500 viewers angered by New Year s Eve fireworks referencing Black Lives Matter
BBC received a total of 7,382 complaints about shows over Christmas fortnight
Most controversial programme was Andrew Marr Show with 1,712 complaints
Vicar of Dibley was in third place with 289 complaints focused on BLM reference
193 complaints on The Goes Wrong Show Nativity being offensive to Christians
Level of outrage over humour offensive to Christians revealed
The BBC received 193 complaints that the Nativity edition of the Goes Wrong Show was ‘offensive to Christians’, it has been revealed.
Last month, Chortle reported how the programme upset some viewers who thought the slapstick shenanigans was disrespectful to their beliefs. Now the Corporation’s complaints unit has revealed the total number who contacted them.
The BBC’s response was: ‘While it’s never our intention to offend or upset our viewers with what we show, it is perhaps inevitable that some aspects of our programmes will occasionally strike some in our audience as inappropriate. This is especially so within comedy; one of the most subjective areas of programming.
Boris Johnson s appearance on the Andrew Marr Show made headlines after he suggested indyref2 wouldn t be held until 2055 THE BBC received more complaints about “bias against Boris Johnson” than any other issue in the period from December 21, 2020 to January 3, 2021, newly released figures show. The complaints related specifically to the Prime Minister’s appearance on The Andrew Marr Show, which happened on the final day of the period in question, Sunday, January 3. More than three times as many complaints were sent to the BBC about bias against Johnson than the second most complained about item in the period, which was the Black Lives Matter (BLM) symbol appearing during the Happy New Year Live! show.
Jodie Whittaker returns as The Doctor on New Year s Day
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Baby, it’s looking bleak outside - or at least it is when it comes to Christmas TV. Thanks to a certain party-pooping virus, production schedules have veered more drunkenly than an egg-nogged reindeer. And, pandemic aside, there’s been a touch of festive laziness from the terrestrial channels, an overreliance on familiar stodge.
It’s certainly no vintage year, then. But among the grim lockdown specials and hurriedly ‘regifted’ repeats, there’s some hope. From a chilling account of real-life murders which will make you never want to hear the phrase “Gap Yah” again to a sumptuous, gossipy period drama, this lot should haul you up and dust you down from any post-prandial slumps.
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