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- Tue Sep 24, 2002 1:27 pm
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http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_676899.html
Channel Five could be investigated by TV watchdogs after a caller to the first edition of Live With Chris Moyles swore live on air.
It is thought the Independent Television Commission will investigate complaints about the use of the swear word before the 9pm watershed.
The incident occurred on Monday's opening show, when Moyles asked a phone-in contestant if he had noticed yesterday's earthquake. The contestant replied: "I f******* well did."
Moyles immediately asked the contestant to apologise to viewers and commented: "This never happened in the pilots."
Later Moyles made a further apology for the expletive, saying: "It was probably the effect of the earthquake."
The new programme is produced by Chris Evans, one-time host of TFI Friday.
The Channel 4 show was reprimanded by the ITC and although broadcast live initially, it was later transmitted with a time delay.
The show attracted 400,000 viewers according to unofficial figures.
That's the same amount as a programme about artworks in Cathedrals which was broadcast in the same slot last week.
Evans had predicted the show would attract "three million disenfranchised young males".
Story filed: 12:13 Tuesday 24th September 2002
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Channel Five could be investigated by TV watchdogs after a caller to the first edition of Live With Chris Moyles swore live on air.
It is thought the Independent Television Commission will investigate complaints about the use of the swear word before the 9pm watershed.
The incident occurred on Monday's opening show, when Moyles asked a phone-in contestant if he had noticed yesterday's earthquake. The contestant replied: "I f******* well did."
Moyles immediately asked the contestant to apologise to viewers and commented: "This never happened in the pilots."
Later Moyles made a further apology for the expletive, saying: "It was probably the effect of the earthquake."
The new programme is produced by Chris Evans, one-time host of TFI Friday.
The Channel 4 show was reprimanded by the ITC and although broadcast live initially, it was later transmitted with a time delay.
The show attracted 400,000 viewers according to unofficial figures.
That's the same amount as a programme about artworks in Cathedrals which was broadcast in the same slot last week.
Evans had predicted the show would attract "three million disenfranchised young males".
Story filed: 12:13 Tuesday 24th September 2002
Opps
