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EASTENDERS TACKLES SERIOUS ISSUE OF JAILBAIT |
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19-09-08 |
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THE BBC last night dismissed criticism of Eastenders, insisting it was tackling the vitally important issue of beating Coronation Street.
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A BBC spokesman said: "As a public service broadcaster we have a responsibility to tackle the serious issues that titillate our society.
"But we always try to handle these issues sensitively, often by covering them in lipstick or stuffing them into a push-up bra.
"Coronation Street meanwhile is just a lot of saggy women with too much make-up, and their pathetic attempts to pay off their bingo debts.
"How is that relevant to a society struggling to cope with millions of ex-convicts taking advantage of their busty teenage stepdaughters?"
The spokesman added: "Ultimately, the really important question raised by this storyline is - how on earth will Bianca react? I'm betting she goes apeshit."
But Hilary Bamford, a complainer from Dewsbury, said: "I have never seen anything so repulsively entertaining in my life.
"By the end of it I felt as if I had been rolling around in a big bath of mud. In my underpants. With a bishop."
Tom Logan, a viewer from Nuneaton, said: "Fifteen, you say? She doesn't look fifteen. Oh I see...."
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