Poster for The Walking Dead on funeral parlour wall Published duration 13 April 2011

image caption The Walking Dead follows the survivors of a zombie apocalypse

An advertising firm has apologised for placing a billboard for a TV show called The Walking Dead on the side of a funeral parlour.

The unintended, "unfortunate juxtaposition" caused raised eyebrows in Consett, County Durham.

The roadside advert for the Channel 5 post-apocalyptic drama has since been removed from the exterior wall of the Co-operative Funeralcare premises.

An alternative poster has been pasted in its place.

A spokeswoman for Clear Channel, the firm responsible for the billboard, apologised.

"Clear Channel apologises for any offence caused by the unfortunate juxtaposition of this advertisement, which was certainly not intended," she said.

"We arranged to have it moved right away and it has now come down."