LONDON (Reuters) - The BBC says it won't be showing Russian teenage duo Tatu's pop video which features a controversial lesbian kiss.

Tatu, who shot to the top of the charts on Sunday with their debut single "All the Things She Said", have sparked fury in the media over accusations they promote "paedo-pop" and target the "dirty old man market".

Their video features Julia Volkova, 18, and Lena Katina, 17, wearing school uniforms, kissing and cuddling.

The BBC said it would be inappropriate to show the video on "Top of the Pops" on Friday because it attracts a young audience.

New footage of the band, whose name translates as "This Girl Loves That Girl", will be shown instead.

"It would be more sensible for us to show something that's exclusive and not controversial," a BBC spokeswoman said.

The BBC move follows a decision by rival ITV1 not to show the video on its Saturday morning music show "CD:UK".

British daytime television hosts, husband and wife team Richard and Judy, have tried to get Tatu's single banned, describing their antics as "paedophile porn". Ivan Shapovalov, the man behind Tatu, has admitted to various media that he came up with the idea after visiting pornographic websites.

Siblings kiss, and readers react
By C.B. Hanif, Palm Beach Post Ombudsman

"I felt that photo was very inappropriate" writes Barbara Sjoholm. Other readers probably agree.

She was referring to the picture on the front of some editions of the Jan. 24 Local News section. It showed "the brother and sister sharing a kiss -- on what appears to be the lips. I'm sorry, but I feel this is wrong," Ms. Sjoholm e-mailed from Lake Worth. "When do brothers and sisters kiss each other on the lips?"

The answer to where, of course, is Reality, USA -- as captured in the photo from Currie Park in West Palm Beach. And perhaps in Italy, from which the kids and their family were here on vacation, and where European cultural sensitivities for 3- and 5-year-olds may factor in.

"There was some concern by some editors in the newsroom over the siblings-kissing photo," says Assistant Managing Editor/Photography Pete Cross. "Photo Editor Becky Lebowitz and I took an informal poll in the newsroom on whether or not the photo would be regarded as offensive. I noticed most colleagues who had young children, including the photographer who shot it, all agreed it was a tender moment from a very young brother and sister (age was a factor). Colleagues who didn't have children (except for Ms. Lebowitz) had issues with it.

"I took that to be a sign of sensibility and understanding toward young behavior in children -- children exhibiting an honest affection in a manner too young to be inappropriate. I saw it as an honest, tender, loving moment between brother and sister. I suspected others would see it as something else."