Swedishness

The original comedy compilation for Eurovision 2013 broadcast on the night from Sweden, but banned by the BBC on taste and decency grounds. Despite a scheduled airing well past 11 pm, the French cyclist scene’s juxtaposition of the ’F’ word with ’mother’ was considered beyond the pale for the BBC, still reeling from Jimmy Savile and other sex allegations. The entire film was substituted with a documentary about UK entrant Bonnie Tyler. The sequence stars actor Martin Wimbush as an intrepid reporter gamely