The theme song was also re-recorded and the logo changed for the UK (and European) market. Therefore, in accordance with the standards applied by TV and other regulators at the time, the broadcasters changed the title of the show to Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, together with accompanying merchandise and a tie-in video game. However, the government of the time was concerned about violence in children’s television, particularly ninjas and their weapons. The TV show began in the US in 1987 and quickly arrived in the UK, on the BBC. The title of the show caused problems for broadcasters, and the emphasis on martial arts weapons would prove complicated for the BBFC for the first film adaptation and its sequel. Their origin lay in comic books, but soon translated into a hugely successful television series. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, four anthropomorphic turtles named after Italian Renaissance artists and trained by a rat in martial arts skills, became a worldwide phenomenon in the late 1980s.
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