BBC removes Mitchell and Webb blackface sketches

BBC removes 11 Mitchell and Webb comedy sketches from iPlayer

The corporation said it had included "the ones that still work today and not the ones that don't."

BBC Speaks Out As Blackface Sketches Are Pulled From Mitchell And Webb Show On iPlayer

Robert Webb and David Mitchell at a Q&A event for Channel 4 last yearThe BBC has addressed its recent decision to remove controversial scenes  from the sketch series That Mitchell And Webb Look on its iPlayer service.In honour of the comedy show’s 20th anniversary, That Mitchell And Webb Look – starring the titular comedians David Mitchell and Robert Webb, alongside cast members that included Sarah Hadland and future Oscar winners Olivia Colman …

BBC removes Blackface sketches from 'That Mitchell and Webb Look'

After uploading all four series of 'That Mitchell and Webb Look' to iPlayer, it has emerged that 11 sketches have been axed including Blackface ones.

BBC removes 11 sketches from hit show on iPlayer as content 'no longer works today'

Eleven sketches have been cut from That Mitchell and Webb Look after the BBC decided some of the material "no longer works today."

BBC cuts sketches from comedy show over material that ‘no longer works today’

Episodes of ‘That Mitchell and Webb Look’ that featured blackface and Jimmy Savile jokes have been edited on iPlayer

BBC removes Mitchell and Webb blackface sketches

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