A year after THE SATANIC VERSES (and THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST), Harrison turns his poetic guns on the representatives of censorship and religious fanaticism. Events to follow: the fall of the Wall a few months later, the use of Saudi Arabia as a base for the infidels in 1991, then 9/11, Bali, 7/7, Charlie Hebdo, November 2015, etc. The upshot: if screened today, objections would surely come from beyond just the Archbishop of Canterbury; one doubts the resolve of the BBC to face them down.