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Charlie Hebdo: BBC slammed as violent Silent Witness police killer episode airs hours after Paris massacre

















 Jan 08, 2015 12:20



By Jeremy Armstrong






Many fans believed the episode should have been pulled following the terror attack at French magazine Charlie Hebdo






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The BBC has been slammed for screening an episode of "Silent Witness" where a sniper ran amok killing eight people including a police officer.Fans of the crime drama believe last night's dramatic conclusion when a female detective was gunned down by a roof-top marksman should have been pulled following the murders of 12 people in Paris, including two police officers.The show, watched by more than six million people, began on Tuesday on BBC1 with a gunman killing three people at a petrol station.Viewers on social media aired their feelings that the second instalment should have been postponed out of respect for the murdered officers and ten staff killed at satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo by Islamist extremists .Sonia wrote on Twitter: "The new ep of Silent Witness was really badly timed."
Jeez, the new ep of Silent Witness was really badly timed.— Sonia Murphy (@Sonia_Murphy) January 8, 2015

 Angry Hollie added: "Considering two police were killed today, I think its a bit insensitive for the BBC to show a cop being shot on #SilentWitness ! #CharlieHebdo."Another added: "Should it not have been pulled due to the tragic events in Paris?"Malik pondered if the show would air before it even started: "Wonder if @BBCOne will pull tonight's Silent Witness - sniper on killing spree?"And David commented: "Given today's events in Paris, I have to ask why Silent Witness hasn't been pulled tonight."
@BBCOne disappointed that the BBC allowed silent witness to go out tonight in light of today's atrocity in Paris. Very insensitive— michelle stoten (@MichelleStoten) January 7, 2015

 Mark Smith added: "Really think @BBC should have pulled #SilentWitness because of #ParisShooting #JeSuisCharlie."Many viewers contacted the BBC Twitter account directly but were not given an answer as to why the episode, which saw a teenager brutalised by his teacher father and a gun-nut pal unmasked as the killers, went ahead despite the massacre in France.Michelle wrote: "Disappointed that the BBC allowed silent witness to go out tonight in light of today's atrocity in Paris. Very insensitive."The hugely popular show stars Emilia Fox, 40, as pathologist Dr Nikki Alexander in a part she has played since 2004. A BBC spokeswoman said: "The background and storyline in Silent Witness was very different to the tragic events in France".





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The screening came hours after three suspected al-Qaeda terrorist stormed the offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and executed numerous workers.After bursting into the weekly editorial meeting, the heavily armed fanatics called out names from a hit-list of journalists before gunning them down.Two unarmed police officers were also killed in the outrage.







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