Sunday 4 January 2015

Fury as Channel Four plans sitcom based on the Irish Famine

Channel Four has commissioned a comedy series about the Irish famine, which saw a million Irish folk die and a further two million emigrate. The sitcom, provisionally entitled Hungry, is being thought of as a version of "Shameless" set in famine Ireland.

A petition has been set up at https://www.change.org/p/petition-to-stop-channel-4-from-making-a-comedy-series-about-the-irish-famine in protest at the channel's decision.

For more on the story, visit http://www.irishmirror.ie/whats-on/arts-culture-news/fury-british-tv-station-commissions-4910380.

COMMENT: Sorry Channel Four, but you are well and truly out of order here. I've signed the petition.

Chris

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