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North Korea TV censors Alan Titchmarsh's trousers (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/weirdnews

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For non UK people, Alan Titchmarsh is basically only known for various gardening shows.

The title got a double take from me, so hopefully it's valid to post here.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

He's also an author, think he writes bodice rippers ;-)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Central TV aired a 2010 edition of Alan Titchmarsh's Garden Secrets for its morning audience, but made sure that viewers could not see his jeans.

Jeans are seen as a symbol of western imperialism in the secretive state and as such are banned.

So rolling Soviet Union style.