Frinton's MP is calling for the BBC licence fee to be shared between media firms following a controversial documentary which angered hundreds of residents.
Mark Issacs' documentary The Curious World of Frinton-on-Sea, part of BBC2's Wonderland series, received more than 160 complaints from viewers.
The film, which was shown in March, depicts Frinton as a ghost-like town of eccentrics and focuses on the its fight to save its level crossing gates.
Tory MP Douglas Carswell is now backing a campaign to force the BBC to share its licence fee.
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