'SuperTed' Is Coming Back - But This Time He's 'Politically Correct'

SuperTed should be back on our screens 'by the end of the year'. However, this time he will be 'politically correct'.

Wait, what?

I remember watching SuperTed as a kid, however what I don't remember it being offensive. Apparently, I'm wrong.

Mike Young, the animator who is now 70-years-old, has said that some characters will probably have to be adapted for more 'modern audiences'.

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The Daily Mail reported him as saying: "'We hope it will be back in production this year.

"In SuperTed, we had a gun-slinging cowboy, a flamboyantly gay skeleton and a fat guy who had jokes made about his weight.

"And all these things you just wouldn't do today.

"But you can still write the show in a funny, entertaining way."

Apparently, the discussion surrounding bringing SuperTed back has been going on for two years - although the baddies in the new show may very well be different.

Young has also been quoted as saying that the production team would 'definitely be talking to Melvyn and Derek' about reprising their roles as the voices of SuperTed and the cowardly Skeleton.

Topics: Comeback

Mel Ramsay

Mel Ramsay has been a Senior Journalist for Tyla and LADbible since 2015. She started her career writing obituaries and funeral guides online. Since then, her work has been published in a wide variety of national and local news sites. She is part of the BBC's Generation project and has spoken about young people, politics and mental health on television, radio and online. Contact her - [email protected]

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