The beloved BBC show sparked backlash this week after scrapping a beloved segment after a colleague’s complaint.
The Repair Shop viewers ‘switched off’ minutes into the BBC show (Image: BBC / Ricochet Ltd)
Viewers of The Repair Shop were left fuming just minutes into tonight’s episode, with many threatening to switch off after facing “woke” backlash. On Wednesday (March 25), the BBC programme returned to the airwaves where the team were tasked with fixing a unicycle, an iconic 80s gadget and an Edwardian plate camera. The touching episodes allowed families to take a trip down memory lane as they shared their lost loved ones’ connection to the beloved antiques.
But this week, many regular viewers boycotted the episode after an instalment was pulled from the airwaves over a “sexist” Bob Monkhouse joke. Minutes into the episode, fans flocked to X – formerly known as Twitter – to share their complaints online.
One user fumed: “Totally agree with Jeremy Vine. Bob Monkhouse was a genius and wrote a lot of brilliant and clever comedy. Not all of it would have dated to offend some folk of today. I like watching The Repair Shop, but this seems like they have gone out of their way to create a headline.”
Another agreed: “So the BBC pulls this episode based on one employee of the production crew for The Repair Shop, paid, of course, by the British Public through the TV licence fee. You can’t make this up unless you understand. It’s yet another fiasco from the Beeb.”
A third chimed in with: “Please tell me this Bob Monkhouse story isn’t true. I really love The Repair Shop, but I hate anything that’s driven and influenced by the woke brigade. If it is true, stand up and show yourself!”
The scrapped episode was due to include handwritten joke books dating back to the 1960s, brought in by Bob’s writing partner, Colin Edmonds and his adopted daughter, Abigail Williams.
