A very dead Ringer
BBC apologises over Saddam sketch
The BBC has apologised for screening a Dead Ringers sketch involving Saddam Hussein just a day after he was hanged.BBC Two repeated an episode of the topical comedy on New Year’s Eve – without realising it included a sketch featuring Mark Perry as the former dictator.
In the corporation’s staff magazine Ariel, the channel’s scheduling boss Kate Mordaunt apologised – and admitted the programme should have been re-checked for ‘sensitive’ items.
Published: 10 Jan 2007
