Moving Wallpaper at centre of complaints

ITV’s struggling comedy series Moving Wallpaper, set behind-the-scenes of a Zoombie production, has been accused of prompting transphobia.

Moving Wallpaper has been accused of promoting transphobia after a recent episode of the ITV1 sitcom featured a transgender character. However, the transgender character was at the centre of many of the jokes used in the episode and was referred to as “it” and “he/she” on a number of occasions. References were also made to the characters “hairy hands, stubbly face and Adam’s apple”. The character, Georgina, was also referred to as George by character Jonathan Pope [Ben Miller].

 

Several viewers were upset about the negative representation of a transgender character in the episode and complained to the media regulator Ofcom. Ofcom received over fifty complaints, a fact confirmed on its website, and the regulator told tabloid newspaper The Daily Star it would be investigating the episode to see if Moving Wallpaper had broken any rules.

 

Moving Wallpaper has been struggling in the ratings since it returned earlier in the year for its second season. Since its return ratings have fallen below the two million mark, which the series managed to stay above last year, and is likely to be axed by ITV at the conclusion of its second season.