Article: We have intercepted this missive on its way to Talkback: "Dear Wendy, myself and my friend Hyacinth had just settled down to watch BBC1 before a little light husband swapping when we were shocked and dismayed to hear an accent I later discovered was from west of the Bann on my television.

We have intercepted this missive on its way to Talkback: "Dear Wendy, myself and my friend Hyacinth had just settled down to watch BBC1 before a little light husband swapping when we were shocked and dismayed to hear an accent I later discovered was from west of the Bann on my television.

"Never have I been so offended. I was so shocked I dropped my triple gin. I have never heard of such a thing. I pay my licence fee so that all of those people are kept far away and off my screen. Hyacinth said she remembered an accent from West of the Bann on her television making her father so apoplectic he died of a stroke. Please, BBC, flash up a warning in future. Yours etc, Helen Bay, North Down."

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