Ricky Gervais mocks Broadcasting Standards Authority for banning “highly offensive” Halloween advert
has mocked the Broadcasting Standards Authority for banning his “highly offensive” Halloween advert.
The comedian has recently been promoting his new brand of vodka, Dutch Barn, with a series of unconventional TV commercials, but his most recent one has been deemed too offensive to air.
Happy Halloween for everyone at Dutch Barn Vodka!” Gervais says in the advert. “It’s a magical time of year where we try and scare kids with tales of ghosts and ghouls and vampires – all good fun.
“If you really want to scare children, tell them about priests and ’70s DJs and my uncle Sid – proper wrong’un. Murdered in jail, eventually, so… Dirty boy, Sid, you dirty boy,” he adds before bursting into laughter.
