[Larry the Loafer]

I’m always pleased to see that the Royle Family episode in which you can clearly hear Rolf Harris on Animal Hospital on the TV in the background is still repeated on Gold, and available to stream.

It’s such a shame when the inclusion of someone who later turns out to be a wrong ‘un means a great piece of TV is rendered unbroadcastable.

Whilst I don’t think anyone is clamouring for repeats of Jim’ll Fix It or Rolf’s Cartoon Club, it’s really sad that things like the first series of The Thick Of It can’t be broadcast due to Chris Langham being in it.

It only really seems to happen if it's a high profile case. IIRC there's a one-off character in an episode of Bottom who was later convicted of Savile-esque crimes, but the episode is still repeated and most people are none the wiser.

You've also got the issue of American actor Jeffrey Jones, who you can still see in repeated showings of Beetlejuice and Ferris Bueller's Day Off despite his own illicit fall from grace. Nevertheless, nobody either here or in America seem to try and remove him from anything.