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BBC planned to turn itself into Italian TV for charity

Posted on May 18, 2006 | Post a comment |

From today's Times (and other papers):

Poles apart
The BBC has scrapped plans for a celebrity pole dancing show after protests from women’s groups. Zoë Ball, Natasha Kaplinsky and Fiona Phillips had been linked with the one-off programme for Sport Relief. The Poppy Project, a women’s support group, said that pole dancing exploited women.

Nothing like pole dancing for charity, is there? Insert punchline as to what next year's “but it's all in a good cause” idea will be...

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