MP's 'dismay' as Alan Carr show says Gosport development is in Portsmouth
An MP has written to the BBC after an episode of a hit show referred to a development located in Gosport as being in Portsmouth.
MP Dame Caroline Dinenage has written to Sarah Nelson, BBC News editorial advisor, requesting Gosport "is given its due credit on national television".
The Conservative's letter comes after an episode of BBC One show Interior Design Masters, hosted by comedian Alan Carr, referred to the Royal Haslar development as being in Portsmouth.
In the opening line of the show, Carr said: "This week we're in Portsmouth where our designers are transforming retirement apartments."
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The BBC iPlayer description of episode three of the show also read: "The eight designers go high-end, pairing up to transform luxury retirement show apartments in an old converted military hospital in Portsmouth."
In her letter, Ms Dinenage said: "Though I was very glad to see this beautiful building featured so prominently on the programme, many of us who live in Gosport found ourselves shouting at the screen in dismay throughout the programme as we were repeatedly told that Haslar was in Portsmouth.
"As I often say, Portsmouth is a city near Gosport, not the other way around."
Ms Dinenage, who received her damehood in October 2022 from the Princess Royal for her work on the Online Safety Bill, said it was not the first time Gosport was wrongly referred to as Portsmouth on the BBC, and asked for Gosport to be correctly identified in future.
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