BBC viewers have called for a re-think to television schedules as The Shipman Files: A Very British Crime Story aired on Monday night.The documentary, looking back at Harold Shipman's murder spree in which he killed more than 250 people, aired in the wake of other dark dramas and docu-series, such as ITV's Des, which looked at the Dennis Nilsen case.Viewers took to Twitter as they watched the unsettling show, which was the first of three episodes.One said: "Shipman documentary, Panorama Covid, and Honour killing drama.
Cheery for a Monday night. Maybe we need to re-think TV schedules in these times," adding the hashtag "send help".Another wrote: "Nilsen, the Wests, Myra, now Shipman.
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