The bosses at EastEnders are in a spot of bother this morning. Last Friday’s controversial episode – in which Max Branning was drugged and buried alive by his wife Tanya and her lover Sean Slater – has received 167 complaints. Ofcom has received 50. The programme, which was broadcast before the 9pm watershed, sparked off a series of complaints from viewers who felt the storyline was too extreme for family viewing. But a BBC spokesman commented: “EastEnders is known for its dramatic and gripping storylines and, from a total audience of ten million, the number of complaints is relatively small.” What do you think, was this storyline too much?
EastEnders gets ticked off