Jerry Springer - The Opera

Jerry Springer – The Opera is a musical written by Stewart Lee and Richard Thomas, based on the television show The Jerry Springer Show. The show is also notable for its high quantity of profanity, its unusual depiction of the Judeo-Christian tradition, and surreal images such as a troupe of tap-dancing Ku Klux Klan members.

Television

Jerry Springer – The Opera was the subject of further controversy when the British Broadcasting Corporation televised the opera as part of an evening of Jerry Springer-themed programming on BBC Two, on January 8, 2005.

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British Broadcasting Corporation - BBC Two - January 8 - 2005

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News of the screening had prompted TV standards campaigners Mediawatch to write a letter to the BBC Chairman of the BBC Governors, Michael Grade, asking him to reconsider the decision to show the opera. http://www.mediawatchuk.org/news%20and%20views/Jerry%20Springer%20The%20Opera.htm

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Mediawatch - Michael Grade

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On January 7, 2005, the day before the broadcast, the BBC announced that it had received over 47,000 complaints about its plans to screen the opera – the most complaints ever received about a British television broadcast. Many commentators, including BBC News, attributed such a high volume of complaints to an orchestrated campaign by various Christian groups. Channel 4's screening of Martin Scorcese's The Last Temptation of Christ in 1995 received 1,554 complaints. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4154071.stm

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January 7 - 2005 - Christian - Channel 4's - Martin Scorcese's - The Last Temptation of Christ - 1995

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