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Feb 4, 2009 · Carol Thatcher has been fired by the BBC for refusing to apologise for making her 'golliwog' remark on The One Show. The BBC asked Carol to formally apologise for comments she made backstage to host Adrian Chiles in which she compared a tennis player in the Australian Open to the golliwog symbol once used on pots of jam.
- Patrick Mclennan
Feb 7, 2009 · One Show host Adrian Chiles has revealed the exact details of Carol Thatcher's 'golliwog' gaffe and condemned her comments as 'utterly inappropriate'.
Feb 4, 2009 · LONDON, England (CNN) -- The daughter of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has been axed by a BBC television show after she made an offensive "off-air" remark, the corporation has...
Carol Thatcher has been fired from The One Show for "inappropriate behaviour", the BBC has confirmed. She was dismissed as a reporter after she referred to a tennis player as a "golliwog" while...
Feb 9, 2009 · What do you say when a friend or colleague voices a racist remark? Whether or not Carol Thatcher's use of the word "golliwog" was racist, comedian Jo Brand found it so offensive she walked...
Feb 8, 2009 · The Equality and Human Rights Commission was last night accused of bowing to the rightwing press after it refused to express a view on the sacking of Carol Thatcher from a BBC show over her use...
Feb 7, 2009 · Last week the country was consumed by the offensiveness (or not) of the term golliwog after Carol Thatcher, the 55-year-old daughter of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, used it in an...
