13Dec/083
Harry Hill vs Thomas Beatie
Harry Hill's TV Burp (Broadcast on ITV, 6:40pm on 13th December 2008) just went to town on the story of Thomas Beatie, the American transsexual man who has chosen to carry his child as his partner cannot.
Repeated references were made to this not being a man, rather a woman with a beard. This escalated to Harry wearing a fake beard and pretending to be pregnant. I switched off at this point.
This is a simply disgusting treatment of a transsexual and would be clearly illegal under the UK gender discrimination act. Especially from an ex medical professional who should have known better.
You can complain to OFCOM here.
December 14th, 2008 - 02:23
glad someone took notice of this! i normally really enjoy harry hill’s comedy it’s normally light hearted and fun. so disappointed and annoyed about him mocking thomas beatie though!
December 14th, 2008 - 19:43
hi, please can someone upload this episode to youtube? cause i missed it and i really wanted to see it T_T
Sakura xx
December 29th, 2008 - 15:52
I’ve not seen this segment posted on youtube :(