For the best part of the next twenty years it didn’t seem to occur to anyone in a position of authority at the BBC that the series really was offensive to more than just a few “killjoys”. The BBC says that the Black and White Minstrels is "a traditional show enjoyed by millions for what it offers in good-hearted family entertainment". The BBC might also ask the three American networks, since it is only a theatrical show, what reaction they think the series would have on responsible coloured opinion in the United States if they put it out coast to coast.

We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Subsequent efforts by the BBC to introduce the Mitchell Minstrels without blackface in two variety programmes failed, while blacking up and the Minstrels persisted on British screens well beyond 1967. Irrespective of the source, all of our collectables meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed. The documentary was largely centred on, and heavily critical of, the BBC’s own Black and White Minstrel Show. The story behind the controversy surrounding Broadstairs entertainment troupe Uncle Mack's Minstrels has been revealed in a local historian's new book".It marked a turning point away from public discussions of blacking up, racism, and representation in Britain. Although images of violence, sexuality, and the Black Power movement were routinely examined by screen regulators in the 20th century for their influence on audiences who were often imagined as impressionable, blacking up on screen was thought to be harmless and have little real impact. One way of testing responsible opinion would be for the BBC to send the Black and White Minstrels book and the coloured Radio Times front cover of them to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Urban League, and ask for their opinion. Amounts shown in italicised text are for items listed in currency other than Euros and are approximate conversions to Euros based upon Bloomberg's conversion rates.

It contains a standard BBC response to complaints, namely that whatever the “rights and wrongs” in this particular case protesting was probably counterproductive. Records that aren't in picture sleeves will either be in a company sleeve or a generic plain sleeve.For the "Vinyl Lovers" series the association presents a journey through music on the rediscovery of 45 rpm gems.