{
  "id": 9329040,
  "title": "John Cleese Accuses BBC Of “Social Engineering” After Cutting Blackface Sketches From ‘That Mitchell And Webb Look’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/john-cleese-accuses-bbc-of-social-engineering-after-cutting-blackface",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-23T11:33:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/09/john-cleese-bbc-social-engineering-mitchell-and-webb-1237111117/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "John Cleese is unhappy with the BBC for removing sketches from comedy series That Mitchell and Webb Look. The BBC confirmed earlier this week that jokes featured in David Mitchell and Robert Webb’s show had been cut ahead of it being restored to iPlayer for its 20th anniversary. As many as 11 sketches were removed, […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}