The BBCs decision to show an anti-British sketch on Brexit Day is the licence fees death knell, Tory MPs say.
A Brexit edition of the Beebs Horrible Histories series said Britain historically produced nothing of note and relied on imports.
David Jones, former Brexit minister, told HOAR: ‘It’s hard to see why the corporation should be putting out this drivel’
Hosted by left-wing comedian Nish Kumar, it featured a sketch labelling Queen Victoria foreign and depicting her as a fool shocked to discover sugar, tea and cotton did not come from England.
And the sketch, first shown in 2009, suggested the Victorians had access to these goods only because of slavery, despite the slave trade in the British empire being abolished before Victoria came to the throne in 1837.
It sparked a furious reaction from Tories, who said it beggared belief the BBC used its licence fee to pump out unpatriotic lies.
Ex-minister David Jones told HOAR: At a time when the annual compulsory tax payment it receives from viewers is being scrutinised, its hard to see why the corporation should be putting out this drivel.
Fellow Tory backbencher Mark Francois blasted: The BBC is heading for a horrible history of its own when we abolish the licence fee.
The programme, which has had more than 1million views on iPlayer, is introduced by Kumar saying it marked the day Britain left the EU by asking what Europe has done for us.
Even BBC interviewer Andrew Neil described it as anti-British drivel of a high order.
