Original sentence: All the while, the theatre piece Jerry Springer - The Opera had been evolving.As well as objecting to the constant strong language, they believed it to be blasphemous and claimed it ridiculed Jesus Christ.From its humble beginnings as a workshop at Battersea Arts Centre, it achieved its finished form at London's National Theatre via hugely successful performances at the 2002 Edinburgh Fringe.In 2004, Stewart Lee returned to stand-up comedy with the show Standup Comedian, which earned him a prestigious "Tap Water Award" in Edinburgh and has been released on DVD.In January 2005, Jerry Springer - The Opera was broadcast on BBC2 to outcry from Christian fundamentalists who tried to prevent it from being aired.Lee tackled the subject of the religious hatred he felt he experienced after the broadcast of Jerry Springer - The Opera in his 2005 standup show, "90s Comedian", earning him some of the best reviews of his career.Their campaign allegedly forced some BBC executives into hiding temporarily.While not directly targetted themselves, Lee and Thomas were out of the eye of the storm in any case, putting the final touches to their latest project in Germany
Edited sentence: All the while, the theatre piece, Jerry Springer - The Opera was building in size and scale.From its humble beginnings as a workshop at Battersea Arts Centre, it had arrived at a grand scale at London's National Theatre via hugely successful performances at the Edinburgh Festival.He tackled the backlash and the extreme religious hatred he experienced in the aftermath of the broadcast of Jerry Springer - The Opera in his 2005 standup show, "90s Comedian", earning him some of the best reviews of his career.In 2004, Stewart Lee returned to stand-up comedy with the show Standup Comedian, one of the best sets of his career, which is now available on DVD and earned him a prestigious "Tap Water Award" in Edinburgh.In January 2005, Jerry Springer - The Opera was broadcast on BBC2 to outcry from Christian fundamentalists who tried to ban it from being aired without having seen it, believing it to be a work of blasphemy due to its use of characters from the Bible.They then began a crusade of persecution against all those involved, forcing some BBC executives into hiding temporarily.Whilst not directly targetted themselves, Lee and Thomas were out of the eye of the storm in any case, putting the final touches to their latest project in Germany