Summer Heights High episode upsets ecstasy death family

THE family of Annabel Catt has accepted an apology from the ABC about a TV comedy show which mocked the ecstasy death of a student, in a story paralleling the Sydney woman's fatal overdose.

Comedian Chris Lilley's hit show Summer Heights High, which is centred on a fictional school, on Wednesday night poked fun at the ecstasy death of a blonde, teenage student named "Annabel".

The program devastated Peter and Alison Catt, the parents of Annabel Catt, a 20-year-old Elanora Heights dance teacher who died in February after taking what she thought was ecstasy, but turned out to be the deadly drug PMA, at a dance party.

"We and many others immediately drew the conclusion the episode was making a comparison to our beloved daughter," they told The Manly Daily newspaper.
"This was done by naming the deceased in the show Annabel Dickson, describing her as blonde and beautiful and showing a picture that had a resemblance to our daughter."

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