BBC in diversity row as disabled white dwarf set to play Magic Johnson

The BBC came under criticism earlier today after announcing that a one-legged white dwarf will play American basketball legend Magic Johnson in a new series chronicling his life in sport, to be screened in the summer.

Licence payers are incensed by what they see as a ridiculous attempt at diversity and unbridled political correctness.

A spokesperson for the BBC told reporters: ‘We think it’s important to reflect society in real terms, and that’s what we’ve done here.

‘It’s our view that the white dwarf community and people with disabilities should be represented in contemporary drama, so what better way to achieve this than by killing two birds with one stone and casting a white, unidexter dwarf as an extremely tall black athlete.

'Yes, it will be challenging when filming footage of Magic Johnson in action on the basketball court, but we aim to get round that by having a tallish Chinaman lift him up to pull off the slam dunks.'

In 2023, the BBC was heavily criticised after casting a five-times-married black woman, who was confined to an iron lung, to play the teenage Martina Navratilova in a docudrama about her life in tennis.

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