Polish TV cuts 'gay vicar' scene from 'Little Britain' comedy show

0 Comments | AFP, May, 2007

WARSAW (AFP) — Poland's state broadcaster TVP said Thursday that it had censored an episode of the British comedy show "Little Britain" because it showed a gay vicar kissing his boyfriend.

"We decided to cut a scene which could cause controversy among Polish viewers and which isn't exactly in line with our mission as a public television channel," TVP spokeswoman Aneta Wrona told AFP.

TVP cut around one minute of the episode because it objected to a sketch showing Dafydd, who is played by the openly gay Little Britain creator Matt Lucas.

The leather- and rubber-clad character has acquired cult status among British viewers for sketches in which he sits in the Welsh community of Llanddewi Brefi, complaining loudly that he is "the only gay in the village,"...