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BBC changes fraud show trailer amid antisemitism concern

November 7, 2013 11:42
Fiddler on the Roof (1971) "The story of Tevye the milkman, his meddling wife and five willful daughters needs little introduction" Watch a clip <A href='http://tinyurl.com/24zrscq'>here</A>

BySandy Rashty, Sandy Rashty

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BBC producers have changed a trailer for a series about tax and benefit fraudsters following complaints that it could be seen as antisemitic.

The original trailer for Britain on the Fiddle featured the song “If I Were a Rich Man”, from Fiddler on the Roof, the 1960s film about Jews in a Russian shtetl.

Some viewers felt that the choice of music pandered to negative stereotypes about Jews and money.

Licence fee payer Robin Alexander said: “I just thought this cheap and very old-fashioned.