From racist Bugs Bunny to Masha and the Bear, these are the 8 most controversial cartoons in history

The calls for Masha and the Bear to be banned in the UK might seem surprising, but they're the latest in a long line of ...
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From racist Bugs Bunny to Masha and the Bear, these are the 8 most controversial cartoons

Animations have been blamed for subversion, militarisation... and spiders.

As 'The Bear' wraps up, we listen back to an interview with Cousin Richie

Critic David Bianculli says The Bear concludes its run with a beautiful final episode. And we listen back to a 2025 interview with Ebon Moss-Bachrach, who plays an abrasive and ornery cook/maître d'.

Why older people may be more dangerous on social media than the young

Kevin McKenna reflects on TS Eliot, ageing and social media, arguing that it’s not just young people but ‘belligerent ...

From racist Bugs Bunny to the bear MPs want to ban: how cartoons have indoctrinated kids for over 100 years

Politicians are claiming that a hit Netflix animation is Russian propaganda aimed at the ‘militarisation of children’. But it’s far from a recent problem – even the CIA has funded kids’ entertainment ...