Some songs were banned for only a limited period, and have since received BBC airplay, while others were banned many years after having been first aired, as was the case of the Cure's ' Killing an Arab', ABBA's ' Waterloo', Queen's ' Killer Queen', the Boomtown Rats' ' I Don't Like Mondays' and 67 other songs which were banned from BBC airplay as the first Gulf War began. During its history the corporation has banned songs from a number of high-profile artists, including Cliff Richard, Frank Sinatra, Noël Coward, the Beatles, Ken Dodd, Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby, the BBC Dance Orchestra, Tom Lehrer, Glenn Miller, and George Formby.
This article lists songs which have been banned by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) over the years.
