Harry Enfield

The League of Gentlemen and The Mighty Boosh are on the Bbc Iplayer , even though they are removed from Netflix in the midst of objections about the use of blackface.

The Mighty Boosh's Spirit of Jazz and The League of Gentlemen's Papa Lazarou were both white actors in dark make-up.

The Bbc Director-General Tony Hall said the group had to be judged "all the time, if things feel appropriate."

Both platforms, in Little Britain , have removed. A BBC spokesman said: "The Change affects only on Little Britain . "

The League of gentlemen and the Australian Comedy Summer Heights High, Mr Hall Asked "We constantly are looking at what is useful and new, and a balance between what we think people want to see, or what reflects The Times [as] those pieces that were made, and what feels right now.

"you are constantly evaluating the question of whether things feel appropriate for the target groups and the context in which we all broadcast. "

elsewhere, the 1939 film But back, with a "discussion of its historical context".

Mr Hall said the context of a film or programme was "really, really important".

He Said : "With art, film, comedy, which help to put context to The Way that people thought, how they behaved, and are now coming to light, and help us with the topics we currently do, I think, is really important.

"We have all that context-and we need the story. "

There was an outcry in Social Media about the removal of clips of The Inbetweeners Youtube But it turned out that in terms of the copyright, and not a criminal offence.

Meanwhile , comedian Harry Enfield has defended that the " blackface "several times in The Past ".

He BBC Radio 4 Today said a program he had portrayed his "hero", the former South African President Nelson Mandela, as a Drug Dealer , "I thought that was so wrong that it was right".

The Point was "to show how absurd it is this stereotype" of the black population was declared, Enfield.

He Said : "I wouldn't do it now, But I don't think I regret it. "He added: "I definitely think it should be a conversation about it. "

Enfield, He Said four last Prime Minister had played, and when the current Chancellor, Rishi was Sunak in the number 10, he would not find "it is difficult, that I would be able to play him, because of the color of his skin".

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Source of news: bbc.com