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Airdate: Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story

Julie Walters stars as Mary Whitehouse, the famous 1960s conservative crusader in the UK, who demanded more respectable television.

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82Julie Walters stars as Mary Whitehouse, the famous 1960s conservative crusader in the UK, who demanded more respectable television.

Whitehouse, a 53-year-old housewife and art teacher, was outraged by sex, lies, smut and swearing  infiltrating the BBC.

She campaigns against the BBC and its Director-General, Sir Hugh Carleton Greene (Hugh Bonneville).

This true life telemovie screened, ironically, on BBC2, a channel which ignited her fury.

Won’t somebody think of the children?

It airs at 8:30pm Sunday May 31st on ABC1.

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  2. Hey you, Whitehouse, ha ha charade you are.
    You house proud town mouse, ha ha charade you are.
    You’re trying to keep our feelings off the street,
    you’re nearly a real treat, all tight lips and cold feet,
    and do you feel abused?

    You gotta stem the evil tide,
    and keep it all on the inside.
    Mary, you’re nearly a treat, Mary, you’re nearly a treat,
    but you’re really a cry.

  3. I only knew about her through watching The Goodies, when they did the ep featuring Mary Carthorse going on about too much S-E- *makes a cross sign” on the telly.

    July Walters is fabulous. Thanks for the heads-up, I’ll pre-set the PVR.

  4. Mary Whitehouse was an old foe of Doctor Who and whether it is deliberate or not has been scheduled on ABC1 right after Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead.

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