The BBC's coverage of the Duke of Edinburgh's death has become the most complained UK television programming in history.
BBC figures show its coverage has drawn 110,000 complaints to date, with people claiming Prince Philip's passing was given “too much TV coverage”.
But the undaunted broadcaster today announced it will mark the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral with a six hour schedule of special programmes.
Piers Morgan’s comments about the Duchess of Sussex’s interview with Oprah Winfrey had previously held the record for the highest number of complaints to TV regulator Ofscom. The episodes of ITV’s Good Morning Britain on March 8 and 9 sparked 57,121 complaints to Ofcom
Earlier this week The Sun reported the BBC had received more than 100,000 complaints about its coverage of Philip’s death after it cleared its schedules to cover the story.
The BBC set up a dedicated page allowing people to complain about “too much TV coverage” of the Duke's death.
The broadcaster suspended its Friday schedule across both BBC One and BBC Two to run a series of mirrored special programmes about the duke, who died at Windsor Castle aged 99.
BBC Four was suspended and showed a message urging viewers to switch over for a “major news report”, while BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5 Live also aired special programming reflecting his life.
The rolling news coverage meant the final of MasterChef, which was due to air at 8.30pm on BBC One, was not shown.
ITV also made schedule changes following the news, leading up to an extended News At Ten at 10pm.
The BBC later established a dedicated form on its website after receiving complaints about its coverage, which prompted a mixed reaction from viewers on social media.
However, the broadcaster today announced it will to mark the Duke's funeral with a series of special programmes.
Huw Edwards will lead nearly six hours of coverage broadcast from Windsor across three programmes on Friday and Saturday.
