
Doctor: ‘Peppa Pig is putting pressure on GPs’
A doctor has told BBC 5 live that Peppa Pig is giving patients unrealistic expectations about what their doctor can do.
Speaking to Adrian Chiles, Dr Catherine Bell explained why she wrote the tongue-in-cheek article about Peppa Pig for the British Medical Journal.
Entertainment One, the media group that owns Peppa Pig, was contacted for comment but did not want to respond.
This clip is originally from 5 live Daily on Tuesday 12 December 2017.
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