It was a controversial episode.
Christmas Special has received hundreds of complaints from viewers after they used the word ‘f****t’ in one of the scenes – although the BBC is still defending it.
However, when it came to the offensive line where Kirsty declares Shane a ‘cheap lousy f****t’ – which has become a divisive topic since the 80s and in terms of acceptable language – the lyric went uncensored. They exclaimed that ‘Fairytale of New York is a well-established, much-loved Christmas song which tells the story of a troubled couple in 1940s New York’.The statement began: ‘The descent of their relationship is reflected in the increasingly abusive and offensive terms they use to address each other; insults which are intended to reflect the language that such characters might have used in that era.
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