From the BBC:
TV character Peppa Pig will be seen wearing a seatbelt in future episodes, after parents raised concerns over children following her example. British animation company Astley Baker Davies said it would also re-animate scenes from the first and second series to reflect the change.
"We were very naive when we started making Peppa," co-founder Mark Baker told Broadcast magazine, "If we could turn the clock back, we would," he said.
Aimed at children aged two and above, Peppa Pig won a children's Bafta in 2005 for best pre-school animation. Shown on Five and children's channel Nick Jr, it follows a five-year-old pig named Peppa, her family and friends. Astley Baker Davies had initially considered including seatbelts and child seats in the show but felt it might limit the characters' range of expressions. But it reversed its stance after a parent complained that her daughter had refused to wear a seatbelt because Peppa did not.
UPDATE: Dick P beat me to it by five minutes and asked the blindingly obvious question.
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3 comments:
As DP says in the comments on his post it is scary that people such as this parent have a vote!
"parents raised concerns"
I doubt that except insofar as the 1 or 2 PC busybodies may also raise chi8dren between doing whatever taxpayer subsidised interfering they are employed at. My guess is that a random survey of parents asked if the pig should have to wear a seatbelt would not be supportive. This is like the common BBC "scientists say" which requires only a very broad definition of "scientist" & sometimes as many as 2 worldwide.
WfW: Don't be shy, it was you who said that. Correctly. :-)
Ta for the link, MW, posted mine hurriedly and rushed off for a meeting with a Nat West business manager ... they're younger than coppers these days!
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