A programme looking back at bizarre, embarrassing, shocking and, to some, offensive clips from the 70s could have been a hoot, if tackled the right way. Yes, the pc brigade will watch these clips and act offended (their main occupation in life), but this should have been about laughing at how different programmes were, how backward they were in some cases, without having a bunch of ultra-pc unfunny comedians making comments after every clip.
How ironic that Matt Lucas, who made his name out of a show that was ultra non-pc for its time (ultra camp gays everywhere, old women peeing randomly, or being sick when tasting food handed to them by a black guy) is the narrator. Shame on you Matt, Little Britain was great, but now you have just spoiled the memory by going all pc and pointing the finger at other people.
The most annoying thing about the show, other than the school teacher like, arrogant comments from some of the people looking back, is the fact that many of the clips are shown out of context. Indeed, you could take plenty of shows now, cut them up and make them look even worse. Is living in a stiflingly pc world a better world now? In some ways, yes, if it means people are treated better by others. But this show's main aim seems to be to point fingers squarely at white people, mainly men,(because of course, nobody else is ever sex, racist or homophobic, are they?) and blame them for stuff they didn't do, never mind all the good thing's they have been responsible for over the years.
How ironic that Matt Lucas, who made his name out of a show that was ultra non-pc for its time (ultra camp gays everywhere, old women peeing randomly, or being sick when tasting food handed to them by a black guy) is the narrator. Shame on you Matt, Little Britain was great, but now you have just spoiled the memory by going all pc and pointing the finger at other people.
The most annoying thing about the show, other than the school teacher like, arrogant comments from some of the people looking back, is the fact that many of the clips are shown out of context. Indeed, you could take plenty of shows now, cut them up and make them look even worse. Is living in a stiflingly pc world a better world now? In some ways, yes, if it means people are treated better by others. But this show's main aim seems to be to point fingers squarely at white people, mainly men,(because of course, nobody else is ever sex, racist or homophobic, are they?) and blame them for stuff they didn't do, never mind all the good thing's they have been responsible for over the years.