used to be tittilated by Benny Hill's antics in the 1970s and 80s, but now I am amazed at their crude simplicity; those shows cost a fortune to compile: over a million pounds per episode. Watch and learn.

Some of the Carry on films are also crude, and cater to the LCD: the lowest common denominator.

Love thy neighbour poked fun at prevailing race relations at that time as did Alf Garnett, but Jones comments about the natives in colonised countries not liking bayonets shoved up their asses really takes the biscuit, for me!

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By *angorguyMan
over a year ago

bangor

Ah amateur mistake.. Record it and then pause it on lolo ferraris segment lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A lot of people are saying Benny hill, till death us do part and few others.

These are still on if you look at some of the Freeview channels.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Comedians

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By *immy PMan
over a year ago

nottingham via worksop

can you imagine Alf Garnet being aired these days... ha ha, omg i used to watch that after swimming lessons when i was a kid...

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By *achel SmythTV/TS
over a year ago

Farnborough

Many of the programmes mentioned above are still aired on TV, Benny Hill, Kenny Everett, On The Buses, the Carry Ons on are on few of the Freeview Channels. They do however usually give a warning that they ‘reflect views of the time and may cause offence’ before showing. This I believe is appropriate… so that people have a choice to watch or not … and then make their own minds up. It could also help people realise we have changed, and maybe why we needed to change. I am never a fan of banning anything because we are told it isn’t good …. reminiscent of other parts of history that aren’t so good!

These programmes were the staple diet of my childhood, and will be honest I love watching them now. I fully realise that it is very different now and watch them in context.

I have said this previously in another post. I find it very ironic that in todays TV / films and media, we are ‘fed’ programmes that routinely show sex, nudity, horrific violence, and extremely foul language … with no warning whatsoever… all traits that were unacceptable, and would have never got past the censors back then. … as I said, things change!

R x

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"I don't think Corporal Jones (Dads Army) would pass muster today.

FW'S who don't like it up 'em and all that."

It's on BBC2 or 4 most weekends. I love Dad's Army. And Fawlty Towers and 'Allo 'Allo, all of which have been mentioned on the thread. Apart from Fawlty Towers, the others are on Freeview on various channels still.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"The Royle Family has *really* not aged well. "

Hadn't thought of that.....

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By *ithintemptationsCouple
over a year ago

plymouth

bring them all back, only the weak and board get offended.

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

Monty python.. Definitely fawlty towers

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By *obajxMan
over a year ago

Cheshire

Laurel & Hardy

Probably the most remembered episode was the piano

At one point when they've again landed at the bottom of the steps, a woman pushing a pram laughs at them and they punch her in the face

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

I only came in to see how many times mind your language mentioned…

Okay.. enough.. your not slacking.. carry on!

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

"Jimll fix it

Rolf Harris.. Can you see what it is yet? "

I use to have the jim’ll fix it tune as my ringtone…

The looks of nostalgia followed by angst that people use to have on their faces was brilliantly funny

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By *entBarryUKMan
over a year ago

Ashford

"can you imagine Alf Garnet being aired these days... ha ha, omg i used to watch that after swimming lessons when i was a kid..."

That and "It ain't half hot mum"

Very cringe

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By *arcosaMan
over a year ago

London

It is, as well as a few of his other sports.

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By *iggingMan
over a year ago

Oldham

"Married with children "

One of the best American sitcoms ever..looks very dated now but in its time it was superb in my opinion

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By *aomilatteCouple
over a year ago

Midlands

"Married with children

One of the best American sitcoms ever..looks very dated now but in its time it was superb in my opinion "

Our favourite was when they were in the clothing store. Al has no interest in his wife but is eyeing up another man's wife. The other man has no interest in his own wife but is eyeing up Al's wife. They should have just wife swapped

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not so much couldn't be aired, but shouldn't be aired are anything with celebrity in the title, and any so called 'reality' TV.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mrs Slocombe’s pussy. Used to love Are you Being Served

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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago

Newcastle

Rainbow given the things that was said. Given how things are would sound creepy

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

Captain pugwash... Magic roundabout.. Crystal tits and Alistair..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Are you being served

Benny hill

Till death do us part

Could go on but basically any show pre 2000"

All those three have been on tv recently

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

I love watching reruns of porridge... Makes me laugh when it's preceeded by inane warnings about "may contain humour that is offensive...." fucks sake. There's a lot more offensive shite on shows now and we don't get warned about them.

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down

"Married with children "

That was a fantastic show, of its time, with writers at the peak of their craft

I watch snippets regularly on YouTube; insulting to the extreme!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The ped episode of Brass Eye

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By *con7Man
over a year ago

BARNET

Anything with Bernard Manning

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down

"The Comedians"

The most interesting fact is that none of those guys actually met each other; they were all recorded at different times.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Anything with Bernard Manning"

Same goes for Jim Davidson.

Unless he's not on anymore because the TV execs have just realised he's not funny.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Captain pugwash... Magic roundabout.. Crystal tits and Alistair.. "

Why?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Goodies

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

"Captain pugwash... Magic roundabout.. Crystal tits and Alistair..

Why?"

There used to be stuff about the names being deliberately rude or drug references in them..

Master bates and seamen stains being 2 of them I believe. There were more

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Captain pugwash... Magic roundabout.. Crystal tits and Alistair..

Why?

There used to be stuff about the names being deliberately rude or drug references in them..

Master bates and seamen stains being 2 of them I believe. There were more "

Urban myths

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By *rAitchMan
over a year ago

Diagonally Parked in a Parallel Universe

"Kick Start, health and safety gone mad, these days so would never allow my suggestion.

If you’ve not seen it, it was a motorcycle trials competition for kids. Yes, teenagers riding motorbikes over obstacles, brilliant. It’s one of the reasons I got into motorcycling.

This was a fantastic show was a must to watch when I was younger. It was the starting point for many big names in motorcycle world today. Dougie Lampkin being one I believe. "

I used to compete in motorcycle trials as a teenager, riding over various obstacles, through streams, etc, as well as arena events riding over oil barrels, through waste skips and over the tops of cars. I wasn't that good, but I did win a few trophies and still have them on display on a shelf.

I'd love to see something similar on tv. I watch indoor arena events on YouTube. Toni Bou is probably one of the best riders ever.

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

"Mind your language.

I still remember watching this sitcom when I was very young. Yeah, definitely won't be accepted in today's age "

I remember that one.

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By *escourtesMan
over a year ago

hereford

Kenny Everetts video show

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field

"Married with children

That was a fantastic show, of its time, with writers at the peak of their craft

I watch snippets regularly on YouTube; insulting to the extreme!"

and still hugely popular

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Goodness Gracious Me. Hilarious but people may get offended at both the Indian and British stereotypes

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Captain pugwash... Magic roundabout.. Crystal tits and Alistair..

Why?

There used to be stuff about the names being deliberately rude or drug references in them..

Master bates and seamen stains being 2 of them I believe. There were more

Urban myths

Correct

I remember an article about it in Loaded magazine.

There were no characters by those names in Captain Pugwash

There was a 'Master Mate' and 'Tom the Cabin Boy'

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By *d_deeTV/TS
over a year ago

cheshire

Operation good guys

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By *rMs.NeekCouple
over a year ago

Worcestershire

"Brass eye, the pedo episode was the nail in this shows coffin."

I saw this for the 1st time the other day

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By *rMs.NeekCouple
over a year ago

Worcestershire

Allo allo

Are you being served

Any carry on film

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By *d_deeTV/TS
over a year ago

cheshire

"Allo allo

Are you being served

Any carry on film "

But these are on tv today

Itv 4 play carry on films and the others are on gold

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By *implynaughty1Couple
over a year ago

stockport

Queer as Folk

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By *rMs.NeekCouple
over a year ago

Worcestershire

"Allo allo

Are you being served

Any carry on film

But these are on tv today

Itv 4 play carry on films and the others are on gold"

They are with warning that they contain views that were acceptable at the time. Wouldn't be made now

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By *eiaorganaWoman
over a year ago

Dundee

Dukes of Hazard would need to remove the Confederate flag from the General Lee. And change the car's name, probably

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By *d_deeTV/TS
over a year ago

cheshire

"Allo allo

Are you being served

Any carry on film

But these are on tv today

Itv 4 play carry on films and the others are on gold

They are with warning that they contain views that were acceptable at the time. Wouldn't be made now"

Sorry I thought the op said aired today

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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago

Newcastle

Love thy neighbor

Please sir

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By *an2man2021Man
over a year ago

Stourbridge

"Mind your language.

I still remember watching this sitcom when I was very young. Yeah, definitely won't be accepted in today's age "

So funny back in the day makes me cringe now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Black Beauty

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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago

Newcastle

Rising damp

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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago

Newcastle

O.T.T with Chris tarrant

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By *ittleCurvyChickWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere over the rainbow

Some old Scottish shows would be tricky to air now

Rab C Nesbit

Chewing the fat

City lights

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By *essica FlabbitWoman
over a year ago

west midlands/shropshire

Even Disney plus put warnings up before some of their old films. Aristocrats being 1 of the said films

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By *alleyDaveMan
over a year ago

Sheffield

"Can anyone remember some of the old TV shows or series that would just not go out on air for whatever reason nowadays.

First off, Love Thy Neighbour "

Love Thy Neighbour is my all time favourite. Sadly the PC brigade have made sure it will never see the light of day again.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bo Selector, loved that

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By *alleyDaveMan
over a year ago

Sheffield

"How could we all forget...The Black And White Minstrel Show.

What was that all about???"

That show was fantastic, and so funny, but I'm old school where comedy is concerned. Give me 70's sitcoms and 70's Comedians EVERY DAY rather than the PC crap we have to suffer these days.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Goodies ... goody goody yum yum

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

Oooh wait till we get round to movies.. I have a shed load!!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Anyone remember Lukes Kingdom

Where luke is constantly having sexual relations with his sister in outback Australia

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Even Disney plus put warnings up before some of their old films. Aristocrats being 1 of the said films "

Well we can't offend the snowflakes can we?

The poor little flowers.

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down

Lots of television shows that theoretically could not be shown on mainstream channels, such as the BBC, are actually broadcast on Freeview channels.

However, there is not the remotest possibility that Black and White Minstrel Show will ever see the light of day again; nor any full show, or part of any show featuring these:

Jimmy Savile

Rolf Harris

Stuart Hall (Knockout)

Paul Gadd aka Gary Glitter

The Minstrel Show was a really shocking programme, even in its heyday.

Love thy Neighbour, and Till death.., are actually highly educational, in how attitudes have changed, at least on the surface!

On the Buses, with the comdian, Reg Varney, was amusing and sexist, but not deeply offensive; the two Buses films were cheap British seaside postcard humour, of a sort.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Crackerjack?

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By *he English OneMan
over a year ago

west

Bo' Selecta Gen x would have a canery if this came back

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By *enny PR9TV/TS
over a year ago

Southport

"Can anyone remember some of the old TV shows or series that would just not go out on air for whatever reason nowadays.

First off, Love Thy Neighbour

Love Thy Neighbour is my all time favourite. Sadly the PC brigade have made sure it will never see the light of day again. "

"Love Thy Neighbour" could be seen as educational in the sense that it depicted the reality of racial tensions and prejudice that existed in society at the time. However, it is important to note that the way in which these issues were portrayed in the show, through racist jokes and language, would not be considered appropriate or acceptable by today's standards. The show's humour relied heavily on the offensive stereotypes and it reinforced negative attitudes and prejudices, rather than challenging or educating about them.

It's worth mentioning that some people may argue that it is important to understand the past, and that shows like "Love Thy Neighbour" can serve as a reminder of the attitudes and prejudices that existed in the past and the progress that has been made in terms of race relations. But it is also important to consider the potential harm that these shows can cause by perpetuating stereotypes and offensive attitudes.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

And you've all forgotten to mention..

MUFFIN THE MULE

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A program where a person is judged at first by the way they look, as far as I know they only ever judged males , not females for some reason

Take me out , sexism at its finest double standards

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By *exyguy76Man
over a year ago

lancashire

Treasure hunt

Challenge Anika.

Keith Chegwin's naked ? (Can't remember the program)

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By *exyguy76Man
over a year ago

lancashire

Hale & pace

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By *artender_onthelooseMan
over a year ago

Dublin

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By *nimaginativeUsernameMan
over a year ago

Rochester, Kent

Just watched ‘Escape from Alcatraz’ on Netflix. (ok it’s a film, not a tv show), but there’s a surprising amount of airings of the dreaded N word.

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By *glyBettyTV/TS
over a year ago

About 3 feet away from the fence

Noel's House Party.

Gotchas were often mean-spirited

Mr Blobby would be seen as fat shaming.

Noel himself is a problematic character who has blood on his hands. Would definitely be cancelled.

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By *artender_onthelooseMan
over a year ago

Dublin

takeshi castle

Eurotrash

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By *glyBettyTV/TS
over a year ago

About 3 feet away from the fence

"Brass eye, the pedo episode was the nail in this shows coffin.

The Day Today probably wouldn't go out these days either due to people not being able to tell the difference between it and actual news.

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By *amhorniestMan
over a year ago

Surrey

Crossroads

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down

Jason King with Peter Wyngarde in the lead role.

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

"Crossroads "

There's a show called Nolly, about Noel Gordon, coming to television in a couple of weeks. Acorn Antiques was a Crossroads parody.

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