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b"It was standing room only at Birmingham Town Hall on May 5, 1964 - the day legendary anti-smut campaigner Mary Whitehouse launched her \\u2018Clean Up TV\\u2019 campaign.\\n\\xa0\\nClaiming the BBC\\u2019s Director-General was \\u201cresponsible for the moral collapse in this country\\u201d, she went on to attract 366,355 signatures to her petition opposing the \\u201cdisbelief, doubt and dirt that the BBC projects into millions of homes through the television screen\\u201d.\\nIn this episode, Olly, Rebecca and Arion revisit her objections to \\u2018filth\\u2019 as diverse as Chuck Berry\\u2019s \\u2018My Ding-A-Ling\\u2019 and concentration camp footage; consider whether her M.O. influenced modern-day \\u2018cancel culture\\u2019; and ask if, in a world of 24-hour news, her feelings about war reporting have achieved some merit...\\n\\xa0\\nFurther reading:\\n\\u2022 Letters from Mary Whitehouse in the National Archives: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/sixties-britain/letters-mary-whitehouse/\\n\\u2022 Mary Whitehouse\\u2019s obituary in The Guardian (2001):\\nhttps://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/nov/24/guardianobituaries.obituaries\\n\\u2022 From the Huntley Film Archives, the night Clean Up TV launched their petition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO_DqJ85jvk\\nFor bonus material and to support the show, visit Patreon.com/Retrospectors\\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts: podfollow.com/Retrospectors\\n\\xa0\\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Voiceover: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.\\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2021.\\n#60s #TV #Person #White #UK\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"