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Channel 4 removes Bo’ Selecta episodes from its website after Leigh Francis made a tearful racism apology

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CHANNEL 4 has removed Bo' Selecta! episodes from its website after the show was caught up in the storm over TV blackface characters.

Leigh Francis, who plays TV host Keith Lemon, wore masks to play stars in the show and was this week forced into a tearful apology by black talk show host Trisha Goddard who he lampooned on the programme.

Now Channel 4 have  done the same as Netflix, BBC iPlayer and BritBox - which has removed episodes of comedy Little Britain over its blackface characters.

Channel 4 told The Sun Bo' Selecta was removed from its online video demand service All 4 last week. A "page not found" message appears on Bo' Selecta's Channel 4 website page.

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