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Just yesterday I came across an old card with "Events from 1971" on it, one of which was "Sesame Street banned by the BBC". It seems that, in the UK, the BBC re
by pedrow 5y ago
Just yesterday I came across an old card with "Events from 1971" on it, one of which was "Sesame Street banned by the BBC". It seems that, in the UK, the BBC really didn't like it to a surprising degree - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesame_Street_in_the_United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesame_Street_in_the_United_Ki...
- UncleSlacky 5y agoLooks like it was mainly because there was already a lot of high-quality programming for children in the UK at that time, and that too many Americanisms would be confusing for kids (my wife watched it in the UK and grew up thinking the last letter of the alphabet was pronounced "zee" for a long time).