The controversial Dad's Army episode that was banned for over 20 years

The BBC programme famously follows the antics of the elderly volunteers of the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard Platoon during World War II. However, one episode was so controversial that it would not air for another 22 years, over a decade after the end of the original run of the show. (function (d, s, n) { var js, fjs = d.

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The outrage around this plot meant that the episode would not be repeated by the BBC until 1992.