The show was taken off the air in 2004 after Kilroy-Silk made allegedly
racist remarks. Kilroy-Silk questioned what contribution Arabs have made to civilisation beyond oil. The
Commission for Racial Equality reported him to the police. The BBC cancelled the show, stating that his views were a threat to the network's impartiality. Kilroy claimed afterwards on the BBC's
Question Time that he had been under a six-month investigation when this happened. He stated that his show was cancelled because he was anti-religion, rather than racist. However, panellist
Shaparak Khorsandi claimed that his views were about Arabs as a people rather than their religion. Kilroy-Silk had previously claimed to have apologised in 2004. It was rejected primarily because Kilroy-Silk himself twisted his words.
Iqbal Sacranie (secretary-general of the
Muslim Council of Britain) claimed that Kilroy-Silk had not retracted his views but skimmed over the apology and changed a few words. The programme was replaced by ''Now You're Talking!'', which followed a similar format and was presented by
Nicky Campbell and
Nadia Sawalha. The show was also produced by Kilroy-Silk's production company. Though contemporary reports suggested that his agent had offered the show to
Channel 5, the broadcaster did not commission it. == References ==