Airing on BBC2, The Real Michael Jackson saw documentary maker Jacques Peretti look at the late singer’s history and his own relationship to it in light of recent allegations of sexual abuse made against the singer.
The BBC received more than 150 complaints from viewers declaring a new documentary about Michael Jackson to be “biased” against the late singer.
In the new documentary, Jackson’s friend J Randy Taraborrelli discussed the musician’s relationship with children, recalling the first time he saw Jackson spending time with a 12-year-old boy.
As reported on the BBC website, the airing of the feature length documentary on 30 March prompted 168 complaints for the channel, with the report citing “bias against Michael Jackson” as the main issue for viewers.