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'Get a grip' Keeping Up Appearances fury as BBC hit with 'offensive language' warning

KEEPING UP APPEARANCES has reportedly been hit with an offensive language warning by online streaming service BritBox.

According to reports, fans of the BBC comedy have been issued a content warning before they go ahead and watch the series.

Streaming subscription service, BritBox, is warning viewers that the 90s classic “contains ­language and ­attitudes of the era that may offend”.

A spokesman for the TV streaming service told The Daily Star that they issue warnings to viewers to ensure the right guidance is in place.

“We review and refresh BritBox’s programme catalogue on an ongoing basis,” they said in a statement.

Keeping Up Appearances: BritBox has issued an offensive language warning to viewers (Image: BBC)

“Programming on the service that ­contains potentially sensitive language or attitudes of their era has carried appropriate warnings since our launch in November 2019, to ensure the right guidance is in place for viewers who are choosing to watch on demand.”

Fans of the series have since taken to social media to share their thoughts on the warning.

One unhappy fan tweeted: “Another one bites the Woke dust.”

Another penned: “For the love of everything that's sane, just stop this nonsense. Everyone knows these programs were made decades ago. Let the woke brigade stew in their own juices.”

A third added: “This wokeness is getting ridiculous.” (sic)

“Keeping Up Appearances 'is given a viewer warning' More Woke Nonsense,” a fourth raged.

While another simply wrote: “Get a grip.”

A sixth fan penned: “You used to be able to joke about other cultures now everything is offensive. my favourite joke is offensive it eludes to a funny fact About how many people are in the car.”

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An episode of comedy Fawlty Towers was also removed from UKTV due to a racist rant made by one of the characters.

Last year the 1975 episode, titled The Germans, was hit with a content warning after being removed from the BBC owned streaming service, after racist slurs used by Major Gowen were previously taken out in 2013.

BBC bosses also came under fire in January for placing another content warning on the comedy Blackadder.

In the 1983 episode titled “Born to be King”, Captain Edmond Blackadder played by Rowan Atkinson is involved in a heated exchange with Dougal McAngus, Duke Of Argyll, who is played by Alex Norton.

The pair clash after the Scot is awarded land belonging to Blackadder following his work in the battle against the Crusades.

In an outburst, the title character can be heard using the racist slur “Chocos”. 

Keeping Up Appearances is available to watch on BritBox.