the screening of the 1997 series was postponed for nearly six months as it made comic reference to convicted child murderer myra hindley, who was back in the news at the time after her portrait was vandalised in the royal academy exhibition "sensation". in a particularly infamous portrayal, hindley was the topic of a farcical song by a fictitious indie band called blouse (whose appearance and style closely resembled that of pulp). the lyrics to part of the song read: "every time i see your picture, myra/i have to phone my latest girlfriend up and fire her/and find a prostitute who looks like you and hire her/oh, me oh myra." the "leader singer" of blouse, purves grundy (who resembles pulp's jarvis cocker), is then shown commenting on the song; "myra is a very complex woman, you know, and this song is about her hair. i don't think there's a single reference in the song to her brain, which i think maybe, had a slight problem. i do think [if] someone's gone and bought this record just because of the fuss that's been made about it, i think they should throw it away. and then they should go and buy another copy, because they liked the song."