Channel 4 TV bosses have hit the legendary sitcom Father Ted with a trigger warning due to 'racial impersonations and language'.
The 1998 episode - titled Are You Right There, Father Ted - has been hit with the warning over concerns that it could offend viewers.
In a scene, Ted, played by Dermot Morgan, appear to mock the Chinese by wearing a lampshade on his head.
There is a later reference to Hitler, with an unfortunately-placed mark and some dramatic arm gestures.
The priest then spends the rest of the episode trying to convince others that he is not "a bit of a racist".
Channel 4's streaming service deemed the episode triggering, warning: "This episode was made in 1998 and contains language and racial impersonation which some viewers may find offensive."
Free Speech Union leader Toby Young criticised the move, telling the paper: "The language and behaviour was 'offensive' in 1998 - that was the point.
"This episode was mocking the hyper-sensitivity of our age, something that was already apparent 27 years ago.
"For Channel 4 to attach a trigger warning shows that nothing has changed.
Creator of the show Graham Linehan has previously addressed the lampshade moment, saying: "We wrote that episode partly to shame racist idiots."
