Popular kids TV show hit with trigger warning by woke ITV bosses over ‘language of the period' in episodes
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WOKE ITV bosses have slapped a warning on kids' show Worzel Gummidge — because the scarecrow threatens to knock doll Aunt Sally's 'wooden head off'.
They ruled the 1980s favourite, starring Jon Pertwee as the straw character, may offend modern snowflake viewers.
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Woke ITV bosses have slapped a warning on kids' show Worzel Gummidge
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The content alert was written for spin-off Worzel Gummidge Down Under, which saw life-size fairground doll Sally (Una Stubbs) being sold to a farm in New Zealand and Worzel stowing away to follow her there.
Execs on the broadcaster's ITVX streaming platform have added the warning: 'Contains language of the period that may offend.'
ITVX also bafflingly suggests that viewers turn on parental controls before they watch.
In the show, Worzel tells Sally during an argument that he will 'knock your silly wooden head off'.
Sally then brands him a 'half-witted fleabag'.
And after Worzel almost strikes Sally when he mistakes her for a burglar, the doll whacks him over the head with a shovel.
In another shouting match, he calls her a 'worm-riddled old skittle'.
Free Speech Union boss Lord Young commented: 'Worzel Gummidge may not have succeeded in scaring any birds, but he's clearly enjoying a second wind as a scarer of over-sensitive woke scolds.'
ITV was asked to comment.
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