The BBC has reportedly received hundreds of complaints for its wall-to-wall coverage of the Queen's death, compared to the over 100,000 it received following the death of her husband, Prince Philip. Blanket coverage accompanied the announcement of the Queen's illness and subsequent death on Thursday Seprtember 8.
Television scheduled, including the BBC's, were scrapped after Buckingham Palace made a rare public statement regarding “concerns” for the Queen’s health. Within half an hour of the statement being release the BBC had diverted its flagship network, BBC One, to a rolling news feed.
When the Queen’s death was announced later that evening, the corporation interrupted all programming across television and radio to bring audiences the news. Some channels such as BBC Three and Four were paused entirely directing people towards BBC one.
