The 1975 episode, called The Germans, featured the Major Gowen character using highly offensive language and Basil declaring "don't mention the war".Cleese criticised the decision, saying: "I would have hoped that someone at the BBC would understand that there are two ways of making fun of human behaviour."One is to attack it directly. The other is to have someone who is patently a figure of fun, speak up on behalf of that behaviour."Streaming service UKTV temporarily removed the episode while it carried out a review, but it was reinstated with a warning about "offensive content and language".

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