‘Fawlty Towers’ star John Cleese criticises “stupid decision” to remove old episode over racial slurs
Fawlty Towers from a streaming service over racial slurs, calling the decision “stupid”.The writer, actor and founding member of Monty Python commented after UKTV, which is BBC-owned, said it had temporarily pulled well-known episode The Germans from its service while it carries out a review.Cleese – who co-wrote and starred in the comedy series – has accused executives of attempting to “pacify” people in a bid to “hang on to their jobs”.The episode in question first aired in 1975, and shows character Major Gowen repeatedly using the N-word in reference to members of the West Indies cricket team, while also referring to people from India as “w***”.Speaking to The Age newspaper, he said: “One of the things I’ve learned in the last 180 years