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Scottish Sun
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Woke madness as sketch comedy The Fast Show slapped with trigger warning by BBC over infamous scene
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) NINETIES sketch comedy The Fast Show has been given trigger warnings by the BBC — including for one of its infamous Suit You Sir scenes. The Corporation has flagged up two episodes of Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson's classic series on iPlayer for using 'discriminatory language'. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up One is for episode five of series three, which aired in December 1997. It is most likely for a sketch featuring the outspoken tailors asking a customer if they would like to have sex with a 'she-male', with the customer then declaring: 'Come on you tr*nnies!' Episode one of the second series, from February 1996, also has a warning. That is likely due to a scene featuring the Middle Aged Guys who declare two women who rebuff their advances 'lesbians'. The BBC does not indicate which scenes their trigger warnings apply to. But the notes could also be for the beloved Chanel 9 News skit — delivered with fake Spanish word including 'Scorchio'. All 25 episodes of the Bafta winning show are on iPlayer. The trigger warnings come after the BBC also slapped notes on The Office and Only Fools and Horses. In February, Channel 4 was branded 'humourless' for flagging a series of Father Ted episodes on its streaming service. Regulators also hit Graham Linehan's Bafta-winning sitcom The IT Crowd with advisories, with one telling sensitive viewers: 'This episode was made in 2006 and contains strong, strong/offensive derogatory language and adult humour.' And ITV has slapped 1970s comedy George & Mildred with a similar caution. Dr Who gone Woke
The Sun
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Woke madness as sketch comedy The Fast Show slapped with trigger warning by BBC over infamous scene
NINETIES sketch comedy The Fast Show has been given trigger warnings by the BBC — including for one of its infamous Suit You Sir scenes. The Corporation has flagged up two episodes of Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson's classic series on iPlayer for using 'discriminatory language'. One is for episode five of series three, which aired in December 1997. It is most likely for a sketch featuring the outspoken tailors asking a customer if they would like to have sex with a 'she-male', with the customer then declaring: 'Come on you tr*nnies!' Episode one of the second series, from February 1996, also has a warning. That is likely due to a scene featuring the Middle Aged Guys who declare two women who rebuff their advances 'lesbians'. The BBC does not indicate which scenes their trigger warnings apply to. But the notes could also be for the beloved Chanel 9 News skit — delivered with fake Spanish word including 'Scorchio'. All 25 episodes of the Bafta winning show are on iPlayer. In February, Channel 4 was branded 'humourless' for flagging a series of Father Ted episodes on its streaming service. Regulators also hit Graham Linehan's Bafta-winning sitcom The IT Crowd with advisories, with one telling sensitive viewers: 'This episode was made in 2006 and contains strong, strong/offensive derogatory language and adult humour.' And ITV has slapped 1970s comedy George & Mildred with a similar caution. Dr Who gone Woke
The Irish Sun
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Woke madness as sketch comedy The Fast Show slapped with trigger warning by BBC over infamous scene
NINETIES sketch comedy The Fast Show has been given trigger warnings by the BBC — including for one of its infamous Suit You Sir scenes. The Corporation has flagged up two episodes of Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson's classic series on iPlayer for using 'discriminatory language'. One is for episode five of series three, which aired in December 1997. It is most likely for a sketch featuring the outspoken tailors asking a customer if they would like to have sex with a 'she-male', with the customer then declaring: 'Come on you tr*nnies!' Episode one of the second series, from February 1996, also has a warning. That is likely due to a scene featuring the Middle Aged Guys who declare two women who rebuff their advances 'lesbians'. READ MORE ON WOKE WARNINGS The BBC does not indicate which scenes their trigger warnings apply to. But the notes could also be for the beloved Chanel 9 News skit — delivered with fake Spanish word including 'Scorchio'. All 25 episodes of the Bafta winning show are on iPlayer. The trigger warnings come after the In February, Channel 4 was branded 'humourless' for flagging a series of Father Ted episodes on its streaming service. Most read in News TV Regulators also hit Graham Linehan's Bafta-winning sitcom And ITV has slapped 1970s comedy George & Mildred with a similar caution. Dr Who gone Woke 1 Comedians Mark Williams and Paul Whitehouse in The Fast Show
Yahoo
21-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Hit 90s comedy show tours to theatres in Bath and Bristol
EXTRA dates have been added to the upcoming UK tour of An Evening with The Fast Show. The popular show will now include performances in Bath and Bristol due to high demand. The Bath Forum will host the show on November 14, followed by a performance at the Bristol Hippodrome on November 29. The tour will feature original co-creators Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse, alongside Simon Day, John Thomson, Arabella Weir and Mark Williams. Tickets are available at website. Following the success of The Fast Show's 30th anniversary shows in 2024, the show, described as 'the defining comedy sketch show of the nineties' by The Independent, is bringing back its popular characters and sketches. This celebratory UK tour will provide a real behind-the-scenes insight into some of the cast's favourite characters and catchphrases as they come alive on stage once again. The cast will chat together about how it all began, how they made the TV show, and created the characters and the fun they had doing it. This will be interspersed with performances of some of their best-loved sketches, monologues and songs, with on-screen inserts and a moment to remember their former collaborator, the late, great Caroline Aherne. Fans will be thrilled to see the return of many of their favourite characters, including: Ted and Ralph, Jesse, Swiss Toni, Does My Bum Look Big In This?, Dave Angel, Jazz Club, The Suit You Tailors, Ron Manager, The Mad Painter, Rowley Birkin, Bob Fleming, Competitive Dad, Professor Denzil Dexter, and The Girl Who Boys Can't Hear. Charlie Higson said: 'Please can you all stop buying tickets, or I'm going to be doing this for the rest of my life.' Paul Whitehouse said: 'What initially started as a number of shows last year, has now turned into an even bigger tour across the UK. I'm delighted that we're adding even more shows and we are thrilled with the response.' The Fast Show first aired on BBC2 on 27 September 1994 and became one of the nation's best-loved comedy shows
Times
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
Fast Show star ‘distraught' after antisemitic post from stolen phone
A star of The Fast Show, the 1990s TV comedy sketch show, is said to be 'distraught' after his social media accounts were hacked and used to post an antisemitic message. Simon Day's Facebook, Instagram and X accounts were used to post a picture of the comedian and film director Mel Brooks along with a slur about Jewish people. It said: 'Not all Jewz are c***s. More political insight tomorrow'. The posts were quickly deleted and an apology sent. 'Please ignore my last post,' Day, 63, said. 'Last post someone hacked my phone. Would like to apologise for any offence. I am investigating.' Tracy-Ann Oberman, an actress who was awarded an MBE for services to Holocaust education and countering antisemitism, welcomed the apology. 'Good of him to elaborate on this heinous post with its near 100 likes on Insta,' she said. Oberman had initially spotted the message on Day's social media accounts and responded with some concern. 'Either Simon has been hacked or he thinks this is acceptable for a high-profile entertainment comedian to post this Jew hate,' she wrote. 'Hero to zero. It's on Simon's Instagram and Facebook, just not on Twitter.' Charlie Higson, Day's co-star on The Fast Show, leapt to his defence after criticism from other users on social media. 'His phone and credit cards were stolen. Simon would never post anything like this. He's distraught and not sure how to handle it,' Higson said. He added: 'Of course it's true [that he was robbed and hacked]. Simon's not going to completely change his character overnight.' The pair worked together on the BBC sketch show, which spawned characters including Ted and Ralph, the Suits You tailors and Competitive Dad, for four series from 1994. Last month a report found that a rise in antisemitic disinformation was contributing to hostility towards Jews on university campuses. The study by the Henry Jackson Society, a British national security think tank, claimed that anti-Jewish narratives were 'flourishing unchecked'. Students reported an increase in antisemitic disinformation after the atrocity on October 7, 2023, in which Hamas attacked Israel, killing 1,200 people, mostly civilians. Social media was named as the main source of the disinformation.
