It’s probably worth mentioning that the cuts go even beyond Invasion of The Bane. I haven’t managed to scan every episode yet but from what I’ve seen so far, Warriors of Kudlak, Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane; Mark of The Berserker; Empty Planet, Lost In Time & The Man Who Never Was have also received cuts. It’s mostly characters referring to each other as “nutter” or “loony” that have been cut out but they’ve also removed a few other additional terms which might be considered outdated. Back when it was on Iplayer in 2018, some episodes did receive the same treatment of insults getting cut out but it was more minimal. This time around, it seems even more excessive than before with more episodes getting similar treatment. Also Sky Part 2 doesn’t have the next time preview for The Curse of Clyde Langer either, it just abruptly jumps to the credits after the episode ends which is odd but that was most likely intentional. You were right about The Curse of Clyde Langer. They just recently confirmed that it will eventually get added and is currently going through a few minor edits. There is speculation that it’s to do with the Totem Pole/Native American stuff but I guess we’ll see how the edit turns out once it eventually hits Iplayer. It’s weird that this is happening with SJA but I imagine because of it being a CBBC show, they’re probably being more delicate with it. I don’t necessarily agree with most of the censorship though.
Update: Shortly after this video was published, the episodes were relinked to the original CBBC listings, meaning the CBBC logo now appears in the corner of the episode pages. However, for some reason, unbeknownst, many of the promo images are still incorrect. At the end of December 2022, the Curse of Clyde Langer was finally added a month afterward. I haven't watched it in full yet, but from a quick skim, everything seems to be there, but will have to compare side-to-side to see if any edits were made. All edits in other episodes remain, as of 2 Jan 2023.
This is very interesting and you’re almost certainly right… except for one thing. I don’t think these versions only cut lines referencing British culture. I believe they also cut lines for censorship purposes. The Nazi’s racist line towards Clyde being cut would support this. I also don’t think it was necessarily an accident that these versions were put up. Due to the fact that it’s a children’s show, I expect the BBC felt it right to upload censored versions. It wouldn’t be the first time they’ve done this. The Story of Tracy Beaker recently (in the last few months) had an episode entirely removed despite it previously being available. The episode in question involves four boys dressing up as women and pretending to be another boy’s mum.
I was watching mark of the beserker and in a scene Clyde calls luke a freak but it was cut and i noticed it straight away (I've seen the series a lot of times) I went straight to Lost in time to see if they cut the Nazi's line, I genuinely thought i imagined that line for a second
But surely the whole point of the line was to emphasis the sick views of the LITERAL Nazis during the 1940s. It was not supported by the show at all and the contemporary character working with Clyde, George, was against it
@@SusannaEmily I know right?! By cutting that line what you’re actually doing is making the Nazis less awful… Clyde, a black character, beats the Nazis in that episode. It’s clearly, clearly, clearly portraying everything they say and do as completely evil.
I didn’t know about the BBC worldwide system. I did have a possible theory about why the Curse of Clyde Langer was missing. I think it’s about the issue of homelessness. During the current Russia and Ukraine war, lots of Ukraine people have moved to the U.K. and lost their homes and this story may upset them. Well, after watching this video I am not sure now. Most of The Sarah Jane Adventures Series 1 episodes start with “in this creepy episode” and not The Day of the Clown - the scariest story of The Sarah Jane Adventures in my opinion which I found really funny.
It's worth noting that international versions of programmes tend to have materials and music that might be cleared for UK rights only or for a limited time removed or replaced. If something is going to live on iPlayer "forever" you'd don't want the headache of the rights running after x amount of time
I don't like when they do things like this. But Some of the cuts for Kelsea were justified, she didn't have to be a thirsty little girl. lol Some of her lines were so cringe.
I really could not care less about the Invasion of the Bane cuts. None of those jokes were funny and I’m glad to see the back end of them 😂 I just hope Curse gets added really soon because it is one of the best made episodes and should be watched by everyone
I did get a chuckle out of the alien being scared of going in the ladies but it is also a bit ridiculous if you want to keep up the 'dangerous murderous aliens' thing.
very interesting. do you think it’s possible it wasn’t an accident and they’ve done this in anticipation for the spin-offs to be put on Disney+ (as of course they would use the BBC Worldwide versions there) as well as the main show in 2023?
It’s a good thing there’s already a dvd release for the Sarah Jane adventures, if they ever release a blu ray set hopefully it will be the original cut 🤞
Almost nothing has been censored, it was just cut scenes and personally from someone who watched and loved the “uncensored” versions, it brought that little sense of realism and humor for the show that both the children of the age and the adult fans that also watched the show will love. There are a few cuts that I completely agree to be left out, the racism from the Nazis being one of them as it is kind of too much for a kids show.
They most definitely cut the bathroom scene which indicated only females could go into a female bathroom 😂 BBC are just virtue signalling jokes at this point. Even trying to score points with the female doctor which backfired massively because the writers were shit and Jodie Whittaker did no research into the role.
Is the racist line to Clyde still cut from lost in time? That’s so ridiculous as it’s literally needed for the scene to make sense. It’s framed as being offensive as Clyde replies in an awesome way and the audience know it was wrong. It’s dumb it was edited
I’ve been watching through the show. Rly enjoying it! Super nostalgic. But most episodes have rly weird pacing. Now I think I know why. I’m not so fussed about the whole censorship stuff, can’t rly be bothered to be annoyed by it. But episodes just have rly oddly paced sequences and I genuinely thought it was because they had to make them shorter episodes and as a kid I wouldn’t notice poor editing. But after watching this video, it’s actually to do with them cutting out lines which rly messes with the storytelling. It’s not a perfect show nor the peak of television, even before the cuts, but it did make a difference for me watching nowadays I guess. Great show! Gonna probably rewatch it a lot. Hits all my nostalgia buttons. Looking forward to hearing Rani and Clyde appear in Big Finish :D
I have been noticed it ever since Sarah Jane came back on iPlayer. Same thing for Tracy Beaker. And I was thinking. If it's possible, can you do the same video for Tracy Beaker please. It would be interesting too since us 2000's/2010's kids knows a lot about old kid shows than to the kids from nowadays. 😊
I think one of the reasons The Curse of Clyde Langer isn't on there is because Clyde uses the word "scrounger", quite a nasty pejorative word for someone who begs for money or receives money from the state. He only uses it once in a short conversation with Sky, but it sets up the theme of homelessness in the episode well, and there's probably not a way round it unless they excise the sequence or make some very creative edits. It's understandable in the same way as Kelsey, that a British teen in the early 2010s would use that word without thinking, but CBBC now doesn't want to send out the message that it's acceptable. I heard about a family friend vetting content for CBBC, and from what I understand, it's not so much about it being politically correct and more about making sure children aren't confused or upset by what they watch. For example, when Queen Elizabeth died, they were vetting a lot of children's shows looking for references to death or killing, particularly the death of someone older, that might be sensitive at that time. From what I can make out those shows were OK to air after the official mourning period was over, but it was a very emotional time for a lot of people in the UK, and the BBC probably made the right decision to play it safe with their content at the time.
Yeah people act like “political correctness” is a bad thing, it isn’t, especially with kids shows it’s about teaching children the right lessons and ensuring that the next generation isn’t a bunch of bigots
Well it's on there now and they didn't cut the scrounger line. Plus the scrounger line was followed by Clyde saying "it's probably not their fault" which means it was used for a reason and not just cause.
Anything cutting Kelsey from SJA can only be a good thing as she's intently annoying! Shame some of them are cut, such as the joke about men never going into the ladies because it's a lovely little joke about aliens observing our culture. I know it's rather sensitive, but what is a shame is the Nazis insult of a name to Clyde has been cut, as his replying outburst about them being bullies seems now to come out of nowhere.
This is why physical media is always better
Agreed so glad I have all 5 seasons on dvd 🎉😅
Boys in the girls toilets was such a good line tho 😭😭
Like in one simple action it portrayed how little Luke knew
A joke that didn't need cutting.
It’s probably worth mentioning that the cuts go even beyond Invasion of The Bane. I haven’t managed to scan every episode yet but from what I’ve seen so far, Warriors of Kudlak, Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane; Mark of The Berserker; Empty Planet, Lost In Time & The Man Who Never Was have also received cuts. It’s mostly characters referring to each other as “nutter” or “loony” that have been cut out but they’ve also removed a few other additional terms which might be considered outdated. Back when it was on Iplayer in 2018, some episodes did receive the same treatment of insults getting cut out but it was more minimal. This time around, it seems even more excessive than before with more episodes getting similar treatment. Also Sky Part 2 doesn’t have the next time preview for The Curse of Clyde Langer either, it just abruptly jumps to the credits after the episode ends which is odd but that was most likely intentional. You were right about The Curse of Clyde Langer. They just recently confirmed that it will eventually get added and is currently going through a few minor edits. There is speculation that it’s to do with the Totem Pole/Native American stuff but I guess we’ll see how the edit turns out once it eventually hits Iplayer. It’s weird that this is happening with SJA but I imagine because of it being a CBBC show, they’re probably being more delicate with it. I don’t necessarily agree with most of the censorship though.
Update:
Shortly after this video was published, the episodes were relinked to the original CBBC listings, meaning the CBBC logo now appears in the corner of the episode pages. However, for some reason, unbeknownst, many of the promo images are still incorrect. At the end of December 2022, the Curse of Clyde Langer was finally added a month afterward. I haven't watched it in full yet, but from a quick skim, everything seems to be there, but will have to compare side-to-side to see if any edits were made. All edits in other episodes remain, as of 2 Jan 2023.
Good job I still have the DVD unedited versions
This is very interesting and you’re almost certainly right… except for one thing.
I don’t think these versions only cut lines referencing British culture. I believe they also cut lines for censorship purposes. The Nazi’s racist line towards Clyde being cut would support this.
I also don’t think it was necessarily an accident that these versions were put up. Due to the fact that it’s a children’s show, I expect the BBC felt it right to upload censored versions.
It wouldn’t be the first time they’ve done this. The Story of Tracy Beaker recently (in the last few months) had an episode entirely removed despite it previously being available. The episode in question involves four boys dressing up as women and pretending to be another boy’s mum.
I was watching mark of the beserker and in a scene Clyde calls luke a freak but it was cut and i noticed it straight away (I've seen the series a lot of times) I went straight to Lost in time to see if they cut the Nazi's line, I genuinely thought i imagined that line for a second
But surely the whole point of the line was to emphasis the sick views of the LITERAL Nazis during the 1940s. It was not supported by the show at all and the contemporary character working with Clyde, George, was against it
@@SusannaEmily
I know right?! By cutting that line what you’re actually doing is making the Nazis less awful…
Clyde, a black character, beats the Nazis in that episode. It’s clearly, clearly, clearly portraying everything they say and do as completely evil.
I didn’t know about the BBC worldwide system. I did have a possible theory about why the Curse of Clyde Langer was missing. I think it’s about the issue of homelessness. During the current Russia and Ukraine war, lots of Ukraine people have moved to the U.K. and lost their homes and this story may upset them. Well, after watching this video I am not sure now. Most of The Sarah Jane Adventures Series 1 episodes start with “in this creepy episode” and not The Day of the Clown - the scariest story of The Sarah Jane Adventures in my opinion which I found really funny.
That’d be silly
I was wondering why certain things were cut out, I've seen the show so many times that it's very noticeable to me
It's worth noting that international versions of programmes tend to have materials and music that might be cleared for UK rights only or for a limited time removed or replaced. If something is going to live on iPlayer "forever" you'd don't want the headache of the rights running after x amount of time
i cant beleive this was just posted 11 hours ago i thought people forgot about the sarah jane adventures this made my day
apart from the woke crap thats ruining my childhood
@@crazyhuman7541 Your childhood already happened how can it be ruined? Being woke is good.
I don't like when they do things like this. But Some of the cuts for Kelsea were justified, she didn't have to be a thirsty little girl. lol Some of her lines were so cringe.
Good news that The Curse of Clyde Langer is on BBC iPlayer now
I really could not care less about the Invasion of the Bane cuts. None of those jokes were funny and I’m glad to see the back end of them 😂
I just hope Curse gets added really soon because it is one of the best made episodes and should be watched by everyone
I did get a chuckle out of the alien being scared of going in the ladies but it is also a bit ridiculous if you want to keep up the 'dangerous murderous aliens' thing.
very interesting. do you think it’s possible it wasn’t an accident and they’ve done this in anticipation for the spin-offs to be put on Disney+ (as of course they would use the BBC Worldwide versions there) as well as the main show in 2023?
An iPlayer error I had was that the final episode of Torchwood had the dvd commentary. Just another case of wrong file uploaded.
You must of had the audio description on
Could finally start predicting the cuts before it was even halfway done.
Aha, I knew they cut things! Even with the Whoniverse launch, Invasion of the Bane is still like this.
It’s a good thing there’s already a dvd release for the Sarah Jane adventures, if they ever release a blu ray set hopefully it will be the original cut 🤞
What did you use to get the CTR effect on the footage? I really like it!
Almost nothing has been censored, it was just cut scenes and personally from someone who watched and loved the “uncensored” versions, it brought that little sense of realism and humor for the show that both the children of the age and the adult fans that also watched the show will love. There are a few cuts that I completely agree to be left out, the racism from the Nazis being one of them as it is kind of too much for a kids show.
They most definitely cut the bathroom scene which indicated only females could go into a female bathroom 😂 BBC are just virtue signalling jokes at this point. Even trying to score points with the female doctor which backfired massively because the writers were shit and Jodie Whittaker did no research into the role.
Is the racist line to Clyde still cut from lost in time? That’s so ridiculous as it’s literally needed for the scene to make sense. It’s framed as being offensive as Clyde replies in an awesome way and the audience know it was wrong. It’s dumb it was edited
Either way, SJA is all on IPlayer which is fantastic!
I did think stuff was missing
I’ve been watching through the show. Rly enjoying it! Super nostalgic. But most episodes have rly weird pacing. Now I think I know why. I’m not so fussed about the whole censorship stuff, can’t rly be bothered to be annoyed by it. But episodes just have rly oddly paced sequences and I genuinely thought it was because they had to make them shorter episodes and as a kid I wouldn’t notice poor editing. But after watching this video, it’s actually to do with them cutting out lines which rly messes with the storytelling. It’s not a perfect show nor the peak of television, even before the cuts, but it did make a difference for me watching nowadays I guess.
Great show! Gonna probably rewatch it a lot. Hits all my nostalgia buttons. Looking forward to hearing Rani and Clyde appear in Big Finish :D
i wouldn't call this censoring; rather its reducing her role to fewer lines, perhaps to keep personality from being too snarky.
Ha, gotta fit some of that Johnathan Frakes in there.
bruh why the crimewatch theme tho?
( 0:54 ) Because the segment is called *Who Watch* so it’s self explanatory lol. 😂
I have been noticed it ever since Sarah Jane came back on iPlayer. Same thing for Tracy Beaker. And I was thinking. If it's possible, can you do the same video for Tracy Beaker please. It would be interesting too since us 2000's/2010's kids knows a lot about old kid shows than to the kids from nowadays. 😊
You can tell that this episode was written by Graeth Roberts
This is really pathetic.
It is the sad reality of what is happening in modern society. Woke narratives are destroying all things that used to be good !
The staff are just incompetent, it’s not done on purpose.
I think one of the reasons The Curse of Clyde Langer isn't on there is because Clyde uses the word "scrounger", quite a nasty pejorative word for someone who begs for money or receives money from the state. He only uses it once in a short conversation with Sky, but it sets up the theme of homelessness in the episode well, and there's probably not a way round it unless they excise the sequence or make some very creative edits. It's understandable in the same way as Kelsey, that a British teen in the early 2010s would use that word without thinking, but CBBC now doesn't want to send out the message that it's acceptable. I heard about a family friend vetting content for CBBC, and from what I understand, it's not so much about it being politically correct and more about making sure children aren't confused or upset by what they watch. For example, when Queen Elizabeth died, they were vetting a lot of children's shows looking for references to death or killing, particularly the death of someone older, that might be sensitive at that time. From what I can make out those shows were OK to air after the official mourning period was over, but it was a very emotional time for a lot of people in the UK, and the BBC probably made the right decision to play it safe with their content at the time.
Yeah people act like “political correctness” is a bad thing, it isn’t, especially with kids shows it’s about teaching children the right lessons and ensuring that the next generation isn’t a bunch of bigots
Well it's on there now and they didn't cut the scrounger line. Plus the scrounger line was followed by Clyde saying "it's probably not their fault" which means it was used for a reason and not just cause.
ok
None of these cuts are necessary whatsoever
crimewatch music lol
Anything cutting Kelsey from SJA can only be a good thing as she's intently annoying! Shame some of them are cut, such as the joke about men never going into the ladies because it's a lovely little joke about aliens observing our culture. I know it's rather sensitive, but what is a shame is the Nazis insult of a name to Clyde has been cut, as his replying outburst about them being bullies seems now to come out of nowhere.
Who watch is a fantastic idea
Very interesting stuff!
this was so interesting!