BBC Censors Have I Got News For You Joke and Removes Blackface Sketches
The BBC has edited a Victoria Beckham joke from Have I Got News For You and removed blackface sketches from That Mitchell And Webb Look following viewer complaints.
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The story so far
2 publishers have covered this in 5 articles since 21 Sept 2026. Deadline published first, on 21 September at 09:47 UTC; NME followed 24h 35m later. The most recent article, from Deadline, appeared on 25 September at 08:37 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Deadline, NME.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- DeadlineBBC Removes Blackface Sketches From ‘That Mitchell And Webb Look’
- NME‘Mitchell & Webb’ blackface sketch removed from BBC platforms
- DeadlineJohn Cleese Accuses BBC Of “Social Engineering” After Cutting Blackface Sketches From ‘That Mitchell And Webb Look’
- DeadlineBBC Rebukes ‘Have I Got News For You’ After Complaints About “Gratuitously Offensive” Victoria Beckham Joke
- Deadline‘Have I Got News For You’ Producer Torches BBC Investigation Into Victoria Beckham Joke As “Total Waste” Of Money
Sources
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- ‘Have I Got News For You’ Producer Torches BBC Investigation Into Victoria Beckham Joke As “Total Waste” Of Money Deadline
- BBC Rebukes ‘Have I Got News For You’ After Complaints About “Gratuitously Offensive” Victoria Beckham Joke Deadline
- John Cleese Accuses BBC Of “Social Engineering” After Cutting Blackface Sketches From ‘That Mitchell And Webb Look’ Deadline
- ‘Mitchell & Webb’ blackface sketch removed from BBC platforms NME
- BBC Removes Blackface Sketches From ‘That Mitchell And Webb Look’ Deadline
In this story
- BBC
- Victoria Beckham
- Jimmy Mulville
- Katherine Ryan
- John Cleese
- That Mitchell And Webb Look