Sunday Brunch viewers slam Channel 4 for not observing Remembrance Sunday
Fans took to Twitter to ask why the live show didn’t stop to mark the two minute silence
CHANNEL 4 has been slammed by viewers after it failed to mark the Remembrance Sunday two-minute silence.
Fans of programme Sunday Brunch took to Twitter while watching the live show to demand to know why they hadn’t stopped to observe the silence.
As the clock ticked down, hosts Tim Lovejoy and Simon Rimmer were chatting to their celebrity guests around the studio table.
They were joined by boy band Busted, singer Rick Astley, actors Ivanno Jeremiah and Tom Goodman, actress Chanel Cresswell and author Gyles Brandreth.
As the clock struck 11 - the time when the UK falls silent to remember and pay tribute to this who lost their lives fighting for their country – Rimmer introduced a clip from a documentary showing on Channel 4 this evening.
Called Last Heroes of the Somme, it airs tonight at 7pm and tells the story of the Battle of the Somme, one of the bloodiest battles of the First World War.
But viewers believed instead if the clip being played, the show should have joined the rest of the country and fallen silent at 11am.
One wrote on Twitter, “How poor Channel 4, Sunday Brunch didn’t stop for 2 minutes silence,” while another added: “As a live show, is there any reason who you couldn’t do the 2 minutes silence?”
One disgruntled fan also remarked:” Two minutes silence? Why was it not observed? Out of order for a live show.”
The show did ask viewers to send in photos of friends and family who serve in the Armed Forces which were shown on air throughout the show, which runs every Sunday from 9.30am to 12.30pm.
The Sun Online has contacted Princess TV, who produce the show for Channel 4, for comment.
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