{"id":380497,"date":"2011-04-13T16:26:54","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T16:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/13\/apology-over-tv-show-poster-gaffe\/"},"modified":"2011-04-13T16:26:54","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T16:26:54","slug":"apology-over-tv-show-poster-gaffe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/13\/apology-over-tv-show-poster-gaffe\/","title":{"rendered":"Apology over TV show poster gaffe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"47.051020408163\">\n    \t\t  <span><br \/>\n    <span>13 April 2011<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Last updated at <\/span><span>12:26 ET<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>An advertising firm has apologised for placing a billboard for a TV show called The Walking Dead on the side of a funeral parlour.<\/p>\n<p>The unintended, &#8220;unfortunate juxtaposition&#8221; caused raised eyebrows in Consett, County Durham.<\/p>\n<p>The roadside advert for the Channel 5 post-apocalyptic drama has since been removed from the exterior wall of the Co-operative Funeralcare premises.<\/p>\n<p>An alternative poster has been pasted in its place.<\/p>\n<p>A spokeswoman for Clear Channel, the firm responsible for the billboard, apologised.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Clear Channel apologises for any offence caused by the unfortunate juxtaposition of this advertisement, which was certainly not intended,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We arranged to have it moved right away and it has now come down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/uk-england-tees-13070369\" title=\"Apology over TV show poster gaffe\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apology over TV show poster gaffe<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 13 April 2011 Last updated at 12:26 ET An advertising firm has apologised for placing a billboard for a TV show called The Walking Dead on the side of a funeral parlour. 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