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Tom Beesley

Tom Beasley is a UK film critic and entertainment journalist, editor of Voice Magazine, with bylines in the Guardian, Metro, and the i paper.

Oct 2, 2026

20:32
... have feelings about the representation.
20:34
I, I think where I, I... where I completely agree with the point that was just made, actually, is that I think the mistake the BBC has made is in not being transparent about this upfront.
20:44
I, I think there should be some sort of acknowledgement on that page that sketches have been removed for reasons of BBC guidelines or whatever wording they would like to, to use.
20:54
I do think it's a little bit dishonest to not tell the audience that that's happening.
20:59
Um, I, I, I think that, uh...
21:02
But I, I do think that there's every, there's every right to, to make these changes as long as you are honest about them.
21:10
And, um, I think it would be different if these sketches were, were gone completely, had been erased from history as if they never existed, but I don't think that's the case.

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37:48
What, what should a person do? And what should we as a society do when that situation arises?

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