One of the most memorable episodes of one of the most popular British sitcoms of all-time has been withdrawn from a U.K. streaming service because of numerous racial slurs. UKTV, a streaming service owned by the BBC, confirmed Friday that it was temporarily removing the 1975 Fawlty Towers episode The Germans. "The episode contains racial slurs so we are taking the episode down while we review it," a spokesman for UKTV said. The full episode is still being aired on Netflix and on Britbox, which is half-owned by the BBC, without any warnings or editing. The BBC has also withdrawn its popular sketch show Little Britain because "times have changed" since the comedy first aired in the early 2000s.

Source: CBC News June 12, 2020 20:26 UTC