The episode features a goose-stepping John Cleese and another character who speaks offensively about the West Indies cricket team.
"Some shows carry warnings and others are edited. We want to take time to consider our options for this episode."
HBO Max has temporarily removed 1939 civil war epic Gone With The Wind because of its"racial depictions" and iPlayer removed Little Britain following complaints about the use of blackface in some of its sketches.It comes amid protests led by the Black Lives Matter movement which began in the US but have spread around the world.
The protests were prompted by the death of George Floyd, a black man killed when a white police officer knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes.
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