Alan Titchmarsh's trousers were censored by North Korea's state television channel during a broadcast of his BBC gardening programme. Korean Central Television blurred the presenter's jeans he wore in a 2010 episode of Alan Titchmarsh's Garden Secrets. The clothing item is reportedly seen as a "symbol of American imperialism" and as such has been banned in the state since at least the early 1990s. Mr Titchmarsh's commentary on the programme was replaced with a North Korean voiceover and instrumental music. It was originally an hour long but was cut to 15 minutes.