KIDS' TV MERCHANDISING - Why kids' TV isn't child's play

Sweden has threatened to ban television advertising to children when it takes over the EU presidency in January. So where does that leave the UK, which allows TV shows to become toys but not vice-versa, asks Meg Carter.

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