Little Britain removed from streaming platforms

I'm wracking my brains to think of anything racially iffy in The Inbetweeners. Although thinking about it Rudge Park is the whitest school in the home counties. Though this is used as part of their nievety when encountering the outside world.


There's only two scenes I can think of that even reference race - mistaking a black man for a drug dealer and the French exchange student that 'doesn't like arabs' but in both those cases it's challenged or made to seem wrong.


Maybe a bit of YouTube over-zealousness? There's plenty in the series that someone would find offensive

I’m surprised The Inbetweeners didn’t get caught up in controversy a few years ago what with all the terms they use to describe women.

Then also I imagine some might find the jokes directed at Neil’s dad offensive as well

Still on Britbox

https://www.britbox.co.uk/programme/The_Inbetweeners_47740

Plenty of adults are like it too!

Indeed it turns out apparently Britbox have streaming rights to it now.
Surprised there wasn’t a disclaimer put up on Youtube to say as much (especially since say when football highlights are illegally uploaded and removed you normally see that X has copyrighted it) - not having it just fuels speculation that it’s the latest show to be censored.
Honestly the more I look at Twitter these days the more I think Jon Ronson’s excellent book ‘So you’ve been Publicly Shamed’ should be required reading before you get on there. My first reaction if I see a celebrity these days is ‘what are they being cancelled for’ more than wondering why they’re trending

Indeed it turns out apparently Britbox have streaming rights to it now.
Surprised there wasn’t a disclaimer put up on Youtube to say as much (especially since say when football highlights are illegally uploaded and removed you normally see that X has copyrighted it) - not having it just fuels speculation that it’s the latest show to be censored.
Honestly the more I look at Twitter these days the more I think Jon Ronson’s excellent book ‘So you’ve been Publicly Shamed’ should be required reading before you get on there. My first reaction if I see a celebrity these days is ‘what are they being cancelled for’ more than wondering why they’re trending

Plenty of adults are like it too!

Channel 4 will be happy, seems they'll be selling a few thousand DVD sets this morning (it's going right up the Amazon popular chart)

Yes there is such a thing as whiteface. The term has been in currency for over a century and a half, and it has been a practice since the 19th century.

We’re getting into dangerous territory now that old content is being removed seemingly without any actual guidelines. Ignoring or glossing over our social history is dangerous. TV shows and movies, even comedies, present a very real depiction of social attitudes in the time they were made and can be an important part of the ongoing conversation. In the same way any statues glorifying those involved in the slave trade should be moved to museums or exibitions and presented with context to help understanding and debate, rather than melted down and forgotten.

Disney+ have the right idea - include a clearly worded disclaimer with any problematic content. Their big mistake is not including Song of the South and making it subject to the same treatment. Whoopi Goldberg herself has called for it to be released many times and in on record offering to film an introduction to it explaining the racial issues it contains. It should be part of the discussion.

IMO Netflix, BritBox and the BBC need to start using clear disclaimers which are specific to any issues in a show. And I’m really hoping what we’re witnessing now is the start of a review process where broadcasters are looking at all content but will ultimately re-upload everything with disclaimers, context, even filters which recognise problematic historical content. I really hope this is the case and they’re not just removing things willy nilly “just in case”.