Kirsty’s question about which character had first resonated with her as a child, saying: “Oh, Fagin. Without question. Jewish and vile. I didn’t know Jews like that then sadly, I do now.”

Despite laughter from the audience, the BBC decided to remove the remarks from the broadcast.

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    Thanks for this. I never knew about this. In retrospect, Fagin was a pretty shoddy stereotype. But, in general most of Dickens’ books deal in such tropes. The real question is, was Miriam wrong to say what she did? And was the BBC wrong in censoring her? While your anecdote was interesting I’m not sure it spoke to those questions specifically.

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      3 months ago

      What I find odd (and this might be the fault of whoever wrote the piece) is that the “‘shocking’ three word remark” that is said to have got the interview pulled isn’t shocking - it’s actually the other bit of her statement.