The BBC has reportedly issued an apology to Escape to the Country viewers after complaints that seemed to flout the Highway Code. The last episode of Series 24, which aired back in August and took telly fans to the stunning Isle of Skye, has caused a bit of a stir.
Presenter Denise Nurse was helping Claire and Mark find their dream pad on the island after they’d been roughing it in a campervan with their kids for four months. But it was a clip of the motorhome parked up in what looked like a passing place on a ‘narrow road’ that got everyone’s knickers in a twist.
Denise and the house-hunting duo were caught on camera having a chinwag in camping chairs by the roadside, chatting about their big move. Some eagle-eyed viewers reckoned this was a no-no according to the Highway Code, which tells drivers to avoid parking in passing places on rural roads.
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The Scottish Sun has spilled the beans that some locals along the North Coast 500 (NC500) a picturesque drive in Scotland’s top end were none too pleased. Word is the BBC has said sorry for what’s been called its ‘initial dismissive reply’ to a complaint lobbed at them by one miffed resident.
A local has apparently given the BBC a telling-off for a part of the show they reckon wasn’t quite right. They vented their spleen on the private Facebook group NC500 The Land Weeps, saying that although it was “slightly heartening” to see Auntie own up to the blunder, they reckon the broadcaster “shouldn’t have done this in the first place”, as per the Mirror’s scoop, reports Leicestershire Live.
The complainant stated that the apology “does nothing” to address the “patronising brush off” they received when they first raised the issue. The Sun reports that the BBC sent an email apologising for not “properly addressing” the complaint.
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An alleged email from the BBC acknowledges the resident’s “concerns” about a segment of the show where an interview was “conducted at the side of a road”. The email reads: “You are of course correct that no matter how brief that filming was for, the Highway Code does advise that drivers should not park in passing places.”
The email also recognises that such issues are “even more of an issue” in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.
“While we don’t believe this segment of the programme would encourage people to ignore road signs and to park in places that they shouldn’t, we fully appreciate your concerns and we understand our responsibilities as a TV programme. The production team will bear this in mind for future filming and are grateful to you for taking the time to raise this with us,” it concludes.
Escape to the Country continues on BBC One and iPlayer
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
