[Killer Whale]

Manning was also on ITVs The Comedians - basically a stand-up show. Only Charlie Williams was allowed to do 'darkie' material.

Even I, as a ten year old, twigged that Manning was too low-brow for the BBC.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Siouxsie and the Banshees.

"Too many Jews for my liking" was a line in the original version of Love In A Void. But they also walked off stage in response to sieg heiling skinheads.

Christ. I knew they were anti-Nazi, but I only knew about the swastikas.

[Boiler]

I caught a bit of W&SSC on Talking Pictures TV. If anyone tries to tell you that any '70s TV was better than what we have now...

[soulboy]

Farage mentioned Marigold from In Sickness And In Health as part of his BBC bashing.

Does he mean Winston? Only the incredibly racist and homophobic Alf Garnett referred to him as Marigold... well, Alf and other racist homophobes.

[Youngian]

In the same speech Farage produces a letter from an anonymous Jewish pupil from his school saying what a great bloke he was and not at all racist.

Dear Sir, Nigel can't do PE today because he has the bellyache. Signed- Nigel's mum.
He also had an epic rant at a R4 Today presenter (Emma Barnet?) for asking impertinent questions. What a snowflake.

[Youngian]

Farage also produced a note from his mum purporting to be from an unidentified Jewish pupil explaining what a great bloke Nigel was at school at not at all racist.

He also had an epic rant at Emma Barnett for asking Tice impertinent questions about Farage. Worra snowflake.

[Boiler]

He also had an epic rant at Emma Barnett for asking Tice impertinent questions about Farage. Worra snowflake.

Indeed, the "low-grade" (a favourite phrase of his) presenter.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: ‘That’s the way back to Africa’
Exclusive: Yinka Bankole says he felt compelled to speak out after Reform leader’s attempts to ‘dismiss’ hurt of alleged targets

It's even worse than it sounds. The victim of this alleged "banter" was 9, and Farage 17.

[kreuzberger]

Yes, normally the media would have swept it under the carpet and reverted to Reeves/Starmer bashing by now.

Had Farage been raging against Muslims, Zoroastrians, Buddhists, or any other group, barely an eyebrow would have been raised. Jewish people, on the other hand?

The BBC is quite rightly going after him and his Citadel. I am not alone in wishing that they had been a mite more attentive in the past.

[satnav]

I think Farage trying to use 70's sitcoms to try and make out that his behaviour at the time was pretty normal really doesn't hold water. The BBC has subsequently agreed that some of its old sitcoms were racist or homophobic and these shows are no longer shown on the BBC and they are not available to download. Farage is still in denial that many of his remarks were racist and he still continues to use racist tropes.

I think I am a similar age to Farage and certainly when I was 17 I can't remember the BBC broadcasting any shows that poked fun at people who died in the concentration camps. I'm pretty sure that if anybody at school making jokes about concentration camps or making racist remarks would have found themselves in serious trouble and possibly excluded if the behaviour was repeated.

[Youngian]

Farage claimed Dulwich College would have taken action if he'd made the alleged racist remarks. Just after saying it was different times and just banter in those days.
Don't get while its taken until now to realise you don't have to press Farage very hard for shite to ooze out.

[kreuzberger]

There was a strand of (mainstream) punk that leaned into Nazi imagery to piss people off.

Gaye Black, who played bass in The Adverts, had a swastika on her headstock. It was there as part of the punk shock schtick. If it is ever brought up, she retorts that she remains "absolutely mortified", to this day.

End of conversation.

There again, she is a mensch of whom everyone speaks very highly.

[Yug]

Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: ‘That’s the way back to Africa’
Exclusive: Yinka Bankole says he felt compelled to speak out after Reform leader’s attempts to ‘dismiss’ hurt of alleged targets

It's even worse than it sounds. The victim of this alleged "banter" was 9, and Farage 17.

Who could have guessed that a thin-skinned racist snowflake would turn out to be the sort of person who's into bullying people who are smaller than him?

Be honest, you're all every bit as shocked as I am at this startling revelation.

[Bones McCoy]

Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: ‘That’s the way back to Africa’
Exclusive: Yinka Bankole says he felt compelled to speak out after Reform leader’s attempts to ‘dismiss’ hurt of alleged targets

It's even worse than it sounds. The victim of this alleged "banter" was 9, and Farage 17.

Which explains why brave Nigel was never dragged behind the cricket nets and given the shit-kicking he deserved.

Very selective about his targets is our Nigel.

[Boiler]

I think Farage trying to use 70's sitcoms to try and make out that his behaviour at the time was pretty normal really doesn't hold water. The BBC has subsequently agreed that some of its old sitcoms were racist or homophobic and these shows are no longer shown on the BBC and they are not available to download. Farage is still in denial that many of his remarks were racist and he still continues to use racist tropes.

Talking Pictures TV recently re-ran the last series of Z Cars and in it, one of the characters makes a joke about 'Pakis'. Except now, the audio is dipped at that point. The same has happened to repeats of the National Service sitcom Get Some In! A lot of offensive words/phrases have been muted.

A mate of mine grumbles about this (he's a big fan of Farage) - my reply was that I rather they did this than not show a programme at all.

[Oboogie]

I think Farage trying to use 70's sitcoms to try and make out that his behaviour at the time was pretty normal really doesn't hold water. The BBC has subsequently agreed that some of its old sitcoms were racist or homophobic and these shows are no longer shown on the BBC and they are not available to download. Farage is still in denial that many of his remarks were racist and he still continues to use racist tropes.

I think I am a similar age to Farage and certainly when I was 17 I can't remember the BBC broadcasting any shows that poked fun at people who died in the concentration camps. I'm pretty sure that if anybody at school making jokes about concentration camps or making racist remarks would have found themselves in serious trouble and possibly excluded if the behaviour was repeated.

I'm a month younger than Farage. Racist, sexist, homophobic and ableist language was certainly commonplace at my 1970s school, I'm not aware of any racist bullying taking place though. That said, there were hardly any ethnic minority kids to bully. I was good mates with one of the handful of black kids and he told me the only racism he experienced at school was from some of the teachers.

As for the BBC programmes, Alf Garnet was the joke - whatever some thick racists may have thought. Similarly my memory of It Ain't Half Hot Mum was that the butt of the jokes were the white soldiers who were all pretty dim in their own ways, whereas the Indians usually came out on top because they were brighter. Yes, the lead Indian character was played by Michael Bates in black face, but my memory is that it was done sympathetically.
NB I'm talking about a show I've not seen for over 45 years which I didn't even watch often at the time because I didn't find it very funny, so I may have this all wrong!

[davidjay]

In doubling down on this, Farage knows exactly what he's doing and who he's appealing to - you can't say anything/have a laugh/be English these days. He won't win any new votes but I doubt he'll lose many.

[Samanfur]

Oboogie, my Dad would always say the same thing about Love Thy Neighbour: the white people inevitably ended up looking stupid, because they were.

[Boiler]

In reply to Oboogie, it's pretty well known that whilst Michael Bates' blackface is now seen in a different light, he was actually Indian by birth and a fluent speaker. His role was recast due to complaints at the time.

Turning to LTN, it's good to see that one of its lead characters is still working - Rudolph Walker.

[Oboogie]

Oboogie, my Dad would always say the same thing about Love Thy Neighbour: the white people inevitably ended up looking stupid, because they were.

I never watched that show at the time, I don't think I even heard of it before Channel 4 started making "It Was Alright In The 70s" type shock shows the 1990s.