Andy Peters sparks racism row after allegations of blacking up

Beloved children's TV presenter Andy Peters has been embroiled in accusations of racism after it was revealed that he is none other than former BBC director of communications Peter Andrews

'Andy' before his 7 hour marathon make up session

 Although unavailable for comment today his agent did release this statement "The rumours that i used to perform the character of Andy Peters for children's television are true. In all honesty it was never meant to offend anyone, I was just looking at ways to break into the Gangster hip hop scene and thought that someone as pasty as me didn't stand a chance. If you ask me the real racists are Jay-Z, Kanye and Diddy who all rejected my mix tapes for being "too white". A brothers gotta do what a brothers gotta do dawg. Peace out."

Proffesor Johnathan Edwards, head of the school of Journalism at the University of Newcastle claims that Mr Andrews actions aren't at all out of touch with the modern media "Look, blacking up is just something which is accepted as part of the Job of being a modern television presenter. For gods sake Trevor McDonald is actually a ginger scotsman from Fife but you don't hear anybody complaining about that. His last name is McDonald, the clues are there people. Overall i'd say it's just Political correctness gone mad"

The Daily Mail yesterday launched an online poll which found that a whopping 98% of Daily Mail readers now claimed to like Andy Peters more, now that he's been revealed to be a white upper middle class arsehole. "I've always liked Andy Peters" Said DM's Chief Editor Quentin Whitepower "I mean although i may have publicly written a number of articles calling for him to be sacked and claimed that he was corrupting our childrens minds with his darker than average skin tones and his overly cheery demenour, in reality i've always felt that he represented exactly what is right with the BBC"