Advertising firm apologises for funeral parlour blunder

An advertising firm apologised today for placing a billboard for a TV show called 'The Walking Dead' on the side of a funeral parlour.

The unintended, “unfortunate juxtaposition” caused raised eyebrows in Consett, Co Durham.

The roadside advert for the Channel 5 post-apocalyptic drama has since been removed from the exterior wall of the Co-operative Funeralcare premises, and an alternative has been pasted in its place.

A spokeswoman for Clear Channel, the firm responsible for the billboard, said it was sorry.

“Clear Channel apologises for any offence caused by the unfortunate juxtaposition of this advertisement, which was certainly not intended,” she said.

“We arranged to have it moved right away and it has now come down.”