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Fuming Gogglebox fans call for ban after show flooded with complaints

Gogglebox fans have been left outraged after a controversial segment on Friday night's show.

Every week thousnads of people aross the country tune in to Channel 4 at 9pm to watch the likes of Jenny and Lee and Izzi and Ellie watch and react to TV programmes.

However, last night's show left a sour taste in people's mouths with complaints aimed at producers' decision to show Netflix's latest nature documentary, which is called Animal.

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The show followed some of the world's most intriguing species with Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston narrating it, alongside a host of other famous stars, including Rebel Wilson, Pedro Pascal and Rashida Jones.

On Friday night's Gogglebox, a clip from Animal featured on the programme. It showed a Kangaroo mother carrying a young joey in her pouch.

Disaster then struck when the joey fell out, with the tot becoming supper for a mob of dingoes.

The decision to show such harrowing footage sparked a debate about the kind of content Gogglebox should be showing.

A user called @illu0s tweeted: "I don't care if it gets entertaining reactions, stop showing really upsetting nature documentaries of poor animals being killed."

They later added: "The warnings are appreciated but do gogglebox really need to show upsetting animal documentaries."

The Malones were left shocked by the footage (Channel 4)

@KarlosMcN said: "That documentary 'Animals' is awful, f*** you very much for filming that baby roo being eaten and f*** you for showing us gogglebox."

Others tweeted that the documentary was not in keeping with its usual chirpy "Friday night vibe".

Do you think Gogglebox should refrain from showing nature documentaries in future? Let us know in the comments below.

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