Too much bovver
Blair blocks repeat of Tate sketch
Tony Blair has blocked a repeat showing of his Comic Relief sketch with Catherine Tate.The BBC had asked to reuse the charity sketch, in which the Prime Minister told Tate's schoolgirl character he ‘wasn’t bovvered’, for a forthcoming episode of The Money Programme.
But The Mail on Sunday reports that Downing Street vetoed the request, fearing it would show Blair in a bad light.
The programme had wanted to use the clip in a show called The Blair Rich Project, about the estimated £10million the premier could earn when he leaves office.
But next Friday's show will also say the Blairs will spend around £56,000 on clothes and £15,000 a year on Cherie's hairdressing budget.
A BBC source told the paper: ‘Downing Street have got really heavy about the whole programme. They’ve been demanding to see it before it goes out. There’s a big row that’s blown up.’
But Downing Street said: ‘We didn’t feel that the programme was in keeping with the spirit of Comic Relief.
Published: 6 May 2007
