Because of its controversial racial content, the Independent Broadcasting Authority took the unusual step of intervening to cancel the series after six episodes.
This was the first London Weekend Television sitcom to be broadcast in colour.
When the show aired on ITV in 1969 it led to a flood of complaints from viewers to the Independent Television Authority. Officials branded it "racist". It was taken off air after just six episodes and has not been shown on TV since.
Spike Milligan revived his character in Up the Polls: The Campaign's Over (1970) and Paki-Paddy (1974).
The Race Relations Board formally complained about the series as it was overtly racist.