Radio Comedy : Banned and Censored Episodes

LATEST REVISION :   7 January 2026 Radio Comedy   :  Banned and Censored Episodes   -  Part 1 Presented on this page are episodes of British radio comedies and dramas which the BBC has banned or censored during the 21st Century culture wars, for allegedly being politically incorrect . These are the complete original broadcasts: presented as originally aired, before any cuts were made for political reasons. Many are rare as they are no longer broadcast, having been banned by the BBC. Additional shows are being banned and cut all the time. So I will be adding new recordings to this page from time to time, where they relate to the items originally posted here. Check back here regularly for new items. Those added are listed below, under Latest additions. I was horrified that this censorship has now spread beyond comedy, and is being reported in radio drama too.  These broadcasts pre-date political correctness , so may be unsuitable for listeners of a nervous disposition! For downloading individual files, this may be the page you want: https://archive.org/download/radio-comedy-banned-and-censored-episodes Latest Additions Check back here from time to time. When I find recordings in better quality, or additional broadcasts are banned or cut, I will add further recordings to this page accordingly. These are the latest additions, in alphabetical order -     All Gas and Gaiters, s01e02: The Bishop Writes a Sermon    (01.07.2025)     All Gas and Gaiters, s02e07: The Bishop Loves His Neighbour     All Gas and Gaiters, s02e12: The Bishop Loses His Chaplain     Benny Hill Time (Star Parade), 1963/08/25    (08.05.2025)     Benny Hill Time, 1964/02/23     (08.05.2025)     Benny Hill Time, 1964/03/16     (08.05.2025)     Benny Hill Time, 1964/04/12     Beyond Our Ken, s05e11: Love in the Afternoon    (22.02.2025)     Brothers in Law, s02e11: A Jewel of a Husband     Brothers in Law, s02e13: Brief Offer     Clitheroe Kid, s05e16: I Was a Stupid Cupid (original, not TS Edit)     Educating Archie, 1950-10-30: With Max Bygraves     Educating Archie, 1951-10-19: With Tony Hancock     Educating Archie, 1952-12-07: With Max Bygraves     Educating Archie, 1957-09-18: Archie in Australia     Educating Archie, 1959-03-01: With Dick Emery     Hancock's Half Hour, s01e03: The Idol     Hancock's Half Hour, s01e15: The Marriage Bureau with Peter Sellers     Hancock's Half Hour, s05e03: The Male Suffragettes     Hancock's Half Hour, s05e05:  The Publicity Photograph   (30.07.2025)     I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again, 1964-04-10:  English Lesson   (07.11.2025)     Likely Lads, s01e04: Older Women Are More Experienced    (12.02.2025)     Likely Lads, s01e05: Baby It's Cold Outside    (21.02.2025)     Likely Lads, s01e06: Outward Bound    (25.02.2025)     Likely Lads, s02e01: Friends and Neighbours    (26.10.2025)     Likely Lads, s02e04: Double Date    (24.11.2025)     Lines From My Grandfather Christmas's Forehead, 1971-12-24 (TS disc) FLAC     Lines From My Grandfather’s Forehead, s01e01     Lines From My Grandfather’s Forehead, s01e03 (CD 2 Side A) FLAC     Lines From My Grandfather’s Forehead, s02e04 (TS Disc version)   (25.02.2025)     Lines From My Grandfather’s Forehead, s02e04 (GBCC, 128 kbps)   (01.03.2025)     Many A Slip, 1964-05-05: Round 8 of 1964 Series     Many A Slip, 1967-06-25: Round 11 of 1967 Series     Many A Slip, 1973-01-08: Round 2 of 1973 Series     Much Binding in the Marsh, 1948-12-28: Royal Command Performance     Naughty Navy Show starring Spike Milligan, 1965-12-25 (22.09.2025)     Navy Lark, s09e04: Doing A Disastrical     Navy Lark, s09e08: The Police Drop In     Navy Lark, s09e15: Picking Up The Poppadom     Navy Lark, s10e07: The South Kuwan Summit     Navy Lark, s10e10: Sir Willoughby Goes to Kawowa     Navy Lark, s10e18: The Brick Smugglers (mp3 CD)     Navy Lark, s11e02: Admiral Hunting (mp3 CD)     Navy Lark, s11e05: Sir Willoughby's Party (mp3 CD)     Navy Lark, s12e07: Sir Willoughby at Shanghai (Matroska .mka)   (07.01.2026) <--- Latest     Not in Front of the Children, s01e08: While the Brood's Away     Round The Horne, s04e07: The Celluloid Jungle     Something to Shout About, s03e15: The West End Play     Steptoe and Son, s01e05: The Economist     Steptoe and Son, s02e07: Homes Fit for Heroes   (28.07.2025)     Steptoe and Son, s02e08: Crossed Swords     Steptoe and Son, s04e08: Any Old Iron     Take It From Here: 1953-12-17  s07e06 (320 Kbps)  (18.2.2025)     What Ho Jeeves: Inimitable Jeeves, 4: Startling Dressiness of a Lift Attendant   (01.07.2025)     What Ho Jeeves: Inimitable Jeeves, 5: Comrade Bingo   (01.07.2025) I've also added a number of .flac files (Free Lossless Audio Codec), which have been kindly sent to me, to supplement some episodes of Round the Horne and The Navy Lark where I previously had only 128 kbps recordings. To identify the most recent changes, I've included a date (highlighted in red ) of when the item was added to this page. This is so you can easily see what additions have been made since your last visit.  Sometimes the very latest items are highlighted in red for clarity. The date in red also indicates roughly when I discovered the episode had been cut or banned. Sometimes this is while listening live to the radio; but it may indicate the date the cut or ban was reported to me; or it may be merely the date I was sent an uncut recording or found one on the internet: it can take a long time to obtain an undamaged version. So the date given here may be long after the occasion on which the cut or ban first happened on air. For details, see the links below. Once a certain number of recordings have been attached to a page, the page becomes slow and unwieldy to operate (when uploading further items). It therefore seemed best to divide the files approximately in half. I have accordingly opened a separate Part 2 page, to which the remainder of the recordings have been uploaded:   Radio Comedy - Banned and Censored Episodes : Part 2 For details of whether an episode is banned or cut, and (if cut) what cuts were made and which repeats were cut, you might try this link (which now lists more than 800 banned and cut broadcasts ):     Radio 4 Extra : Censored broadcasts -     https://oldradiocomedy.wordpress.com Recordings 1. The radio recordings archived here derive from analogue sources, from a time when radio broadcasts were preserved on acetate discs, or vinyl discs, or magnetic tape. Accordingly, the sound quality may vary. 2. The recordings have been donated to the archive by listeners, not derived from professional sources. Accordingly, the sound quality may vary. 3. Few of the recordings are derived from the original broadcasts. They mostly derive from more recent repeats, which (due to improvements in technology) can sound better than off-air recordings made on non-professional equipment in the past. 4. For each recording, I have uploaded one file only: usually an .m4a or .flac file (where available). All other files with the same filename (any .afpk or .png or .mp3 files) have been created from it by the archive's automated systems, not uploaded by me. 5. If I have uploaded an .mp3 file, the other files with the same filename will NOT include an .m4a or .flac file; the .mp3 file will be the ONLY audio file. 6. In a case of doubt, examine the dates and times in the "Last modified" column (on the downloads page). For each group of files with the same filename, the file with the earliest timestamp is the file I uploaded (my master recording). 7. I only upload the clearest recording with the highest currently available bitrate. 8. If an improved recording later becomes available, I will add it (as a second version of the broadcast), but with some difference in the filename to distinguish them. 9. Where more than one recording has been uploaded (in adding an improved version), these can be told apart by a difference in the filename (such as a different repeat date), and in most cases also by a difference in the bitrate or file size. Copyright Expired Recordings The 50 year period of broadcast copyright under the UK's Copyright Acts 1956 and 1988 has expired for all items included in this collection: · Copyright Act 1956, section 14(2):   https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1956/74/section/14/enacted · Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, section 14(2):   https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/14

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.