Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead
- Radio sketch show
- BBC Radio 4
- 1971 - 1972
- 17 episodes (2 series)
Sketch show starring Ronnie Barker. Also features Terence Brady and Pauline Yates.
Press clippings
BBC classic shows edited for race and sex slurs in archives
The BBC is quietly editing classic radio comedies to remove racially insensitive and politically incorrect jokes as the corporation grapples with changing audience expectations. Repeats of shows including Dad's Army, Steptoe And Son and I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again on BBC Radio 4 Extra have been altered, sometimes to remove entire sketches. Edits have been made to programmes over several years to remove content likely now to be considered racist or misogynistic. The changes were documented by an anonymous Radio 4 Extra listener, who bemoaned them as "woke cuts".
Jake Kanter, The Times, 22nd January 2022