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Mrs Brown's Boys star sorry for 'clumsy' racial joke

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Summary
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78% Informative

Brendan O'Carroll said he made a "clumsy attempt at a joke" during a read-through of scripts.

BBC temporarily suspended production of the series and launched an investigation.

Show now going ahead as planned with the shows now going on as planned.

BBC said it is against all forms of racism and has "robust processes" in place.

VR Score

74

Informative language

67

Neutral language

92

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

41

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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