[Blubatt]

I think that we live in a fairly permissive society, with many things being allowed on the airwaves that are challenging for some viewers, but are allowed to air intact. But something that has interested me are when TV channels go out of their way to censor programming that is allowed to air intact in other countries. Obviously, different countries have different rules on censorship, so for the purpose of this thread, I will limit it to programming that has, for one reason or another, been censored in the United Kingdom. I am sure an international thread for this topic would bring up a lot of stuff too.

The first two examples of censorship that I will mention pertain to The Troubles. Both The Simpsons and Star Trek: The Next Generation aired on the BBC during the 90's (When BBC had terrestrial TV rights to both shows), and there are two clips from the show that were censored for their references to Irish Nationalist Terrorism.

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