“I’m entirely serious when I say that Channel 4 is banning the episode for religious reasons.
The Irish writer, who also created Father Ted and Black Books, wrote the season three episode “The Speech”, which is currently unable to stream on Channel 4’s website.
I won’t work for them again until the episode is reinstated.”
The 2008 episode sees Douglas Reynholm (Matt Berry) date transgender woman April (Lucy Montgomery), only to mishear and think she says she is “from Iran” when she reveals she is trans.