BBC ‘policy police’ in hit comedy maker’s sights
Lloyd, who was made a CBE in the New Year Honours list, said a culture of form-filling resulted in bland programming.
He said “sauciness” was no longer allowed before 9pm anywhere on the BBC – particularly not on BBC1.
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Hide Ad“The commissioning, legal, compliance and editorial policy police hover over the scripts and the recordings, alert to the merest potential offence,” he said. “Heaven knows what they would have done to The Two Ronnies.”
Rules were tightened following Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand’s prank phone calls, when they left tasteless messages on the answering machine of Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs.