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Are The Bbc Wrong To Ban 'it Ain't Half Hot Mum' From Our Screens?
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"Dads Army" is undoubtedly brilliant which is why it is still shown. It wasn't really about the war, it was about small town snobbery and social class. The reasons t still works is because those subjects are timeless.
I'm afraid in my opinion, Perry and Croft went downhill after that. "It ain't half hot mum" was just a load of theatrical jokes. As a young boy, that didn't amuse me in the 70s. It definitely would not work 40 years later.
There other two Perry and Croft sitcoms, "Hi-de-hi" and "You rang M'Lord" are also rarely repeated on the BBC and neither has a blacked up character.
I much preferred the Croft and Lloyd sit-coms that came later. Some of those still crop up on Freeview and stand up well.
I enjoyed "The League of Gentlemen" on the BBC more recently and that series featured a blacked up character (Papa Lazarou). A blacked up character isn't a reason for the BBC not showing a programme.
I imagine Perry considers "It ain't half hot mum" is as good as "Dads Army". It isn't. If it had been a good series, and the blacked up character was the reason it has not been repeated then I would be as annoyed as other posters. But neither is true. It was poor and I do not believe the Michael Bates character is why it isn't being shown.
I'm afraid in my opinion, Perry and Croft went downhill after that. "It ain't half hot mum" was just a load of theatrical jokes. As a young boy, that didn't amuse me in the 70s. It definitely would not work 40 years later.
There other two Perry and Croft sitcoms, "Hi-de-hi" and "You rang M'Lord" are also rarely repeated on the BBC and neither has a blacked up character.
I much preferred the Croft and Lloyd sit-coms that came later. Some of those still crop up on Freeview and stand up well.
I enjoyed "The League of Gentlemen" on the BBC more recently and that series featured a blacked up character (Papa Lazarou). A blacked up character isn't a reason for the BBC not showing a programme.
I imagine Perry considers "It ain't half hot mum" is as good as "Dads Army". It isn't. If it had been a good series, and the blacked up character was the reason it has not been repeated then I would be as annoyed as other posters. But neither is true. It was poor and I do not believe the Michael Bates character is why it isn't being shown.
I'm afraid in my opinion, Perry and Croft went downhill after that. "It ain't half hot mum" was just a load of theatrical jokes. As a young boy, that didn't amuse me in the 70s. It definitely would not work 40 years later.
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I couldn't disagree more. As a yound lad I loved it. My Grandad had served in Burma during WWII and it fascinated me to get even a semblance of an insight to how it might have been for him.
Some have siad they doubt it stands the test of time.
Without any prompting from me, young Chill asked for the complete boxset for Xmas, which he duly got.#He enjoys it every bit as much as I did, doubltess for similar reasons i.e. he can see how it was for his great Grandfather, especially as he is not around.
For anyone who has served in HM Forces but particularly the Army I'm sure they can all indentify with at least 2 of the main characters, whether it be the nice-but-dim officer, the educated career private who resisted any offers or chance to go to Sandhurst (Gnr Graham) and so on.
As for the rest, it's a poor show by the BBC with their refusal.
I remember how Don Estelle too was outraged at the decision some years ago. Apparently the main reason wasn't the supposed racist overtones or prominent homophobia (shown only by BSM Williams, none of the others) but because in one episode Williams kicked a punkah wallah.
Pathetic.
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I couldn't disagree more. As a yound lad I loved it. My Grandad had served in Burma during WWII and it fascinated me to get even a semblance of an insight to how it might have been for him.
Some have siad they doubt it stands the test of time.
Without any prompting from me, young Chill asked for the complete boxset for Xmas, which he duly got.#He enjoys it every bit as much as I did, doubltess for similar reasons i.e. he can see how it was for his great Grandfather, especially as he is not around.
For anyone who has served in HM Forces but particularly the Army I'm sure they can all indentify with at least 2 of the main characters, whether it be the nice-but-dim officer, the educated career private who resisted any offers or chance to go to Sandhurst (Gnr Graham) and so on.
As for the rest, it's a poor show by the BBC with their refusal.
I remember how Don Estelle too was outraged at the decision some years ago. Apparently the main reason wasn't the supposed racist overtones or prominent homophobia (shown only by BSM Williams, none of the others) but because in one episode Williams kicked a punkah wallah.
Pathetic.
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