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Viewers hoping to watch an episode of Blackadder on BBC iPlayer are now greeted with a discriminatory and offensive language disclaimer. Before the start of series one, episode two, BBC viewers are met with a message which reads: “Contains discriminatory language and content that some viewers may find offensive.”
Mamma mia! Prue Leith might be known for her verdicts on Victoria sponges, but it’s Italian food that’s bringing in the dough.
I can reveal the Great British Bake Off judge will pocket a mouthwatering £400,000 from the sale of a British pasta business in which she was an early investor.
‘I own a stake not a lot,’ Leith tells me. ‘I will make a little bit of money.’
Documents I’ve seen disclose that the amiable chef has a 0.7 per cent stake in Pasta Evangelists, which delivers fresh meals and sauces such as lobster and crab tortelloni, and pappardelle with slow-cooked beef shin ragu, for up to £13.
Racist slur in series 1
Blackadder has become the latest classic BBC comedy to warrant a warning over its content.
Fans watching the second episode of the first series on iPlayer are now greeted with the disclaimer: ‘Contains discriminatory language and content that some viewers may find offensive.’
In the episode, first broadcast in 1983 and set in the 15th Century, Rowan Atkinson’s title character clashes with Dougal McAngus, Duke Of Argyll, as played by Alex Norton.
Freshly returned from the Crusades, the Scot is awarded Edmund’s land as a reward for his ‘heroic deeds in battle’ against the Turks.