'Brass Eye' drops Ripper sketch
Channel 4 last night pulled a three minute sketch featuring an actor dressed as the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe from its controversial satirical comedy series Brass Eye.
The sketch, which was pulled just hours before it was due to be screened featured an actor dressed as Sutcliffe singing "I'm only a simple lorry driver".
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