UK NEWS: BBC ACTS OVER LIGHT SKINNED DOLL

January 5, 2009

Via BBC News The BBC is to replace a doll based on the Upsy Daisy character from CBeebies TV show In the Night Garden following complaints it is too light-skinned. A BBC Worldwide spokesman said it had conducted research after getting “a handful” of complaints that the doll had lighter skin than the TV character. The BBC would now bring out a version with “a darker skin tone”, he said. Manufacturer Hasbro has been asked to create a different version that will […]