Channel 4 bosses have reportedly added a trigger warning to two episodes of The IT Crowd which first hit the airwaves back in 2007.

Channel 4 has reportedly slapped a “woke” trigger warning on another hit comedy show just days after warning viewers about an episode of Father Ted.

The publicly funded broadcaster caused uproar after they placed a warning message on the Irish sitcom. Now, the channel has advised viewers that they may find The IT Crowd “offensive”.

The disclaimer informs viewers that the programme was made in a different era, and flashes up on screen just before they can press play. The Sun revealed two episodes from the Bafta-winning series have been hit with separate warnings.

Episode two from the first series reportedly warns: “This episode was made in 2006 and contains strong, strong/offensive derogatory language and adult humour. This programme isn’t suitable for younger viewers.”

During the episode Reynholm Industries’ was set on fire thanks to Richard Ayoade’s character Maurice Moss. Channel 4 bosses also placed another message on the second series before the start of the first episode.

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It reportedly reads: “This episode was made in 2007 and contains crude gay stereotypes which some viewers may find offensive.” During the show, Chris O’Dowd’s character Roy Trennenman assumed Jen’s love interest was a homosexual because he wanted to borrow a copy of Heat magazine, which Maurice agreed with.

The innuendo-filled episode saw Jen go on a date with her admirer to a gay musical, with Roy and Maurice also tagging along. Express.co.uk has reached out to Channel 4 for a comment.

This is the second show of writer Graham Linehan’s to be slapped with warnings after Father Ted’s disclaimer caused backlash online. The Sun told how TV bosses feared today’s viewers would be offended because of the explicit language and scenes of racial impersonation during a 1998 episode.

It includes a sequence where Ted, played by Dermot Morgan, appears to mock the Chinese wearing a lampshade on his head. He later appears to look like Hitler thanks to some furious arm gestures and a well-placed mark on the widow.

The misunderstanding sees the priest spend the rest of the episode trying to convince the island that he was not “a bit of a racist”.

The plot point was deemed triggering by Channel 4’s streaming service, with a warning which read: “This episode was made in 1998 and contains language and racial impersonation which some viewers may find offensive.”

Father Ted creator Graham Linehan – who was cancelled for speaking out against pro-trans activists – previously said of the lampshade gag: “We wrote that episode partly to shame racist idiots.”