The BBC was flooded with 30,000 complaints within an hour of the programme hitting screens.
In it, the pair presented what looked to be a live news report that wasThe report featured ‘home footage’ of a ghost terrorising two children in their bedroom with their mother rushing to get them out of the house.
Many parents also claimed that their children had been left traumatised by the scary scenes and the episode was later banned from ever appearing on British TV again.Reflecting on the fallout in the wake of Sir Michael’s death, creator Stephen Volk recalled the immense support the presenter provided as the show came under fire.
While the programme, which was directed by Lesley Manning, was created to try and encourage people to question things they were being told by the media, it had the opposite effect and audiences were simply outraged. ‘I think that because Parky was at the centre of it as an anchorman, they weren’t used to that either.
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