Award-winning comedy becomes latest hit show to be slapped with woke trigger warnings in crackdown by the BBC
Fans also slammed Channel 4 for a similar warning on a beloved sitcom
WOKE JOKE Award-winning comedy becomes latest hit show to be slapped with woke trigger warnings in crackdown by the BBC
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HIT mockumentary sitcom The Office has been slapped with 'discriminatory language' trigger warnings by BBC bosses.
Five episodes of Ricky Gervais's award-winning show on iPlayer have been flagged.
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The Office has been slapped with 'discriminatory language' trigger warnings by BBC bosses
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All 14 episodes are available on the streaming service.
Its two series, with Gervais as paper company branch boss David Brent, carry a 'G' rating to indicate adult humour.
But some episodes also carry the additional warning.
In the first series, debut episode Downsize — first aired in July 2001 — and the sixth episode Judgement are hit with the alert.
And from series two, the first, third and fifth — Merger, Party and Charity — also carry the warnings.
The Office won a clutch of awards in its time — most notably scooping a Golden Globe in 2004 for Best Television Series, the first British comedy to win.
It was co-written and co-created by Gervais and Stephen Merchant, and went on to spawn a successful US version starring Steve Carell.
The Office's alerts come after the BBC also put disclaimers about offensive or outdated language on episodes of Only Fools and Horses from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.
In February, Channel 4 was branded 'humourless' for flagging a series of Father Ted on its catch-up.
Broadcasters also hit Bafta-winning C4 sitcom The IT Crowd with advisories, with one warning: 'This episode was made in 2006 and contains strong, strong/offensive derogatory language and adult humour.'
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