BBC forced to remove Miriam Margolyes' 'vile' three-word comment from Radio 4 show

The BBC were forced to pull a comment made by Miriam Margoyles on BBC Radio 4 (Image: BBC) The BBC has pulled a controversial remark made by Miriam Margolyes on the radio after she branded a Charles Dickens character "Jewish and vile" on air. The Jewish actress, 83, was discussing her earliest experiences with the novelist during her Edinburgh Fringe run of Margolyes & Dickens: The Best Bits, in which she brings to life the most colourful and iconic characters from his novels. The comment came when the Harry Potter star recounted the first Dickens character that ever "scared" her, in a conversation with Front Row host Kirsty Wark.

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