ANOTHER beloved comedy series slapped with trigger warning by BBC as iconic scene flagged for ‘discriminatory language'

Daily Mail​

30-06-2025

BBC bosses have slapped yet another 'woke' trigger warning on a beloved comedy series for 'discriminatory language'.
The broadcaster, which has a large library of nostalgic series available to binge on iPlayer, has hit The Fast Show with a disclaimer.
Originally airing in the 90s, the classic stars Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson with quick-fire sketches that depicted British society at the time.
However, its infamous Suit You Sir scenes have been hit with a ' woke ' warning by BBC bosses.
The Sun has revealed two episodes contain the warning, which advises viewers of 'discriminatory language' before they can play the show.
One episode, from series three that aired in December 1997, carries a scene where the tailors ask a customer if they would like to have sex with a 'she-male'.
In reply, the customer says: 'Come on you tr**nies!'
Meanwhile, an episode from the second series that originally broadcast in 1996, sees two men make advances on women.
However, when they're swiftly rejected, the pair declare the women are 'lesbians'.
The Fast Show aired for four series on the BBC before it was axed by bosses in 1997 after 28 episodes, which are all now available on iPlayer.
Its warning comes after it was recently revealed how the BBC had hit R icky Gervais comedy series The Office with a similar warning.
The hit mockumentary sitcom created by comedians Ricky, 64, and Stephen Merchant, famously stars Ricky as paper company boss David Brent.
Both series of the noughties programme were already labelled with a G symbol on BBC iPlayer, which flags parental guidance for younger viewers.
But nearly half of the BBC series' 14 episodes, following life at Wernham Hogg's Slough office, now also carry the additional content notice.
Viewers are hit with the warning before they can play an episode of the classic series on BBC iPlayer
The Fast Show aired for four series on the BBC before it was axed by bosses in 1997 after 28 episodes, which are all now available on iPlayer
In series one, which aired in 2001, the first and last episodes - Downsize and Judgement - bear the alert.
Meanwhile, a whopping half of the second series, released in 2002, has been hit with trigger warnings - episodes one, three and five, named Merger, Party and Charity.
At the start of the year it was revealed how Only Fools and Horses was hit with various disclaimers around 'racial language', words that 'may offend' and 'dated attitudes and behaviours'.
Only two of seven series of the eighties hit show - which is available to watch on ITV and often reruns on digital channel U&Gold - did not have any episodes at all slapped with the warnings.