For years, Disney has stopped US viewers from watching Dad Baby, in which Bandit pretends to push out his daughter Bingo in a paddling pool. But it’s far from the only kids’ TV to face a ridiculous censorIn some parts of the world, the Bluey episode Dad Baby has gained almost mythological status. This 2020 episode, in which Bluey’s dad, Bandit, pretends...

Speaking at launch for West End adaptation, Cleese complains about literal-minded viewers ‘not playing with a full deck’John Cleese said that he decided to cut the N-word from a scene in his West End Fawlty Towers revival because in contemporary Britain there are too many “literal-minded people” who “don’t understand irony”.Cleese was speaking at the...

As teenagers, the New York brothers swiftly rose to become retro pop darlings – until they weren’t. Now older, wiser and taking inspiration from the travails of their family, they’re making their best music yetThe Lemon Twigs are deep in one of the great songwriting grooves of the 21st century. Or is it the previous century? Their new album, A Dream...

Dan Schneider, who worked on shows like The Amanda Show, claims the makers of Quiet on Set are responsible for a ‘hit job’The former Nickelodeon producer and writer Dan Schneider sued the makers of Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV on Wednesday, alleging the makers of the documentary series wrongly implied that he sexually abused the child actors...

As Kong continues to terrorise us in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, we rate some chilling chimpsDespite the English title, there’s only one “ape” in this cheesy slice of Mexploitation, once labelled a video nasty. A mad doctor transplants the heart of a gorilla into his dying son; the youth turns into a homicidal simian creep who sexually assaults...

The author of Motherless Brooklyn recalls his deepening relationship with the late author - from a chance book signing to becoming a confidant during tough times• Paul Auster, American author of The New York Trilogy, dies aged 77 • Brooklyn’s bard: Paul Auster’s tricksy fiction captivated a generationI remember the first time I approached Paul Auster....