Fireman Sam is embroiled in an unlikely Islamophobia row after a fireman appeared to tread on a page from the Quran in an episode of the popular children’s programme.
HIT Entertainment has insisted that the Quran reference was not “malicious” but will “no longer be working with the animation studio responsible”.
The episode, appropriately titled “Troubled Waters”, was first broadcast in October 2014 but the scene has only just been drawn to public attention.
“The page was intended to show illegible text and we deeply regret this error,” a statement on its website read.