Eastenders bosses respond to viewer complaints about graphic violent scenes

Bobby Beale strikes again.

If you're an Eastenders fan and were watching last night's show, you'll know that Bobby Beale attacked his mother Jane with a hockey stick. As viewers will remember, Bobby killed his sister Lucy last year and his parents, Jane and Ian, covered up for him. To get back to last night's show, Bobby lashed out at Jane after she stopped him from leaving the home and this resulted in some very violent scenes. People have complained about the soap's decision to show these scenes before the 9pm watershed. Beloe are some of the tweets sent by viewers, who mainly expressed a shocked reaction to the violent nature of the episode.

see #eastenders got complaints ovr bobby lst nite... tht boys got issues ?? free max & lock up tht wee maniac

— claire (@littleblonde87) May 21, 2016

Christ that was brutal #Eastenders — Paddy (@TokenNurtherner) May 21, 2016

Just caught up with Friday's episode, in the game of #EastEnders cluedo, it was Bobby in the dining room with the hockey stick. Bit grim.

— Carolyn Green (@LadyCarolynemma) May 21, 2016

Oh my God! That shouldn't have been shown this early! Horrible, disturbing ending! Feel sick! #EastEnders #bobby — Julia Wright (@juliawright0405) May 20, 2016

Oh my god, I'm literally traumatised by last night's episode of Eastenders. ? The poor wedding cake! https://t.co/rrH6ELDPoI

— Zoe (@StrawberryZoe) May 21, 2016

#Eastenders goes psycho. Little fecker #BobbyBeale. Bit much before the watershed. — Claire Hills (@ClaireHilly) May 21, 2016

.@bbceastenders that scene with Bobby and Jane just now was much too graphic for this time of the evening, I'm stunned! @Ofcom

— Kelvin Jones (@kelv_jones) May 20, 2016

An Eastenders spokesperson told The Mirror:  “EastEnders is a fictional drama and our millions of regular fans who tune in each week know and expect dramatic storylines. "However, we are always mindful of our time slot in which we are shown and we ensure all scenes are editorially justified. "The scenes in question were the crescendo of a long running storyline that has shown Bobby to have previous violent tendencies. "Viewers will soon see Bobby arrested by Police and he and his family will be facing up to his behaviour in the most serious of ways".