ANOTHER legendary kids’ TV show slapped with woke trigger warning in ‘over the top’ streaming crackdown – as insider jeers ‘it’s hardly a Tarantino movie!’
Another legendary children’s TV show has been slapped with an ‘excessive’ pressure trigger warning for showing a character wielding a plastic gun.
Fans trying to watch popular 1960s sci-fi show Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, available on ITVX, have been hit with a warning.
The series is about the puppet character Captain Scarlet, voiced by Francis Matthews, fighting against the Mysterons, a Martian race attacking the Earth.
Set in 2068, the ‘indestructible’ captain of global security agency Spectrum must race against time to prevent the Mysterons from recreating human duplicates.
Creators Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s hit series Thunderbirds was made using the same technique as Stingray and Joe 90, using marionette puppets fitted with magnet-controlled mouths.
The 32-episode series, which first aired in 1967, was added to the streaming service as part of the broadcaster’s plan to show popular series from the 1950s to the present day.
ANOTHER legendary children’s TV show has been slapped with a trigger warning in an ‘exaggerated’ crackdown for showing a character wielding a plastic gun
Fans trying to watch popular 1960s sci-fi show Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, available on ITVX, have been met with a warning.
Viewers watching the show were greeted with a trigger warning about ‘weapon use’, despite the main character, the puppet, wielding a plastic gun.
The series, which is aimed at children, is also said to contain ‘violence’ in its wake-up call and viewers should brace themselves for ‘explosions’, which are mostly firework recordings.
A source told Sun: ‘Bosses are clearly afraid of worrying even the most sensitive viewers to these programmes.
‘But it seems exaggerated to issue warnings against children’s TV series with the most basic and unrealistic special effects.
‘Attacking Captain Scarlet seems to show they have a zero-risk policy, but it’s hardly a Tarantino movie.’
It comes after BBC fans were left shocked after realizing some episodes of 1990s children’s show Brum had a ‘wake’ trigger warning.
Viewers who previously watched the series about a naughty car on BBC iPlayer were greeted with a disclaimer about the show’s potentially outdated ‘language and mannerisms’.
The statement warned that the series could ‘reflect’ views held in the 1990s when it was first broadcast on BBC One before moving to children’s channel CBeebies.
Viewers watching the show were greeted with a trigger warning about ‘weapon use’, despite the main character, the puppet, wielding a plastic gun
It is said that the series, which is aimed at children, contains ‘violence’ in its wake-up call and that viewers should prepare themselves for ‘explosions’, which are mostly firework recordings.
Social media users spotted the disclaimer online and mocked it on Reddit, asking: ‘What the hell did Brum do?’
Featuring the sentient vintage car Brum, the series followed the character as he went on adventures, helped the locals and solved small mysteries.
The pop-up box that appeared before watching the series read: ‘This series was first broadcast in the 90s and early 2000s and may reflect the language and attitude of the period.’
The trigger warning was first noticed by viewers in 2020, and the BBC explained that the warning was “inserted in error” and has since been “removed from the series on iPlayer.”
The broadcaster responded: ‘The tag was added in error and has been removed from Brum on BBC iPlayer.’
When I went to the forum site to complain after noticing the 2020 warning, a viewer wrote: ‘The 90s and 00s are viewed the same way as the 70s of my childhood and it hurts.’
Another added: ‘I really hate that this warning exists,’ while a third joked about the character ‘talking’ through a series of car sounds: ‘You should hear some of the language he uses!’ ‘They’re always beeping.’
BBC fans were left in shock after spotting a ‘wake up’ warning in some episodes of 1990s children’s show Brum
BBC sitcom Some Mothers Do Ave Em was also slapped with a trigger warning for ‘discriminatory language’ in another wake-up call (Michael Crawford and Michelle Dotrice pictured)
Other viewers poked fun, with another penned warning: ‘Brum would go out and steal things every episode! ‘When he came back, his belongings would be left in the backseat.’
Another agreed: ‘I was driving on the pavement too!’ as someone else wrote: ‘Does not meet modern emissions standards.’
Brum, which was first broadcast in 1991, was produced by Anne Wood and narrated by Toyah Willcox.
BBC sitcom Some Mothers Do Ave Em was also slapped with a trigger warning for ‘discriminatory language’ in another edition.
Elsewhere, a Doctor Who spin-off series has also been slapped with ‘discriminatory’ trigger warnings just a month after it rebroadcast a ‘lost’ episode.
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons is ready to stream on ITVX
