Larne residents react angrily to ‘cringe-worthy’ BBC documentary

There has been a huge public backlash to a televised documentary focusing on life in Larne.
By The Newsroom
Published 22nd Oct 2014, 11:14 BST
Geraldine McGahey, chief executive, Larne Borough Council, who featured in "True North: I Love Larne", on BBC One Northern Ireland. INLT 42-653-CONGeraldine McGahey, chief executive, Larne Borough Council, who featured in "True North: I Love Larne", on BBC One Northern Ireland. INLT 42-653-CON
Geraldine McGahey, chief executive, Larne Borough Council, who featured in "True North: I Love Larne", on BBC One Northern Ireland. INLT 42-653-CON

‘I Love Larne’, part of the True North series, was screened on Monday night on BBC One Northern Ireland.

But before the programme had even finished, outraged Larne people had taken to social media to express their “disgust” at what is being branded a “cringe-worthy” and “misleading” representation of the town.

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At one point shortly after the show had aired, ‘Larne’ was the seventh most talked about topic trending on Twitter in the UK.

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