Get the latest gossip

Born From The Same Stranger sees ITV flooded with complaints over ‘illegible’ on-screen texts: ‘Graphic designer needs sacking’

ITV aired the first episode of Born From The Same Stranger last night, but complaints were made about how hard the text chats were to follow

Made by the team behind Long Lost Family, Born From The Same Stranger follows donor-born people as they search for brothers, sisters and anonymous donors who never imagined they could be found. Sarah was seen texting her support group on Born From The Same Stranger (Credit: ITV) However, despite the highly emotive subject matter, the key complaint on social media wasn’t actually about the content of the series itself, but rather how it was presented on screen… “Who decided on the green/white text box on #bornfromthesamestranger it’s really difficult to read, please change for future programmes,” urged one viewer.

Get the Android app