Prime time on Saturday !!!
6 parts on weekly
Piglets is a fictional new comedy about a police training academy and the title is not intended to cause any offence, it's a comedic and endearing play on words to emphasise the innocence and youth of our young trainee
The six-part series focuses on the lives of six wannabe cops as they get put through their paces at a fictional police training college.
It follows the experiences of a group of trainee officers as they start prepping to join the police force.
Sarah Parish and Mark Heap are heading up the cast, playing stern Superintendent Julie Spry and more relaxed Superintendent Bob Weekes.
It’s meant to be really funny but the name has backlash big time !
BUT Been complaints over name of show
ITV bosses have faced controversy over the title of one of their upcoming comedy shows.
The new series, which is set to start airing on July 20
However, real cops have already expressed their displeasure with the name of the show, Piglets.
The tongue in cheek title makes reference to the way that police are sometimes offensively referred to as 'pigs'.
The Police Federation (www.thesun.co.uk/news/21004057/one-in-five-cops-plan-quit-pay-morale-poll/) issued a statement hitting out at the name of the series, with the Acting Chair calling it "disgusting".
Tiffany Lynch, Acting National Chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales, said: "The new ITV (www.thesun.co.uk/topic/itv/) show titled Piglets ishighly offensive to police officers risking their lives to protect the public every day by providing an emergency service.