BBC’s Removal Of Scenes From Comedy Show Is ‘Orwellian’ And ‘Profoundly Sinister’ | Brendan O’Neill

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“I find that incredibly chilling.” The BBC’s removal of selected scenes from the award winning sketch show, 'That Mitchell and Webb Look' from iPlayer, “because they don’t accord with the values of 2026” is “Orwellian”, says chief political writer at Spiked Brendan O’Neill. Brendan O’Neill was speaking to Gerard Baker on The Times At One. Listen live Monday-Thursday, 1-2pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/

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