The BBC were forced to pull this rugby promo because of complaints
BBC Wales found itself in hot water this week when complaints were made about a promo for the Six Nations encounter between England and Wales at the weekend.
Judge for yourself if it is offensive.
BBC Wales has had to pull this ad for the #SixNations because of complaints from wee crybaby English Rugby fans... #SillySeason pic.twitter.com/xwTuzknSK8
— 🍔 Gastro Celtic 🍀 (@Gastro_Celtic) February 9, 2017
The channel pulled the ad following complaints. Richard Thomas, BBC Wales' head of digital and marketing, said: "No offence was intended.
"It was meant to be tongue in cheek but clearly didn't hit the right note."
Really unimpressed with @BBCWales trailer for #WALvENG Outdated, immature, insular, xenophobic, rabble-rousing, provocative nonsense.
— Jason Harris 🏴🏴☠️🇵🇸 (@LargeRugby) February 8, 2017
To be fair, it appears the complaints were not just from England fans, it annoyed some Welsh supporters too.
I'm Welsh, and I like many many of my compatriots found this pathetic parochial rubbish well below standard expected from BBC
— Matt (@cautiousstoat) February 9, 2017
But plenty of other people thought it was a fairly harmless ad and couldn’t understand the furore.
many thanks for keeping this alive! I'm English and think this is just part and parcel of the banter! #killjoys England by 10
— Matthew (@majabl) February 9, 2017
"I thought it was quite funny"
— BBC Radio 5 Live (@bbc5live) February 10, 2017
Comedian @jackwhitehall on the controversial BBC Wales #SixNations promo #5liveDaily pic.twitter.com/lP4DRaEtUW
.@BBCWales should have been allowed to keep running that 6 Nations trailer. English though I am it was pretty funny.
— Al H (@Al_roar) February 10, 2017
