Another classic British comedy is slapped with woke trigger warning by the BBC over ‘discriminatory language'
Regulators have flagged seven episodes for 'discriminatory language some viewers may find offensive'.
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BBC officials have slapped trigger warnings on another hit British comedy — The Royle Family, pictured Ricky Tomlinson as Jim Royle
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The show followed the Royles for three series and ended in 2012
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It does not specify which scenes in the Manchester-based
The show ran for three series and followed couch potato family the Royles, led by
It attracted 12 million viewers in its heyday and also starred Caroline Aherne,
The final episode of 25 aired on Christmas Day 2012.
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In 2021, the BBC added a flag to episode two in series three for a scene where Jim describes real-life TV designer
Now there are warnings for episodes one, three and six from series two, which went out in 1999.
Episode one from series three, which aired in 2000, is also considered problematic, possibly for Anthony Royle (Little) calling a pal a 'batty boy'.
The 2008 and 2009 The Royle Family specials are under scrutiny too.
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It comes after cautious BBC regulators warned viewers of supposedly
Channel 4 slap trigger warning on famous episode Father Ted – where the priest wears a lampshade on his head to mock racism
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