Complaint
A listener complained of a scene in this drama where one of the characters criticised another and said he was 鈥渁 force behind the Brexit vote鈥.听 The nature of the character criticised was such that this constituted a 鈥渟尘别补谤鈥 upon Brexit voters.听 The ECU considered the complaint in the light of the 大象传媒鈥檚 editorial standards of impartiality.
Outcome
The drama was part of a series which offered an updated and reimagined version of the work of HP Lovecraft and took many of the original themes of horror, the occult and the supernatural. 听Listeners in general would have taken it as a work of fiction, and would not have understood the dialogue as expressing anything beyond the opinions of the characters themselves.听 In the ECU鈥檚 judgement, there was no basis for believing the programme to contain a slur against those who had voted for Brexit.
听Not Upheld