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Channel 4 told to apologise over Brass Eye
Channel 4 must broadcast an apology over its Brass Eye spoof documentary on paedophilia, a television watchdog has ruled.
The Independent Television Commission ruled the station had breached two areas of its code.
The Chris Morris show prompted record numbers of complaints when it was broadcast in July.
The ITC has accepted that Channel 4 had failed to give adequate warnings about the nature of the programme and ruled that not enough care had been taken to avoid causing gratuitous offence to the viewer.
The ITC decided that an appropriate course of action would be to take the rare step of asking Channel 4 to broadcast an apology, the details of which are yet to be finalised.
Channel 4 told to apologise over Brass Eye
Channel 4 must broadcast an apology over its Brass Eye spoof documentary on paedophilia, a television watchdog has ruled.
The Independent Television Commission ruled the station had breached two areas of its code.
The Chris Morris show prompted record numbers of complaints when it was broadcast in July.
The ITC has accepted that Channel 4 had failed to give adequate warnings about the nature of the programme and ruled that not enough care had been taken to avoid causing gratuitous offence to the viewer.
The ITC decided that an appropriate course of action would be to take the rare step of asking Channel 4 to broadcast an apology, the details of which are yet to be finalised.
