Robson Green's cannibal controversy
Wednesday, 30 July 2008
The drama, which stars 43-year-old Robson Green as clinical psychologist Dr. Tony Hill, is set to feature a character who eats his victims alive - and realistic scenes of severed body parts will be shown after the 9pm watershed.
The storyline - which will also feature a leather-clad dominatrix in a fetish club - will run throughout the eight-part series, which starts on ITV1 on September 4.
Condemning the grisly plot, John Beyer of Mediawatch UK said: "If this is what ITV thinks is acceptable, they are mistaken. I wish they would reconsider showing it.
"People are longing for family viewing."
However, 'Footballers Wives' star Cristian Solimeno, 33, who plays a policeman who is strung up with ropes by the killer, defended the show, saying: "It's fictitious and you have to suspend disbelief."
Robson, who shot to fame starring in BBC hospital drama 'Casualty', has been starring in 'Wire in the Blood' since 2002.
(C) BANG Media International
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