Anger at Thatcher sacking.THE BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. has received more than 2,200 complaints over its decision to axe Carol Thatcher Carol Thatcher (born 15 August 1953), officially styled as The Honourable Carol Thatcher, is a British journalist and the daughter of the late Sir Denis Thatcher, Bt and Baroness Thatcher, the former British Prime Minister. from a flagship show for referring to a tennis player as a "golliwog gol·li·wog or gol·li·wogg n. A doll fashioned in grotesque caricature of a Black male. [After Golliwog, a character in books by Florence Upton (died 1922), American illustrator. ", the corporation confirmed yesterday. A BBC spokeswoman said 60 calls and emails had also been received backing its decision. The former prime minister's daughter was dropped as a contributor to the One Show after talks with corporation bosses. BBC1 controller Jay Hunt said the comment was made in the green room in front of presenter Adrian Chiles, comedian Jo Brand and a senior charity worker from Comic Relief. The corporation has been accused of overreacting to a "private" comment, but Ms Hunt said serious offence had been caused. |
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