Sunday Round Up: BBC, Rastamouse, Facebook, Valentine's Day
This morning's round up of media news includes a council calling for the use on electronic Valentine's cards, a warning from the army over Facebook feature and the BBC's new children's animated character is at the centre of a racism row.
The BBC’s animation programme Rastamouse has landed the corporation in the centre of allegations of racism. The Telegraph says that the television series, based around a Rastafarian mouse, has been criticised for being ‘racist’ and also for using ‘slang’ terms.
A new series by the BBC, which follows journalists covering the Suez crisis, is being touted as the new Mad Men, says The Observer. The BBC apparently has high hopes for the six-part series, The Hour, which will be broadcast this summer.
The Telegraph also carries a story that Central Bedfordshire Council has called for people not to send Valentine’s Cards this year. The council has asked citizens to turn to using e-cards instead in an effort to help the environment.
The Mail on Sunday says that producer Elizabeth Clough has left the BBC after her programme The Big Questions was chosen as one of the series being moved to Glasgow. Clough, who worked on the series while it was based in London, is the latest to depart the coporation as it begins to move half of its production out of the capital.
Meanwhile, army chiefs have also highlighted the danger their troops lives are being put in due to the development of Facebook’s Check In feature. According to The Daily Mail, the army has said that the feature, which highlights the location of users, is warning terrorists where the army is located.