The return of the comic duo, Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse was eagerly awaited, but it seems that their new show ‘Ruddy Hell It’s Harry And Paul’ has caused some offence to its viewers.

More than 100 people complained about an alleged homophobic sketch on the show, where the men played Laurel and Hardy as the gay cowboys from Brokeback mountain.

But a BBC spokesman defended the show, after 109 viewers complained. “There is no intention to cause offence. An element of their comedy is to satirise highly esteemed, iconic figures carrying out actions that are so far removed from reality as to be absurd.”