BBC receives 1,350 complaints about ‘excessive’ coverage of Mandela’s death

According to Daily Mail, more than 1,000 viewers have complained about ‘excessive’ coverage of Nelson Mandela’s death on BBC services, including some who grumbled about a repeat of popular sitcom Mrs Brown’s Boys being interrupted.

As at the time of this report the corporation had received 1,350 complaints about too much coverage across its news services, with some saying the emphasis had reduced the coverage of severe weather across the UK that day.

The BBC has defended its coverage and said Mandela’s death was of ‘considerable interest’ to audiences in the UK and across the rest of the world.