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Some viewers weren’t happy the BBC cut a ‘homophobic’ comment from an old episode of Top Of The Pops

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Roger Daltrey made the joke in the episode that was aired (Picture: Press Association)

Eagle-eyed viewers who tuned in to an old episode of Top Of The Pops on BBC4 were left confused and annoyed when they noticed that a comment made by The Who frontman Roger Daltrey had been edited out of the programme.

Daltrey had said ‘watch your backs’ just before a video of The Village People was shown and it is assumed that it was axed over potentially homophobic connotations which may have upset viewers.

But according to The Mirror, some who were watching have blasted the BBC for ‘airbrushing’ history and even accused them of cowardice for the slight change to the broadcast. A tweet from @augustine_ryan read: ‘The cowardly BBC cut the “watch… Read the full story


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