Broadcaster says lines now deemed offensive should be kept intact to show ‘how far we have come’
Libby Purves, the former BBC Radio 4 Today presenter, has criticised the corporation for editing archived programmes to remove content deemed offensive, arguing that the cuts are “misguided quixotism”.
The public broadcaster has been editing radio shows including Dad’s Army, Steptoe and Son and I’m Sorry, I’ll Read That Again to remove racially insensitive and politically incorrect jokes, the Times revealed earlier this year.
