'Christian beheads Muslim' drama backed by BBC Trust

Christian Institute
June 2, 2009

http://www.islamist-watch.org/1774/christian-beheads-muslim-drama-backed-by-bbc-trust

Excerpt:

The BBC Trust has rejected complaints against a TV drama that showed a fanatical British Christian beheading a moderate Muslim.

The offending episode of "Bonekickers" was aired in July last year and sparked fresh claims of anti-Christian bias at the BBC.

The BBC Trust, a group of "independent trustees acting in the public interest", rejected suggestions that the drama associated fanatical Christianity with evangelicalism and gave an offensive portrayal of evangelical Christians.

Daily Telegraph writer, Damian Thompson, said: "We are deep into the realms of BBC bias and ignorance here.

"Only a BBC drama series would, to quote the complainant, 'transfer the practice of terrorist beheadings from Islamist radicals to a fantasised group of fundamentalist Christians'."

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