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Auntie's War on Smut
Tongue-in-cheek journey through 20 years of censorship from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ after it issued a book of guidelines that would define its role and values for postwar Britain in 1948.
Tongue-in-cheek journey through 20 years of censorship from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ after it issued a book of guidelines that would define its role and values for postwar Britain in 1948. Known by the colour of its cover, the 'Green Book' would keep a generation of errant writers and performers in check with bans on jokes about honeymoon couples, fig leaves and animal habits among others. Featuring contributions from writers and performers like Denis Norden, Nicholas Parsons, David Frost and Jonathan Miller.
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Wed 28 May 2008
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