BBC receives some complaints about its coverage of Prince Philip’s death

The death of prince philip, husband of the Queen isabel II, caused program interruptions and widespread coverage on the UK’s public radio and television, the well-known BBC, to the point that it received some complaints.

The death of the queen’s consort, at the age of 99, after seven decades present in the public life of the nation, caused the almost total mobilization of two of the public consortium’s channels, BBC1 and BBC2.

The news was released on Friday at noon by a presenter, Martine Croxall, dressed in black, with an emotional tone.

Then the national anthem “God Save The Queen” sounded, while the photo of the Duke of Edinburgh appeared on the screen.

Throughout the day live broadcasts alternated with a long string of videos and retrospective radio broadcasts.

These tributes follow formal rules very established in the BBC, the public channel par excellence, financed by a special tax, every time there is a death in the Royal Family.

But it did not avoid criticism from some viewers or followers of the BBC radio networks.

“We receive complaints about excessive television coverage of the death of His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Please leave your email address to register your complaint in this regard, we will send you a response from the BBC as soon as possible,” said the public audiovisual group.

Simon McCoy, former BBC presenter, opined: “BBC1 and BBC2 spread the same thing. And probably the information chain (continuous) as well. Because? I know the event was huge. But doesn’t the public deserve a choice on shows?” He tweeted.

“If they had done the opposite, other people would have criticized them,” said Jean Seaton, a media professor at the University of Westminster, in statements to AFP.

“The BBC does not induce us to reflect on something that is really an important moment in the life of a nation,” he added.

Another public channel, Channel 4, was also criticized, but in its case for having maintained its usual programming, with the exception of some documentaries about the Duke of Edinburgh.