ITV apologise for 'sick' Cilla Black joke during 'You've Been Framed'

ITV have been forced to apologise after airing an episode of You’ve Been Framed! which featured an insensitive joke about Cilla Black.

The Liverpool-born national treasure died on August 1 at her holiday home in Marbella, Spain, after suffering “traumatic head injury” after an accidental fall, and viewers were quick to slam a re-run of the show that didn’t remove an ill-timed joke about the late star.

During the programme, narrator Harry Hill introduces the star’s “final show for ITV”, before a clip of a red-haired woman hitting her head in a swimming pool is shown.

A clip of "Cilla Black" falling on tonight's @ITV You've Been Framed not their best editorial decision ever.

— 𝐂𝐥𝐥𝐫. 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜 𝐓𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (@MarcTierneyNews) October 18, 2015

The you've been framed cilla joke was just sick @itv

— simon gittins (@simongittinsOs) October 18, 2015

@ITV I take it no-one noticed on your team ‘Cilla Black’ falling in “her last ITV appearance” on the You’ve Been Framed repeat just now.

— Stephen Jay Walsh (@stephenjaywalsh) October 18, 2015

ITV has since released an official apology for the blunder, saying: “This episode of You’ve Been Framed was first broadcast in October 2014 and was repeated again on Sunday night.

“We have production processes in place to re-edit programmes in circumstances such as this, but regrettably the clip was not cut on this occasion.

“We are very sorry for this unfortunate oversight and for any distress its inclusion caused.”

Meanwhile, it was recently revealed that Cilla’s life could soon be turned into a West End musical, after talks were put on hold following her untimely death.

ITV apologise for ‘sick’ Cilla Black joke during ‘You’ve Been Framed’

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