Obscenity on British TV

[Jonathan Lighter]

Asterixes ?  ASTERIXES ? ? ? ?

What's next, "the _Iliad_ by Homer Simpson" ? ? ? ?

I am not just flabbergasted; I am obfusticated !

JL

Jesse Sheidlower <jester at PANIX.COM> wrote:
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The BBC is running a show called _40 Years of F***_, about
obscenity on (British) TV. It looks very interesting, and
I hope someone torrents it for our benefit.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/tv/forty_years_of_f--k.shtml

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Documentaries & Arts
Forty Years of F***

Thu 22 Sep at 00:30 on BBC Three

Warning: If you have an aversion to swearing or
asterixes, you will probably find this web page offensive.

Over the course of two programmes, Forty Years of F***
explores the history of TV's forbidden language.

>From Ken Tynan's first use of "f***" in 1965 through to 2005's
expletive-laden dramas, it's a witty but considered look at
British broadcasting's love of swearing.

What are swearing lists? How important is that other C-word:
context? And how has the concept of offensive language changed
over the years?

[...]
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Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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