Ofcom is probing Emily Maitlis’ Dominic Cummings Newsnight rant following a complaint after BBC decided to take ‘no further action’ despite ruling she DID breach impartiality guidelines Emily Maitlis slammed Dominic Cummings in a Newsnight opening monologue The BBC reportedly received more than 24,000 complaints over presenter’s rant Editorial Complaints Unit ruled she breached impartiality rules but … Read more
Is Sky playing fair on end-of-contract notifications for pay-TV customers? Ofcom to investigate the telecoms giant Ofcom is investigating Sky over whether it is following industry rules Firms now have to tell customers when their contract is coming to an end Sky believes it does not have to tell its pay-TV customers By Grace Gausden … Read more
I’m A Celebrity has prompted 607 Ofcom complaints just one week after the show started. As more than 14.3 million viewers tuned in to watch the 20th edition of the competition, a fraction of fans have written to the communications regulator after criticising the treatment of animals and suggesting the series is fixed. The survival programme has … Read more
Coronation Street is hit with 59 Ofcom complaints over its ‘discriminative’ scene where Sarah Platt called Adam Barlow a ‘smug Scottish g*t’ By Olivia Wheeler For Mailonline Published: 15:15 GMT, 19 November 2020 | Updated: 15:37 GMT, 19 November 2020 Coronation Street has been hit with 59 Ofcom complaints over a ‘discriminative’ scene involving Sarah Platt … Read more
Loose Women star Saira Khan has reportedly sparked complaints to media watchdog Ofcom after slamming the government for announcing a second COVID-19 lockdown. The presenter, 50, furiously claimed the nation should be punished for a ‘minority’ of rule breakers as it isn’t ‘a totalitarian state,’ days before England was plunged into a month-long lockdown to try … Read more
The Great British Bake Off has been been ‘hit with 15 Ofcom complaints’ after some viewers found this week’s theme ‘racist’. On Tuesday’s show the contestants were tasked with creating treats for ‘Japanese week’, with one amateur baker styling her goods to look like Pandas – leaving fans of the Channel 4 show offended. An … Read more
Piers Morgan jokes he wrote to Ofcom because Amanda Holden was wearing ‘TOO MANY’ clothes… as he makes cheeky dig after THOSE racy gowns sparked complaints on BGT By Natasha Hooper For Mailonline Published: 19:11 BST, 17 October 2020 | Updated: 19:21 BST, 17 October 2020 She has been on the receiving end of more … Read more
Ashley Banjo laughed off Diversity’s recent Ofcom complaints on Saturday’s Britain’s Got Talent final when he responded to comedian Nabil Abdulrashid’s routine. The talent judge, 32, told the virtual audience he ‘knows what it’s like to get a few complaints’ after Nabil joked about the programme becoming one of the most complained about TV shows of the … Read more
Ashley Banjo laughed off Diversity’s recent Ofcom complaints on Saturday’s Britain’s Got Talent when he responded to comedian Nabil Abdulrashid’s ‘political’ routine. The talent judge, 32, told the virtual audience he ‘knows what it’s like to get a few complaints’ after Nabil joked about the programme becoming one of the most complained about TV shows of … Read more
Loose Women has received 261 Ofcom complaints after the panellists held an ‘appalling’ debate about Chrissy Teigen’s decision to share pictures after her baby died. Last week, Chrissy, 34, bravely shared the heartbreaking news that she and husband John Legend had lost their baby, Jack, halfway through pregnancy. On Thursday’s Loose Women, the panellists were slammed after … Read more